Breaking Free from Legacy Networks: The Fortinet SD-WAN Advantage

Introduction

In response to today’s digital landscape, in which businesses are increasingly reliant on cloud-based applications and offices are distributed geographically, traditional wide-area networks have emerged. Multiprotocol Label-Switching or leased line links are commonly utilized by them to connect back to an organization’s principal data center. While this strategy protects a central location, it does so at a high cost of connectivity. They also use a hub-and-spoke design, which creates significant latency and reduces network performance when scaled to a variety of app negations sitting in the cloud.

SD-WAN

Traditional WANs are more or less the same, and MPLS is just the beginning. Due to its single network connectivity, as mentioned previously, it provides a straight path to the optimal use of an app, but not to the app itself. SD-WAN, in contrast, is a multipoint VPN that is dynamically activated and has a layer 7 routing with performance SLA. Moreover, SD-WAN includes several network circles such as MPLS, LTE, and the Internet, all of which are on a further path. It has centralized control and automation, which enables an organization to obtain and keep optimal traffic control SING in their network while also increasing their bandwidth overall. The benefits of SD-WAN solutions are available in Fortinet’s solution as one of its unique features.

Fortinet’s SD-WAN Advantage

Fortinet’s SD-WAN solution is the world’s only ASIC-accelerated SD-WAN. This gives the Fortinet SD-WAN a substantial improvement in performance and scale among other VENDOR’s solution types. As a result, Fortinet’s solution can manage a significant number of applications and users while retaining high speeds and low latency.

5000+ Applications Identified with Real-time SSL Inspection

The Fortinet SD-WAN can identify more than 5000 applications and it provides real-time SSL inspection to ensure all traffic is inspected. This type of visibility and control is a critical function for organizations that must do fine-grained security enforcement in their networks.

Self-healing Capabilities for Better User Experience

Fortinet SD-WAN offers automatic self-healing, meaning that network failures are automatically detected and recovered from to avoid major disruptions for users or applications.

Cloud On-Ramp for Effortless SaaS Adoption

Designed with the cloud in mind, Fortinet’s SD-WAN solution provides a universal on-ramp to the cloud as organizations look to easily and efficiently migrate applications across clouds — private data centers (DCs), multiple public cloud platforms or SaaS.

Simplified Operations With NOC/SOC Management And Analytics

Fortinet provides central management and analytics for SD-WAN, which gives IT teams a much-needed single-pane-of-glass view of your network. This simplifies operations in addition to providing improved troubleshooting and resolution times.

Technology Comparison

Fortinet’s SD-WAN vs. Other Solutions

How does the Fortinet SD-WAN Solution compare to other solutions?

• Scalability: Fortinet’s SD-WAN solution is designed for scale, and can support very large and extremely distributed enterprises.
• Secure: Fortinet’s SD-WAN solution comes bundled with advanced security, including real-time SSL inspection and self-healing mechanisms for industry-best security enforcement.
• Usability: Fortinet SD-WAN, as the title suggests is very easy to use and manage with quick operational deployment that significantly improves user experience ratio of less time in troubleshooting.

Conclusion

So, if you want to avoid the limitations of traditional WANs and get around those silly laws restricting bandwidth – an SD-WAN is for you…Fortinet has got ya covered. SD-WAN powered by Fortinet ASIC-accelerated technology, real-time SSL inspection, self-healing capabilities and cloud on-ramp provide a secure foundation for enterprise networks. Fortinet SD-WAN is ideal for organizations looking to build an SD-WAN because they have the ability to increase network performance, reduce costs and secure them.