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SD-WAN 2.0 FOR THE ENTERPRISE HOME OFFICE
SEAMLESSLY AND SECURELY EXTENDING THE ENTERPRISE IT ENVIRONMENT TO THE HOME OFFICE WITH SD-WAN 2.0
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Teleworking is a growing phenomenon as exemplified by its growth over the last decade . The current pandemic has dramatically accelerated teleworking which has put an unexpected strain on enterprise networks . Concerns about security , productivity and cost efficiency all come up when enterprises are asked about their strategy to enable teleworking . Today ’ s SD-WAN technology has matured to a degree where these concerns can be addressed .
Nuage Networks has introduced SD-WAN 2.0 for the enterprise home office that enables their managed service provider ( MSP ) partners to extend SD-WAN services to their enterprise customers quickly , efficiently , and cost effectively in any home environment with limited incremental cost and process change .
The massive shift toward teleworking
The percentage of remote home workers or teleworkers has increased dramatically over the last five years and continues to rise . There are reasons for this growth as enabling teleworking has shown to increase employee ’ s morale , productivity , and wellbeing , while also reducing costs to the enterprise by maintaining a smaller number of branches .
With the recent Covid-19 pandemic , teleworking has accelerated dramatically which has forced enterprises to act quickly , securely and costeffectively to enable home teleworking for their employees . This massive shift in home teleworking has also put a strain on the network itself as the use of collaborative SaaS and UCaaS applications have grown dramatically .
Enterprise IT teams need to act swiftly to address changing business requirements which includes :
• Using simple to deploy and cost-effective measures to enable home teleworking , enabling home teleworking without compromising network security
• Providing each teleworker with access to the IT business applications they need when they need them
• Ensuring that the network can scale to accommodate the massive increase in network endpoints and the increased consumption of SaaS and UCaaS applications
The traditional approach of deploying VPN client software on each teleworker ' s home device is often used but it is inefficient as it is not integrated into
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