What is Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Technology?

Increase your team’s productivity with a cost-effective SD-WAN solution from Elite Group. Power digital transformation within your business by deploying new technologies within your cloud infrastructure, efficiently.

Software-defined Wide Area Networking allows you to utilise and manage more than one external network connection, such as MPLS, business broadband and fibre optic at a given location, based on its performance. With SD-WAN you can define which WAN link an application utilises and set up rules for which link should be used based on its performance. Streamline your IT operations and security management with an SD-WAN solution from Elite Group.

Connectivity That Keeps Up with Your Business

With the modern business now implementing remote and flexible working, the reliance of data and applications within the cloud has increased dramatically. Your IT resource needs to adapt to this increased reliance and ideally you want to adapt whilst keeping your infrastructure simple to manage.

Wide Area Networks (WAN) are vital to the infrastructure of your business IT. However, these networks can be a little unpredictable at times, which can cause disruption to your business. When it comes to transforming your business with technology, such as video communications, VoIP telephony and hosted desktops, unreliable WAN can cause costly disruption and bandwidth consumption exceeds the capacity they were designed for. When it comes to scaling your business it can also be tricky and expensive to expand your WAN capacity.

Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) solutions optimises your bandwidth and provides a consistent connection to the cloud to boost the performance of your applications and whilst maintaining high-level security and protecting your data.

Improve Your Customer’s Experience with Software Defined WAN

Once integrated, SD-WAN simplifies your WAN, delivering lower costs, bandwidth optimisation, a seamless connection to the cloud and enhances application performance without sacrificing security and data privacy.

With applications performing at peak potential, productivity and customer satisfaction are improved while consistent, enterprise-grade security keeps risk at a minimum.

Why Elite for SD-WAN Solutions

Deliver seamless experiences across your business WAN for your users, by ensuring your network is always reliable with SD-WAN technology from Elite Group. We deliver resilient WAN connectivity that streamlines your IT, to free up the time of your team, so they can focus on other more important tasks within your business.

With an Elite SD-Wan solution your users and your business data is safeguarded, so your team can work efficiently and safely from anywhere.

Key Features

Build a digital presence that is more secure, more versatile and more powerful.

True Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP)

Elites Software Defined Wide Area Network uses automatic router configuration to provide a 'plug and play' service without the need for network engineer intervention.

Advanced Analytics

Advanced SD-WAN analytics comb through your network's raw data and produce accessible reports on multiple factors, including overall network performance.

Full-Managed Migration and Implementation

Elite will support you during the full migration and implementation process of your new Software Defined Wide Area Network infrastructure.

Complete Network Management from One Single Source

Manage your SD-WAN via a dashboard that unifies data from multiple different sources and presents it in a single view.

Dynamic Path Selection

Maximise bandwidth by intelligently routing traffic across multiple connection types. The network automatically identifies and prioritises the most important applications.

Integrated SASE & Cloud Security

By integrating firewalls, web filtering, and encryption directly, you ensure remote offices and cloud-based applications remain secure without the need for additional, bulky hardware.

Case Study – LED Leisure

LED Leisure were experiencing some reliability and connectivity issues with their previous connections. Elite worked with LED Leisure to provide a solution that worked for their business and they no longer receive complaints from staff members about dropped lines and poor connectivity. Check out the video to see how we did this.

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Business Benefits

Trust the Elite experts to optimise your network with SD-WAN solutions.

Cloud Ready

SD-WAN is designed to fully support applications hosted in public or private cloud environments.

Unified Management Platform

Streamline IT operations with a range of Software Defined Wide Area Network management features accessed via a single, intuitive and centralised platform.

Enhanced Security

Protect your business with integrated and advanced security tools, including a next-generation layer-7 firewall, Cisco AMP with Threat Grid and content filtering to confidently allow Direct Internet Access.

Hybrid WAN

SD-WAN is available as a stand alone service, or for more enhanced security and performance, as a Hybrid WAN that combines with an MPLS network.

Unlock Potential

Optimise your backup connections by intelligently routing traffic via all links based on connection quality and speed.

Customer Reviews

“When we looked at our existing suppliers, side-by-side, Elite Group stood out as the provider who looked after our needs the best. Elite Group were always available to speak with when we contacted them, ready to offer advice, and we had access to a dedicated account manager who ensured our needs were always being met. It made sense that we would look to shift all communications to them.”

Tom Robson | Resources & Communication Co-Ordinator

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Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Frequently Asked Questions

Is an SD-WAN right for my business?

SD-WAN has features than can benefit almost any business. For example, you can aggregate multiple site connections to effectively combine the bandwidth of each, maximise your connectivity potential and introduce various layers of resilience.

Can Elite support me to understand my network and how this may look using SD-WAN?

Yes. Whether you have clear technical requirements or a set of high-level objectives that you need your network to meet, Elite can work with you to build a network that works for your business.

Is it possible to segment voice and data over the network?

Yes, although in recent years, fewer and fewer businesses take this option, as voice and data have merged, as part of the move towards unified communications solutions and traffic segmentation can pose issues when soft clients are in use.

Why should I deploy SD-WAN instead of MPLS?

SD-WANs provide many advantages over MPLS, from faster deployment due to auto-provision of hardware and ‘one pane of glass’ management of connected devices. However, MPLS still has a place and will always be the most secure method of connecting multiple sites, as well as boasting performance benefits over SD-WAN in certain areas. Elite can deploy MPLS networks, SD-WANs or hybrid solutions to give you the best of both worlds in terms of flexibility, security, performance and cutting-edge features.

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