{"id":5745,"date":"2023-03-06T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/?p=5745"},"modified":"2023-03-06T10:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T15:45:00","slug":"tech-talks-enable-secure-off-site-work-with-managed-sd-wan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/tech-talks-enable-secure-off-site-work-with-managed-sd-wan\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Talks: Enable secure off-site work with managed SD-WAN"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GlowingTo serve as a trusted advisor to our clients, we need to stay up to speed with the latest IT trends and solutions. To achieve that, our team of IT experts attends weekly training sessions conducted by various IT solution providers.\u00a0Based on our extensive experience and sales volume with the suppliers, we receive exclusive, direct and usually in-person training from these suppliers.\u00a0Our Tech Talks blog series offers a snapshot of these educational<\/em>\u00a0sessions.<\/em><\/p>\n

A global food product distributor needed more reliable and agile network services to support multi-national operations. The company\u00a0required consistent product quality across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Their previous network provider was pricey, unreliable, and offered sub-par support.<\/p>\n

After researching high-performance network service suppliers, the company selected one of our partners, a leader in software-defined network services. The client was impressed with how quickly our partner responded to support requests as well as the ability to make service changes fast and dynamic bandwidth assignment. Over the course of four months, the food distributor migrated 12 network locations across the Netherlands, U.S., England, and Canada to the new service provider.\u00a0Subsequently, WAN costs dropped by 45 percent, and the client’s IT team was able to right-size their bandwidth. Overall, our partner’s services fueled rapid worldwide growth for the food distributor.<\/p>\n

If you need reliable, high-quality network services to support better performance, you should look into working with the same supplier. Our\u00a0technology advisors<\/a>\u00a0recently met with members of this service provider’s sales team to discuss their portfolio and the business benefits of their offerings. Here’s some essential information you should consider to make a well-informed purchasing decision.<\/p>\n

Provider overview<\/h2>\n

This Texas-based IT service provider was founded in 2001 and built a reputation as a pioneer in software-defined networking. The provider delivers reliable, cutting-edge\u00a0SD-WAN<\/a>,\u00a0unified communications as a service (UCaaS)<\/a>,\u00a0cloud contact center<\/a>, and\u00a0managed security<\/a>\u00a0services to support peak performance for modern businesses. With over 20 years of software-defined networking experience, this supplier’s team serves more than 1,400 enterprise clients in 102 countries and maintains a net promoter score of 65, along with a 99 percent customer retention rate. They also boast 100 percent in-sequence packet delivery and provide 24\/7 support from their network operations and security operations centers.<\/p>\n

Featured offering: Managed SD-WAN<\/h2>\n

Whether you run a smaller business with one location or a multi-site corporation, this supplier has the flexibility to enable optimal application performance with SD-WAN and secure access service edge (SASE). Depending on your needs, you can opt for fully-managed or co-managed SD-WAN. Key features and benefits of this solution include the following:<\/p>\n