The right partner for your needs
In practice
Changes for your ICT manager
Get more out of your bandwidth
Centralized management and smooth scalability
Maximum availability at all times
Arming against cyberattacks
The ideal network
QUESTIONS ABOUT
SD-WAN FOR SMEs
8
Although SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network) has caused a small revolution in the field of enterprise network management, performance and security, the technology is still relatively unknown. What is SD-WAN? How does SD-WAN optimize your bandwidth? How does it secure your network traffic and harmonize all your IT solutions? With the following 8 questions and answers, you will discover how SD-WAN can centrally and easily support your enterprise network - and thus your entire business.
Can you remember how you used to follow up on customer inquiries with your binder full of papers? Or drew up plans on paper to optimize processes? While that may not be so long ago, digital transformation has changed a lot in a short period of time. To keep that digital express train on track, it is essential to make your ICT infrastructure future-proof. What do you need? A strong and secure enterprise network that grows with your needs.
A strong enterprise network for a rock-solid business
SD-WAN for SMEs in
8 questions and answers
01
What is your ideal enterprise network like?
Software-Defined Wide Area Network
This is probably the ideal environment you have in mind. We will not be far off. And with a technology like SD-WAN, your ideal becomes a reality.
The technology creates a software layer on top of your network. Thanks to the software, office sites and people are connected in a simple and intelligent way. You thus have a secure enterprise network to which all sites and users are connected.
Your employees and partners can work easily and safely. They have easy access to applications and data in the cloud. How that happens - say, via fiber, 5G or Wi-Fi - is never a barrier. At the same time, everything runs without security risks, including for home workers, with any device and through any type of connectivity - today and tomorrow. New employees and sites are added to your enterprise network in the blink of an eye. And you? You keep a central overview and control all the strings.
SD-WAN manages the use of available connectivity (such as MPLS, fiber, 4G and 5G) and allows you to allocate additional bandwidth to the applications that are critical to your business.
Technology to the next level
You centrally manage the enterprise network, with the ability to prioritize critical processes and services in real time so you can work optimally, without outages or a network going down. Connectivity is an indispensable basic technology for your organization. SD-WAN lets you take that technology to the next level, so that you are prepared for potential new challenges.
02
Statista, Global enterprise server hourly downtime cost 2019.
of enterprises estimate that 1 hour of network downtime costs them between €270,000 and €360,000
%
25
SD-WAN provides complete security for your enterprise network through encryption. It ensures a secure environment, whether your team is working in the office or remotely. Your employees connect directly and securely to your business programs in the cloud, without having to connect to your data center first.
How to be
armed against cyberattacks?
With built-in security for your entire enterprise network - such as protection against unauthorized access and data encryption - managing your security becomes much easier and clearer, regardless of whether applications are running locally or in the cloud. This way, you are optimally protected against cyber attacks.
03
Is your
enterprise network always maximally available?
SD-WAN guarantees the operational security of your network. The technology uses the full network capacity. You create redundancy: if the fixed network fails, for example, the mobile connection takes over and your network continues to function optimally.
It is more important than ever to keep your (online) services continuously available. A resilient network prevents your applications from becoming unavailable. This means you will not miss out on revenue or lose time, while maintaining your company's reputation.
of enterprises will have implemented SD-WAN by 2025, up from about 30% in 2020
%
65
Gartner “IT Key Metrics Data 2022: Industry Measures – Executive Summary.” December 2021
The challenges to your network are high. Your employees connect with more and more devices from more and more sites: in the office, at home and on the go. The number of applications is growing day by day. Your bandwidth must therefore follow.
Using SD-WAN, you can easily manage and secure your entire network and its connections from one central dashboard. SD-WAN allows you to define which business-critical applications should be given priority within your data traffic and thus should always operate at maximum performance. For example, you can give video calls priority over data traffic from IoT applications that - depending on your specific needs - are likely to be given lower priority.
How to get
more out of your bandwidth?
04
The fastest route for your network traffic
By analogy with a traffic app like Waze, that shows the fastest route to your destination, SD-WAN searches and finds the fastest route for your network traffic. You can reserve that route via the fiber or 5G network, for example, for the most crucial programs. Less business-critical applications - i.e. with a lower priority - let the priority traffic pass first or follow another, alternative route.
Centralized management ensures smooth scalability. SD-WAN makes it easier to expand or reduce the number of sites in your network. Your network is as such future-proofed and seamlessly facilitates a growing number of users, sites and (cloud) applications.
SD-WAN is also the technology of choice for companies with multiple sites or whose employees are often on the go. Does a site or employee have a temporary need for more bandwidth? SD-WAN ensures optimal network distribution based on current needs.
05
How does your network deal
with new employees or sites?
Increasing network traffic and consumer demand for high-quality content create additional opportunities for SD-WAN.
Futuremarketinsights.com
With SD-WAN, you manage and configure the enterprise network from one central platform. Good news for ICT managers who can monitor and control the network more efficiently. Since everything is managed centrally, there is less need for travel to remote sites or configuration at individual device level.
SD-WAN also provides detailed reporting on network usage and performance. This allows you to analyze trends, identify problems and further improve network performance. Even without doing the math, you figured out that management via SD-WAN saves time and costs.
What will change for your
ICT manager?
06
We not only work
more efficiently thanks to the adaptive connectivity, but also more securely."
Bram Deprettere, IT-manager bij Vandelanotte
To streamline the growing number of cloud applications at network level, accounting and auditing firm Vandelanotte chose an SD-WAN solution. Specifically, the offices now have more network capacity, both for upload and download. "We not only work more efficiently thanks to the adaptive connectivity, but also more securely, through the security of the endpoints, while management is easier, thanks to the software-defined setup of the network," IT manager Bram Depretter says.
07
How does a company experience
SD-WAN
in practice?
Read the full interview
Business continuity and security are very important to Vandelanotte. This is why the company chose the comprehensive approach with a major partner. "We work digitally as much as possible. Thanks to SD-WAN, we can count on Proximus' guaranteed connectivity. When we later need to connect a new office to the network, we can pretty much do so remotely."
Customization
Customer support
Scalability
Single point
of contact
Security
Maturity of
the vendor
08
How to choose a good
SD-WAN partner for your needs?
The SD-WAN market is growing rapidly. More and more vendors are offering SD-WAN solutions, making it difficult for SMEs to navigate the complex landscape of providers.
To choose the right partner that tailors SD-WAN to your needs, consider the following aspects:
Or surf to proximus.be
Ask one of our experts
Do you have further questions about SD-WAN?
Make the move to
a safer and smarter network
7 benefits of an enterprise network with SD-WAN
5
Built-in security protects you against cyber attacks
4
No failures or network outages thanks to redundancy
7
Your ICT team saves time and therefore costs
6
You determine what data traffic gets priority on your network
3
MPLS, fiber, 4G, 5G, ...: in terms of connectivity, everything is possible
2
New employees and sites are connected to your network in no time
1
Your business applications and data are always available
Making the move to a strong enterprise network does not have to be a complex matter for you. Your dedicated Proximus Business Partner will be happy to help you design and implement a balanced and secure connectivity strategy.
With SD-WAN, we provide more options for managing your connectivity. Together we identify your needs, migrate to the appropriate solution and take care of all associated services.
The right partner for your needs
In practice
Changes for your ICT manager
Get more out of your bandwidth
Centralized management and smooth scalability
Maximum availability at all times
Arming against cyberattacks
The ideal network
QUESTIONS ABOUT
SD-WAN FOR SMEs
8
Although SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network) has caused a small revolution in the field of enterprise network management, performance and security, the technology is still relatively unknown. What is SD-WAN? How does SD-WAN optimize your bandwidth? How does it secure your network traffic and harmonize all your IT solutions? With the following 8 questions and answers, you will discover how SD-WAN can centrally and easily support your enterprise network - and thus your entire business.
Can you remember how you used to follow up on customer inquiries with your binder full of papers? Or drew up plans on paper to optimize processes? While that may not be so long ago, digital transformation has changed a lot in a short period of time. To keep that digital express train on track, it is essential to make your ICT infrastructure future-proof. What do you need? A strong and secure enterprise network that grows with your needs.
A strong enterprise network for
a rock-solid business
SD-WAN
for SMEs in
8 questions and answers
Software-Defined Wide Area Network
This is probably the ideal environment you have in mind. We will not be far off. And with a technology like SD-WAN, your ideal becomes a reality.
The technology creates a software layer on top of your network. Thanks to the software, office sites and people are connected in a simple and intelligent way. You thus have a secure enterprise network to which all sites and users are connected.
Your employees and partners can work easily and safely. They have easy access to applications and data in the cloud. How that happens - say, via fiber, 5G or Wi-Fi - is never a barrier. At the same time, everything runs without security risks, including for home workers, with any device and through any type of connectivity - today and tomorrow. New employees and sites are added to your enterprise network in the blink of an eye. And you? You keep a central overview and control all the strings.
Technology to the next level
You centrally manage the enterprise network, with the ability to prioritize critical processes and services in real time so you can work optimally, without outages or a network going down. Connectivity is an indispensable basic technology for your organization. SD-WAN lets you take that technology to the next level, so that you are prepared for potential new challenges.
SD-WAN manages the use of available connectivity (such as MPLS, fiber, 4G and 5G) and allows you to allocate additional bandwidth to the applications that are critical to your business.
What is your ideal enterprise network like?
01
Statista, Global enterprise server hourly downtime cost 2019.
of enterprises estimate that 1 hour of network downtime costs them between €270,000 and €360,000
%
25
SD-WAN provides complete security for your enterprise network through encryption. It ensures a secure environment, whether your team is working in the office or remotely. Your employees connect directly and securely to your business programs in the cloud, without having to connect to your data center first.
With built-in security for your entire enterprise network - such as protection against unauthorized access and data encryption - managing your security becomes much easier and clearer, regardless of whether applications are running locally or in the cloud. This way, you are optimally protected against cyber attacks.
02
How to be
armed against cyberattacks?
03
SD-WAN guarantees the operational security of your network. The technology uses the full network capacity. You create redundancy: if the fixed network fails, for example, the mobile connection takes over and your network continues to function optimally.
It is more important than ever to keep your (online) services continuously available. A resilient network prevents your applications from becoming unavailable. This means you will not miss out on revenue or lose time, while maintaining your company's reputation.
Is your
enterprise network always maximally available?
The challenges to your network are high. Your employees connect with more and more devices from more and more sites: in the office, at home and on the go. The number of applications is growing day by day. Your bandwidth must therefore follow.
Using SD-WAN, you can easily manage and secure your entire network and its connections from one central dashboard. SD-WAN allows you to define which business-critical applications should be given priority within your data traffic and thus should always operate at maximum performance. For example, you can give video calls priority over data traffic from IoT applications that - depending on your specific needs - are likely to be given lower priority.
04
The fastest route for your network traffic
By analogy with a traffic app like Waze, that shows the fastest route to your destination, SD-WAN searches and finds the fastest route for your network traffic. You can reserve that route via the fiber or 5G network, for example, for the most crucial programs. Less business-critical applications - i.e. with a lower priority - let the priority traffic pass first or follow another, alternative route.
of enterprises will have implemented SD-WAN by 2025, up from about 30% in 2020
%
65
Gartner “IT Key Metrics Data 2022: Industry Measures – Executive Summary.” December 2021
How to get
more out of your bandwidth?
Centralized management ensures smooth scalability. SD-WAN makes it easier to expand or reduce the number of sites in your network. Your network is as such future-proofed and seamlessly facilitates a growing number of users, sites and (cloud) applications.
SD-WAN is also the technology of choice for companies with multiple sites or whose employees are often on the go. Does a site or employee have a temporary need for more bandwidth? SD-WAN ensures optimal network distribution based on current needs.
05
How does your network deal
with new employees or sites?
Increasing network traffic and consumer demand for high-quality content create additional opportunities for SD-WAN.
Futuremarketinsights.com
With SD-WAN, you manage and configure the enterprise network from one central platform. Good news for ICT managers who can monitor and control the network more efficiently. Since everything is managed centrally, there is less need for travel to remote sites or configuration at individual device level.
SD-WAN also provides detailed reporting on network usage and performance. This allows you to analyze trends, identify problems and further improve network performance. Even without doing the math, you figured out that management via SD-WAN saves time and costs.
06
Wat verandert
er voor uw ICT-verantwoordelijke?
Read the full interview
Business continuity and security are very important to Vandelanotte. This is why the company chose the comprehensive approach with a major partner. "We work digitally as much as possible. Thanks to SD-WAN, we can count on Proximus' guaranteed connectivity. When we later need to connect a new office to the network, we can pretty much do so remotely."
Bram Deprettere, IT-manager bij Vandelanotte
We not only work
more efficiently thanks to the adaptive connectivity, but also more securely."
To streamline the growing number of cloud applications at network level, accounting and auditing firm Vandelanotte chose an SD-WAN solution. Specifically, the offices now have more network capacity, both for upload and download. "We not only work more efficiently thanks to the adaptive connectivity, but also more securely, through the security of the endpoints, while management is easier, thanks to the software-defined setup of the network," IT manager Bram Depretter says.
07
How does a company experience
SD-WAN
in practice?
Customization
Customer support
Scalability
Single point
of contact
Security
Maturity of
the vendor
The SD-WAN market is growing rapidly. More and more vendors are offering SD-WAN solutions, making it difficult for SMEs to navigate the complex landscape of providers.
To choose the right partner that tailors SD-WAN to your needs, consider the following aspects:
08
How to choose
a good
SD-WAN partner
for your needs?
Or surf to proximus.be
Ask one of our experts
Do you have further questions about SD-WAN?
5
Built-in security protects you against cyber attacks
4
No failures or network outages thanks to redundancy
7
Your ICT team saves time and therefore costs
6
You determine what data traffic gets priority on your network
3
MPLS, fiber, 4G, 5G, ...: in terms of connectivity, everything is possible
2
New employees and sites are connected to your network in no time
1
Your business applications and data are always available
7 benefits of an enterprise network with SD-WAN
Making the move to a strong enterprise network does not have to be a complex matter for you. Your dedicated Proximus Business Partner will be happy to help you design and implement a balanced and secure connectivity strategy.
With SD-WAN, we provide more options for managing your connectivity. Together we identify your needs, migrate to the appropriate solution and take care of all associated services.
Make the move to
a safer and smarter network