AVANT’s Platform for IT Decision Making has assisted Trusted Advisors and their customers with thousands of IT decisions annually for customers of all sizes, from SMB to Fortune 500, providing us a large experience base and data set to reflect upon. Our role in supporting real world IT decision making with Trusted Advisors and their customers with leading technologies and solutions places us in a unique position to see near real-time market trends. Our data is collected through sales efforts in conjunction with the Trusted Advisor community, through assessment data collected at the outset of the sales discussion, and through various market research tools, including surveys, interviews, focus groups, and external reports. SD-WAN: Is It Ready for Prime Time? This 6-12 Report focuses on the market dynamics around software defined wide-area networking, (SD-WAN), a wide-area networking technology that has gained substantial momentum as a means of supporting latency-sensitive applications while at the same time controlling costs and enhancing performance. Key aspects covered in this report include: • How enterprise customers can leverage SD-WAN towards increased network performance and/or lower costs • The types of applications best served by SD-WAN • The key players in the SD-WAN space We will also explore additional issues around benefits to your company, the status of MPLS, impacts on cybersecurity, and whether there is a continuing need for firewalls and routers. The selection of the right SD-WAN solution for your company can be a time-consuming and complex task. There are many criteria to consider, including applications supported, security needs, geographic needs, preference for self or turnkey management, and many more. This report will help you to evaluate this wide variety of options and considerations that should factor into your technology planning processes. Copyright © 2019 AVANT Communications, Inc. 4