The Mobile Workforce: Enhancing Productivity with SD-WAN
Remote workers have long trusted VPNs to deliver secure access, but they come at a heavy price and lack provisions to scale. Organisations are looking to cut costs, and SD-WAN is seen as a cost-effective solution. The future will be powered by AI and automation, where connectivity will be the key.
Let us see how SD-WAN is an affordable solution to remove the need for VPN hardware.
Remote workers often face the brunt of poor network connectivity. They had to face significant costs with no options to scale, leading to poor employee performance. SD-WAN is turning out to be the best option for remote workers who are looking for an alternative to VPN. Installing SD-WAN edge devices at the remote office can be the best alternative to provide secure and affordable access for mobile users who connect from home, branch offices, hotels or airports.
SD-WAN can provide secure access from anywhere. It steers traffic through secure LTE, broadband, and 5 G links, ensuring secure and continuous backup. Remote workers can connect from anywhere to the cellular network without interruption. By routing it through the best network, you can optimise your business application, conference calls, email, etc.
Get your new workplace connected in no time with SD-WAN. Traditional infrastructure cannot meet the challenges of the modern workforce, and establishing temporary or new sites may take weeks. SD-WAN can provide instant connectivity for make-shift sites or new locations. With SD-WAN, you can launch a business in any corner of the globe.
Touching mobile workers
Cellular communication is crucial for mobile workers, as they rely on collaboration and access to real-time data. The cellular links of employees’ personal devices are enabled, and corporate WAN has no role. SD-WAN technology facilitates this approach. A software layer is added over the multiple data transport options. Organisations can use cellular, broadband, fibre internet, or satellite services to suit their business needs. The data is routed over the global hybrid WAN depending on the application requirements.
Modern businesses are adopting SD-WAN for improved WAN performance, simplified management, security, and affordability. With SD-WAN, IT teams can enjoy greater visibility of network traffic in a distributed enterprise. Organisations can optimise WAN connectivity by incorporating cellular into SD-WAN.
Mobile users have moved away from traditional VPNs, especially using cloud-based applications and services. Connecting to the internet via cellular reduces latency and simplifies user access. With SD-WAN, businesses enjoy centralised authentication, integration of layered security controls, end-to-end encryption, and enforcement of cellular connections. Moreover, you can enjoy WAN optimisation, application prioritisation, traffic shaping, and other capabilities for cellular links for excellent performance.
Add SD-WAN routers, appliances, and gateways for backup or temporary connection. Enjoy high-speed connectivity to support multiple devices with SD-WAN. Being a virtual WAN architecture, it connects users efficiently through a centralised cloud system irrespective of location. It routes traffic dynamically and securely across multiple connections, LTE, ILL and broadband connections. SD-WAN helps businesses enjoy greater operational agility and application performance.
Managing a hybrid workforce could drain your IT resources when configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting your network issues. Automating routine tasks by routing them through the most efficient path can help you troubleshoot remotely and increase your network performance.
Security is a significant concern for remote workers as they access the corporate network from multiple locations and devices. Using SD-WAN, you can improve security by incorporating advanced features like firewalls and end-to-end encryption. These advanced technologies ensure that data is secure irrespective of where the employee connects.
Organisations benefit from SD-WAN as they incorporate it into their remote work strategies. The future of the remote model is evolving by the day as resilient and versatile networking solutions unfold. SD-WAN drives large businesses to scale their networks, allowing them to embrace new technologies and tackle work from anywhere.
SMOAD SD-WAN is suitable for remote and distributed offices. It can manage cloud workloads by securely combining them with telco-agnostic last-mile transport. It includes 4G LTE and a 5G connection. The advantage of SMOAD SD-WAN is customised WAN connectivity for your business needs. It comes with unparalleled scalability, offering superior customer experience. With simplified operations and reduced cost, it comes at a flat price.
Moreover, the scalable design, 24/7 pro-active monitoring, analytics & reporting offer in-depth discovery. It provides end-to-end management with last-mile connectivity, including backbone network, 4G/5G, and SD-WAN core/ gateway. You can choose from multiple providers to a single partner in one invoice for your distributed offices.
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