Imagine your software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) as a team of superhuman network administrators who never sleep. They monitor every network element 24 hours a day and fix problems before users even notice an outage. Because SD-WAN monitors and automates more day-to-day tasks, your IT team is free to focus on the challenges that matter most to your business. In other words, SD-WAN is an application that monitors and controls your network from a high level. From one single dashboard, you can: Measure network performance Detect changing network conditions Dynamically optimize network utilization SD-WAN lets you mitigate problems like latency, packet loss, and jitter by adjusting application and quality of service priorities down to the branch and individual user levels. You can also route data across any available transport type (such as broadband internet, MPLS, 4G/LTE) at any point in time while maintaining uniform reliability and security. Once the SD-WAN solution is deployed correctly, you can do these tasks automatically. In other words, SD-WAN’s intelligent software will adapt to your network’s capabilities in real time.

MANAGED
SD-WAN Services

Transform your network with Managed SD-WAN services – the ultimate solution for flexible pricing, lower total cost of ownership (TCO), and unmatched coverage.

Our Managed SD-WAN product offers superior coverage and reliability, delivering real-time network management, optimized security, and cost-efficiency.

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What is SD-wan?

Infinite User Requirements. One Reliable Network.

Software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) is a cloud-based network architecture that enables businesses to securely connect users and multiple locations with critical applications. Compared to traditional WAN or managed service Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) solutions, SD-WAN managed services bring cost savings and network management efficiencies.

SD-WAN technology provides these benefits through the implementation of:

GTT Managed SD-WAN – Enhance your business performance

Today’s enterprise networks face rapid growth in data traffic and reliance on cloud-based applications. This complexity grows with the addition of remote locations and a distributed workforce.

GTT Managed SD-WAN solution simplifies management and provides real-time control with centralized, user-defined policies. Distributed enterprises rely on SD-WAN as a managed service to deliver secure, cloud-enabled, policy-based control, integrating the superior network underlay with a powerful cloud-based overlay for centralized management.

MANAGED SD-WAN SERVICES BENEFITS

Modern businesses depend on SD-WAN solutions to address critical challenges in network performance, security, and scalability.

SD-WAN managed services support:

With SD-WAN from GTT, you can create a network that is:

SD-WAN provides a manageable, software-defined network (SDN) that addresses the complicated mosaic of IT and operational challenges organizations face today. Speed, flexibility, enhanced security, and cost efficiency are all inherent benefits of a managed SD-WAN service.

IMPROVED
VISIBILITY

Gain full visibility of your network for faster identification of issues and opportunities:

USER EXPERIENCE CONTROL

Enhance your control over the network to ensure optimal application performance for users:

ENHANCED
RELIABILITY

Achieve superior reliability with instant responsiveness to network conditions and minimal interruptions:

THE RESULT? A more secure, reliable, and high-performance network

As a seasoned managed service SD-WAN provider, GTT can build the right SD-WAN solution for your organization, delivering:

Before SD-WAN	With SD-WAN
Networks managed at individual router level	Networks managed via a central orchestrator
Routing decisions limited to packet header information	Routing decisions tailored for specific applications
Static and primitive load balancing required	Dynamic and intelligent load balancing
Manual intervention needed to resolve excessive latency, packet loss, and jitter (causing degraded application performance and poor user experience)	Automated detection and mitigation of excessive latency, packet loss, and jitter
Complex traffic shaping; tedious to design and implement	Traffic shaping easily configured per application
Failover required seconds	Instantaneous failover; reduced outages

UNLOCK A POSITIVE ROI

With SD-WAN from GTT, you can create a network that is:

*The Total Economic Impact™ of GTT SD-WAN, a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of GTT, April 2019

SAY GOODBYE TO IDLE BACKUP CIRCUITS

With a properly configured SD-WAN solution, “backup” circuits are a thing of the past–secondary circuits and bandwidth are no longer sitting idle “waiting” for an outage to occur.

Experienced managed service providers like GTT can engineer SD-WAN deployments such that:

In addition to these significant cost savings, a managed SD-WAN solution brings you closer than ever to 99.999% reliability at an affordable price.

CAREFULLY CHOOSE YOUR SD-WAN SOLUTION

Whether you choose a managed SD-WAN solution or a DIY model, you will need technology provided by a reliable SD-WAN vendor.

GTT is proud to have the clear leaders in the SD-WAN networking space—as named in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant—in our partner portfolio:

GTT’s experienced engineering team will help you choose the right technology for your specific SD-WAN network needs.

Even if you are pursuing a do-it-yourself approach, GTT is uniquely positioned to help. Our global network capabilities and service offerings exceed all other major carriers with:

HOW GTT CAN HELP: MANAGED SD-WAN SERVICES

Choosing a managed SD-WAN service or a DIY deployment impacts your organization’s digital transformation. Key factors to consider:

With GTT, you get reliable SD-WAN managed network support, customized to deliver enhanced performance and secure, cloud-based connectivity.

Benefits	DIY SD-WAN with GTT circuits	Managed SD-WAN
Leverage GTT's Tier-1 Internet backbone
Leverage GTT’s broad range of physically diverse access options at every location
Choose from the top-rated SD-WAN technology options
Gain visibility and control at the user and application level
Manage multiple access types at every location with a single bill and single GTT login
Benefit from unified management of end-to-end connectivity, security, and application control
Rapidly deploy or decommission locations on your network
Benefit from GTT’s integrated, network-based secure SD-WAN gateways
Leverage GTT’s years of managed SD-WAN experience
Minimize capital expenditures

SEAMLESSLY MANAGE YOUR SD-WAN SERVICE WITH GTT

SD-WAN deployment is pivotal for your business’s digital success. When professionally managed, SD-WAN solutions offer substantial returns:

Engaging an experienced SD-WAN managed service provider such as GTT can ensure you optimize those returns. Contact us to take your business further, faster, smarter!

FAQs

Don’t let your questions stand in the way of network transformation. Here are a few answers to your common questions about Managed SD-WAN Services.

What is SD-WAN?

Imagine your software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) as a team of superhuman network administrators who never sleep. They monitor every network element 24 hours a day and fix problems before users even notice an outage. Because SD-WAN monitors and automates more day-to-day tasks, your IT team is free to focus on the challenges that matter most to your business.

In other words, SD-WAN is an application that monitors and controls your network from a high level. From one single dashboard, you can:

Measure network performance
Detect changing network conditions
Dynamically optimize network utilization

SD-WAN lets you mitigate problems like latency, packet loss, and jitter by adjusting application and quality of service priorities down to the branch and individual user levels. You can also route data across any available transport type (such as broadband internet, MPLS, 4G/LTE) at any point in time while maintaining uniform reliability and security.

Once the SD-WAN solution is deployed correctly, you can do these tasks automatically. In other words, SD-WAN’s intelligent software will adapt to your network’s capabilities in real time.

SD-WAN vs. MPLS: Which is best?

The “SD-WAN vs. MPLS” myth! Our customers often ask us about choosing between SD-WAN and MPLS. The myth is that you have to choose between them.

SD-WAN is not an access type. It’s a software layer that resides on your network. It provides visibility and control over network components, which may include MPLS.

So, why are some people claiming that SD-WAN will replace MPLS? The reason is that for the first time, SD-WAN makes enterprise-level reliability possible using other types of circuits.

The cost of MPLS has always been the unavoidable price of delivering security and reliability to the enterprise network. But with a well-designed SD-WAN, there are now more ways to achieve the same level of reliability or better.

Let’s look at the numbers. MPLS can deliver three 9s of reliability, compared to just one 9 for the typical broadband circuit. But SD-WAN options can get you even higher reliability.

Circuit Type	Meantime between failure (hours)	Meantime to repair (hours)	Availability	Ave. downtime/month (hours)
Broadband	200	4	98.040%	14.3
MPLS	2,000	2	99.900%	0.73
2x Broadband with SD-WAN	5,000	2	99.962%	0.28
2x Broadband with SD-WAN		2	99.998%	0.01

This chart demonstrates that an SD-WAN with multiple broadband lines can actually deliver significantly less downtime than a single MPLS circuit. And the encryption added by SD-WAN adds needed privacy to those otherwise-public broadband connections.

That number only increases with more routes—reliability increases with two broadband and one 4G/LTE line, or by adding secondary circuits to your MPLS network, for unprecedented reliability at your most critical locations. The bottom line? SD-WAN can include MPLS, but it can also help you outperform it (not to mention, at a much lower TCO).

What is the cost of managed SD-WAN services?

The total cost will depend on the level of service you’re looking for. Talk to a GTT SD-WAN Expert to learn more about managed SD-WAN solution costs and benefits.

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