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Over the past several years, Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS) networking has provided companies with a flexible, stable and high-performing way to connect offices. And the steady increase in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) implementations has encouraged the push toward Software-Defined Wide Area Networking or SD-WAN.
Initially, the provisioning of SD-WAN network services in enterprises was slow, due to concerns about network security and performance. But over time, these concerns have been mitigated with the emergence of solid network security solution options and steady performance. Fully-managed cloud-based unified threat management (UTM) network security solutions ensure a secure solution whether the WAN is comprised of MPLS, SD-WAN, or a combination of the two. With concerns like downtime and bandwidth interruptions set aside, SD-WAN has started to gain momentum in the SaaS WAN marketplace. So how do MPLS and SD-WAN compare against one another?
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SD-WAN uses a software-based approach to deploying enterprise WAN. It shifts traffic monitoring and management from physical devices to an application approach. SD-WAN pulls the network setup into a virtual environment where there is a secure pool of both private and public connections, centralized network control and real-time traffic management across multiple links.
