Optimize Application Experience with Cisco SD-WAN Cloud OnRamp for SaaS
Cloud applications and distributed workforces
are on the rise, introducing new challenges
“70% of enterprises have increased their use of cloud services during the pandemic.”
– Post-Pandemic Networking: Enabling the Work-From-Anywhere Enterprise, EMA 2021
“Almost 22% of all application services spending will be spent on SaaS.”
– Innovation Insight for Software-Defined Cloud Interconnection, Gartner 2020
40% of enterprises stated that accommodating new applications was the biggest business challenge their network must face.
– 2022 Global Networking Trends Report, Cisco 2021
Enterprises need an SD-WAN that is optimized for cloud adoption. They need:
Access to SaaS applications from anywhere in the world
Fast, efficient, and secure network connectivity
Visibility into
application and network
performance metrics
Optimize SaaS connectivity with Cloud OnRamp for SaaS
Cisco® SD-WAN Cloud OnRamp for SaaS continuously monitors all possible paths to SaaS applications and intelligently routes cloud application traffic to the best-performing path, providing a fast, secure, and reliable end-user experience—without human intervention.
Enhanced experience for top business applications
Cloud OnRamp for SaaS is an automated solution that provides a seamless end-user experience for top business applications, including Webex®, Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Google applications, AWS, Oracle, Box, and more. In addition, the solution automates best path selection for custom and standard NBAR (Network Based Application Recognition) applications, allowing enterprises to enable Cloud OnRamp for SaaS capabilities with the application of their choice.
Cloud OnRamp for SaaS with Webex
Cisco SD-WAN Cloud OnRamp for SaaS takes communication, collaboration, and video capabilities to the next level with Webex by Cisco. Cisco SD-WAN segregates WEbex traffic from generic internet traffic and routes via best path from a specific branch router to deliver a seamless, consistent, and high-quality user experience. In addition, Cisco vAnalytics integrated with Webex telemetry, provides visibility in to application and network performance metrics.
Cloud OnRamp for SaaS with Microsoft 365
Cisco SD-WAN Cloud OnRamp for SaaS also optimizes Microsoft 365 apps, using URL categorization to segregate and prioritize the most important communications from the rest. Enterprises gain deeper visibility into network and application analytics and performance through informed network routing telemetry for Microsoft Exchange, Teams, and SharePoint. The end result is a seamless Microsoft 365 user experience via path optimization, deeper analytics, and policy automation.
Cisco Cloud OnRamp for SaaS empowers enterprises with unique capabilities to enhance the workforce productivity and network efficiency of their business with:
Reliability
Dynamically route SaaS traffic to the best path, providing a fast, secure, and reliable end-user experience
Automation
Automatically apply
application-aware routing policies
for direct branch connectivity to
trusted applications
Visibility
Gain real-time and historical
visibility into application
performance through
quality-of-experience metrics