What Is REDtone Software-Defined WAN?
REDtone SD-WAN enables enterprises to re-architect their WAN and branches’ networks by establishing a unified network plane across disparate networks and providing a central hosted solution for WAN management. This gives enterprises better management across the entire WAN, reduces costs through WAN flexibility, and simplifies operations with centralized provisioning, management, as well as policy control and application visibility. Above all, it allows enterprise to response dynamically to new business challenges.
Enterprise Challenges
Increase Network Agility and Reduces Costs for Multiple Locations
Digital transformation is having a radical impact on businesses. The speed of business digitization, changes in the application consumption model, including the increasing use of the cloud, continually growing bandwidth and application performance requirements, are challenging current WAN architectures. This has resulted in businesses seeking greater network agility and efficiency.
Enterprises are presented with an opportunity to simplify their WAN architectures while improving the ability to drive digital transformation without compromise.
Features
Unbreakable Connectivity
- Dual independent links (Metro E & HSBB) with no shared path for maximum uptime
- Smart routing optimizes traffic and balances data usage
- Critical apps get priority; non-critical apps use HSBB for cost efficiency
A Single Unified Network
- Hybrid networking unifies MPLS networks, Ethernet lines and the Internet to create a centralized, secure unified network.
- Provides better visibility into the overall network and flexibility in making changes, implementing different topologies and rolling out network-wide policies.
Transport-Independent Connectivity
- Utilizes any available connectivity and replaces network connections without modifying the architecture.
- Leverages MPLS, broadband and cellular connections
Intelligent Path Control
- Automatically routes traffic through the most efficient and cost-effective path in your network based on performance requirements; dynamically adjusts network behavior and resources to fit the traffic demand of high-priority applications.
- Avoids network bottlenecks and increases application performance across the board.
Secure Connectivity
- Delivers exceptional security via VPN, firewall, network segmentation and threat defense capabilities.
Lower Costs and Rapid Deployment
- Enterprises can augment or even replace MPLS connections with broadband Internet services to connect users to applications and significantly lower WAN costs.
- A simplified, centrally managed SD-WAN architecture lowers operating expenses (OPEX). It also enables rapid branch deployments: a new branch or remote location can easily be brought online in just a few minutes.
Greater Business Agility and Responsiveness
- Allows enterprises to deploy connectivity to new sites effortlessly.
- Enables changes in network policies to be rolled out quickly in response to changing business needs
Optimised Connectivity
- Data and application-aware capabilities enable traffic to be routed across the most efficient connections based on business requirements.
- Prioritizes critical applications and dynamically adjusts network behavior and resources to fit application traffic demand
Enhanced Network Visibility
- Live network performance reports deliver visibility into application traffic on the network.
- Empowers enterprises to change or fine-tune networking policies for better alignment with business needs.
Our Benefits
Lower Costs and Rapid Deployment
Enterprises can augment or even replace MPLS connections with broadband Internet services to connect users to applications and significantly lower WAN costs. A simplified, centrally managed SD-WAN architecture lowers operating expenses (OPEX). It also enables rapid branch deployments: a new branch or remote location can easily be brought online in just a few minutes.
Greater Business Agility and Responsiveness
Allows enterprises to deploy connectivity to new sites effortlessly. Enables changes in network policies to be rolled out quickly in response to changing business needs.
Optimised Connectivity
Data and application-aware capabilities enable traffic to be routed across the most efficient connections based on business requirements. Prioritizes critical applications and dynamically adjusts network behavior and resources to fit application traffic demand.
How Does It Works?
REDtone SD-WAN enables secure and seamless connectivity between headquarters, branch offices, cloud platforms, and SaaS applications through a single, intelligent network. By leveraging REDtone Internet or MPLS as the core, businesses can connect using multiple access options including MPLS, 4G, DIA, and broadband, all managed through secure SD-WAN overlay tunnels. This architecture allows users to reliably access public cloud services such as Alibaba Cloud, Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure, as well as SaaS applications like Microsoft Office 365, SAP, Salesforce, and Google Docs. With centralized management via the REDtone SD-WAN Orchestrator, organisations gain greater visibility, improved performance, and enhanced security across their entire network.
Enterprises are presented with an opportunity to simplify their WAN architectures while improving the ability to drive digital transformation without compromise.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What is SD‑WAN by REDtone?
SD‑WAN is a software‑defined wide area network that unifies different transport links (broadband, MPLS, cellular) into a centrally managed, intelligent network. It gives better control, visibility, and reliability.
How does REDtone SD‑WAN improve connectivity?
It enables dynamic path control, traffic routing over the best available link, automatic failover, and application‑aware routing, ensuring critical apps get priority and network downtime is minimised.
What types of transport can I use (underlay) with REDtone SD‑WAN?
You can use metro Ethernet (Metro E), high‑speed broadband (HSBB), MPLS, and cellular links. The service is transport‑independent and supports any available connection.
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