A No-Hype, 3 Step Guide to Transforming your WAN
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A No-Hype, 3 Step Guide to Transforming your WAN
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AgendaTransforming your WAN
− Market environment− Impact on the WAN− Introducing SD-WAN− Which WAN is right for you?
TGI Fridays case study− Business environment & challenges− Technology opportunities & priorities− Connectivity solution− Lessons learned
Q & A
Jay FerroEVP, CIO and Products EarthLink @jayferro
Sherif MityasVP Strategy & BrandTGI Fridays
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All roads lead to the cloud: Rapid growth in data, apps, and connected “things”
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80% of site WAN traffic is destined for the Internet
30% of the world's 100 largest vendors shifting to cloud-only software investments by 2019
11.4 billion connected things in use worldwide by 2018
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At the same time, customer experience is front & centerDemand for a unified experience that transcends channels…one that is personalized, mobile, seamless, and secure
In every industry…retail shoppershealthcare patientsbanking customersenterprise employees
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“89% of enterprises surveyed believe that customer experience will be their primary
basis for competition.” –Gartner, Feb 2015
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This means more demands on the WAN
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More bandwidth…
More security…
More resiliency…
More visibility & control…
2XIncrease every 18 months1
48%Growth in security incidents2
$300KCost per hour of network outages3
78%CIOs can’t guarantee app performance4
Sources: 1. BCG Survey 2015, 2. PwC Survey, 2015, 3. Gartner 2014, 4. Deloitte CIO Survey 2014
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MPLS is safe, reliable and powerful but:•Wasn’t designed for cloud•Long install times•Costly bandwidth•No visibility or control over application performance
Traditional networks can’t keep pace
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“ If you go with the traditional WAN architecture, cloud apps will suffer.”
--Andrew Lerner, Gartner
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Enter the next generation of networking:Software-Defined WAN“SD-WAN solutions employ centrally managed WAN edge devices placed in branch offices to establish logical connections with other branch edge devices across the physical WAN. These logical connections create secure paths across multiple WAN connections and carriers, such as hybrid Internet and multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) architectures.”
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“30% of enterprises will deploy SD-WAN in their branches by the end of 2019.”
Source: Gartner
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Why SD-WAN?
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Cost Savings Security Availability Bandwidth Application QOS Flexibility Analytics
Use Internet connections
Orchestrated provisioning and change controls
As a service vs. capital expense
Secure VPN tunnels
Security services at logical points
Block application flows
Active / Active edge links
Re-routing of apps in real time
Sub-second fail-over
Use private and public connections
Encrypted, high capacity tunnels to the cloud
Path conditioning
App priority policies for routing
Forward error and packet order correction
Real time traffic steering
Business operations linked to app policies
Automated provisioning of policy controls
App usage and analytics
Edge data for app flows
User and location utilization
Technical Capabilities
Operational Efficiency Performance Visibility / Control Agility
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“3 Steps” to determine which WAN is right for you
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Step #1: Fortify your cloud connections
Direct connections from MPLS network to 3rd party cloud providers
Step #2: Address bandwidth constraints
Replace T1s with low cost, high bandwidth broadband
Step #3: Gain visibility & control over app performance
Add SD-WAN with active/active config for 100% application uptime
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The “3 Steps” applied: Case examples
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Business Need IT Challenge Solution
Multi-location ad agency-needs guaranteed Skype performance for high-value client calls
Bandwidth & reliability issues with current MPLS network for Skype & cloud-based apps
Add WAN 2 with SD-WAN; Active-Active; guarantee Skype performance
Regional bank needs to invest more in customer experience apps without increasing budget
Getting more bandwidth, performance, security from current MPLS + backup networks within current budget
Replace backup network with lower cost internet + SD-WAN; switch to active/active for 100% uptime
Regional healthcare provider needs to ensure reliable & secure access to data and apps
Security and bandwidth concerns with current MPLS network as they move apps to the cloud
Replace T1s with broadband/IPSec; add cloud connectivity