Product Overview: GTT Managed SD-WAN
GTT Managed SD-WAN is a comprehensive network solution designed to enhance the performance, security, and scalability of enterprise networks. This cloud-based, software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) solution is tailored to address the complex networking needs of modern businesses, particularly those with distributed workforces and a heavy reliance on cloud-based applications.
What GTT Managed SD-WAN Does
GTT Managed SD-WAN serves as a virtual layer that sits over various WAN connections, including fiber, broadband, wireless, MPLS, and LTE. It centralizes the management and optimization of network traffic, ensuring that data travels efficiently and securely between different locations. This solution is particularly beneficial for enterprises facing rapid growth in data traffic, increasing reliance on cloud services, and the challenges of managing a distributed workforce.
Key Features and Functionality
Centralized Management and Control
GTT Managed SD-WAN offers centralized control through the GTT Envision Platform, providing a single pane of glass for network management. This allows IT teams to implement user-defined policies, monitor network performance in real-time, and make adjustments as needed from a unified dashboard.
Enhanced Security
The solution incorporates robust security measures, including encryption protocols to secure data transfer across the network. Centralized management ensures uniform application of security policies, reducing vulnerabilities and the risk of data breaches.
Real-Time Optimization and Automation
GTT Managed SD-WAN intelligently steers application traffic over the best available WAN circuit in real-time, optimizing network utilization and mitigating issues such as latency, packet loss, and jitter. This automation frees IT teams to focus on more critical business challenges.
Scalability and Flexibility
The solution is designed to be highly scalable, allowing businesses to quickly adapt to changing needs, whether it’s adding new branch offices, integrating remote workers, or adjusting bandwidth demands. It supports a range of connectivity options, including broadband, VPN, and MPLS, ensuring continuous protection and performance.
Cost Efficiency
GTT Managed SD-WAN optimizes resource utilization by routing traffic over the most cost-effective connections available, such as broadband internet or LTE, thereby reducing the reliance on more expensive MPLS connections. This approach helps in lowering the total cost of ownership (TCO) and optimizing operational costs.
Seamless Connectivity and Deployment
The solution features zero-touch provisioning (ZTP) for simplified deployment, eliminating the need for manual configuration of network edge devices in branch locations. This ensures rapid deployment and decommissioning of locations on the network, enhancing overall network agility.
Integrated Support and Visibility
GTT Managed SD-WAN provides end-to-end partner support, including deployment, configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting. It offers real-time analytics for network performance optimization and full visibility into the network, enabling faster identification of issues and opportunities for improvement.
Benefits
- Improved Network Performance: Ensures high uptime and optimal application performance, even in the event of connection disruptions, through redundancies and failover capabilities.
- Enhanced Security: Uniformly applies robust security measures across the network, reducing the risk of vulnerabilities.
- Network Scalability: Quickly scales up or down based on evolving business needs.
- Cost Efficiency: Optimizes resource utilization by intelligently routing traffic over cost-effective connections.
- Centralized Management: Streamlines IT management with a unified platform, eliminating the need to manage each network location separately.
- Cohesive Network Experience: Provides a standardized experience for all end-users across the globe, enhancing user experience and collaboration.
GTT Managed SD-WAN is a powerful tool for enterprises seeking to simplify network management, enhance performance, and ensure robust security and scalability in their network infrastructure.