SDN is hot, but most businesses are still uncertain what it does. Simply put, it’s a box that sits between your LAN and two or more internet service providers. Plug it all in, and what you have is a device that understands voice packets need the fastest route to the internet as possible. The SDN makes a decision on which ISP to use based on real-time traffic flow data.  If one internet service provider is experiencing a virtual “traffic jam,” the important traffic routes through your second internet service provider and is used until the traffic jam clears up.

• How important is constant uptime to your business?

• Do you have a failover/backup solution currently?

• Do you have enough bandwidth to support your current/future cloud applications?

• What are your business-critical applications?

• Where do your applications live today?

• Do all of your applications perform consistently and reliably today?

• What applications are limited due to your current WAN constraints?

• What is the cost of down time to your business?

• What do you do today when the Internet goes down?

• Have you looked to leverage a low-cost carrier in the past to guarantee up time?

Let’s set up a time to talk about how this might be a good fit.