Empowering Small Businesses: SMOAD’s Contribution to Voice, Data, and Storage
Whether you want to set up a small business, branch office, remote office, or work-from-home option for your employees, SMOAD could be your destination for uninterrupted voice, data and storage. Loaded with security protocols and no prohibitive lease line or MPLS cost, you can connect your distributed offices with SD-WAN. Here is what SD-WAN can do to help your small business scale according to your business growth. SD-WAN powers mission-critical applications and multi-location collaboration, facilitating business communication uninterrupted at affordable cost without compromising on security.
Small businesses often suffer bandwidth issues, leaving the remote staff wanting more. SD-WAN offers the best solution for those businesses looking for affordable network solutions. SD-WAN is the apt solution for evolving network needs where lower-priority traffic can be routed through less expensive internet circuits. SD-WAN allows companies to pick and choose suitable network connections like MPLS, broadband, LTE or 5G to ensure uninterrupted connectivity and use the circuits more efficiently. This function is especially suitable for businesses with branch or remote offices, keeping your overhead in control without compromising bandwidth and security.
The need for SD-WAN was felt when companies moved from a single cloud computing platform to multiple cloud platforms. With SD-WAN, small businesses can now meet customer expectations and stay ahead of the competition. Moreover, there is no need to stick to a single provider for multiple tasks like redundant storage, customer relationship management, backups, supply chain, finance, human resources, and other services. These processes can now be accessed from any location with a fast internet connection.
Earlier, business demands were met using a corporate network that flows into the centralised data centre using MPLS lines. But this is not without its downside. Over time, traditional WANs have found it difficult to meet individuals’ data and bandwidth demands. In addition, the security processes protecting the incoming data were also causing delays. The WAN architecture developed on the spoke-and-hub model could not handle the data sources from various cloud services.
Moreover, the traditional WAN architecture is not capable of handling overloaded direct connections. SD-WAN is seen as an alternative to fighting connectivity issues. SD-WAN is seen as a solution for various branch-edge devices connected to a physical wide-area network.
Benefits of SD-WAN for small businesses
SD-WAN is designed to boost your small business connectivity speed and increase the quality of voice, video and text applications. Adding these services to your small business is important, especially if you have branch offices or a remote working setup. When it comes to working from home, many employees use their equipment or work through BYOD (Bring your own device) programs. SD-WAN can help support the WFH policy of your company,
Some of the benefits of SD-WAN for small businesses are as follows:
Cloud & SaaS: Businesses no longer depend on a single cloud computing service provider. Whether HR or CRM or integrated video or voice chat, Infrastructure as a Service should be in place.
Security: When it comes to WFH, it is crucial to implement security protocols. SD-WAN helps connect to trusted platforms, and the SD-WAN dashboard puts security features at your fingertips.
Centralised management: SD-WAN makes it convenient to manage activities from the centralised dashboard. Moreover, it helps to manage SaaS applications automatically. Employees need not be immersed in manual processes to establish software or data connectivity for everyday use.
Ease of use: A single dashboard gives access to various functions and data made available through SD-WAN. The dashboard gives you use of usability, offering an enriched user experience.
How to get started with SD-WAN for small business?
SD-WAN comes with a host of benefits, especially for small businesses. It is important to research and implement SD-WAN independently, depending on your requirements. If you do not have IT staff with SD-WAN experience, it would be an ideal option to partner with experts in the field. SMOAD has long-standing experience in the field, and its team of experts can help build your SD-WAN architecture.
SMOAD helps you reach your organisational goals without investing in new infrastructure or manpower. SD-WAN automates network tasks like preventing cyberattacks and traffic routing for your small business. Keeping the network in place enables easy management and control of the network.
SMOAD SD-WAN is suitable for any business and assists in scalability. For more information on SD-WAN for small businesses, call us for a demo.