e CIOs Guide to SD-WAN Building the case for a faster, better, and cheaper network WHITE PAPER 2020 By John Burke CIO and Principal Research Analyst Nemertes ResearchSD-WAN is a potential game-changer for wide area networking—on the same level as server virtualization, which transformed data centers over the last 10 years. SDWAN combines the use of multiple active branch links, intelligent direction of traffic across those links, and centralized, policy-driven management of the WAN as a whole. e ability to leverage multiple lower-cost services (including Internet and 4G wireless) as well as traditional services like MPLS holds the promise of transforming IT’s relationship to the WAN and the WAN’s relationship to the business. Transformational potential is not enough. IT has to bu

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