# SD-WAN Solutions Deliver the reliability and efficiency your business demands by leveraging our SD-WAN solutions to securely connect your users and applications without sacrificing security. - Ensure network protection with enterprise-level security - Help reduce costs while optimizing bandwidth requirements - Receive customized implementation tailored to your business [Download our SD-WAN / SASE Infographic](https://webcdn.cox.com/content/dam/cox/business/documents/lf-downloads/sdwan-infographic.pdf) --- At-a-glance ## Why Your Company Needs SD-WAN Reshape the modern enterprise network by improving performance, connectivity and reliability of applications—all on your existing network. Along with improved performance, businesses will benefit from reduced costs and enhanced security for using our virtual WAN technology, resulting in increased business productivity. - Make informed decisions about your network with easy-to-understand reports and actionable analytics. - Control your network traffic by setting rules, letting you prioritize critical tasks. - Seamlessly integrate with our Desktop as a Service solution to optimize the virtual desktop and application experience. ## SD-WAN Key Features and Benefits - **Security** - Secure data access while controlling application delivery with strong encryption, app-level policies and data segmentation to ensure your network is protected. - **Reliability** - If your network connection fails, get back up and running almost instantly without losing application access. - **Business Continuity** - In the event of a disruption, remote access and virtualized WAN technology will help protect server availability and keep you connected to business-critical applications. - **Automated Network Management** - Direct traffic along the best connection while simplifying network management and administration. - **Cost-Effective Networking** - Optimize your network's bandwidth requirements to help reduce downtime, as well as lower costs for infrastructure, support, management and IT. - **Increased Uptime** - Maximize your network uptime by using multiple network circuits from various providers. Add our new LTE failover for the ultimate service protection. ## Standard Features - Compression and encryption - Multiple recovery points - Real-time replication - Assured disaster recovery readiness - Byte-level replication - Hardware and storage independent - Application and hypervisor independent - High availability - Automated failover (with <4 hour RTO only) ## Management Features - Facilitated Migrations - Active Monitoring of Servers - Storage Management (if applicable) - Server Patches - Server Updates - License Key Management - Advanced Management ## Additional Features - WAN virtualization - Deployment - Application QoS - Path assignment - Routing - Integrated firewall - Tunnel interfaces - Authentication - Application and WAN optimization - Centralized policies - Hypervisor support - Network encryption - Manageability - Configuration ## Prepare for the Unexpected with SD-WAN Dynamically distribute traffic across all transport modes to fit policies and automatically steer clear of issues to ensure optimal transport for each application. ## SD-WAN FAQs: ### What is SD-WAN? SD-WAN stands for a software-defined wide area network. A wide area network (WAN) is a collection of local area networks (LAN) that communicate with each other to transfer large amounts of data and provide network connectivity to a wide area. A software-defined approach makes WAN easier to deploy, operate and manage, increasing data transfer efficiencies. ### Is SD-WAN secure? Absolutely. Our SD-WAN services incorporate strong encryption, application-level security policies and data segmentation to ensure your network is protected. ### Can SD-WAN improve network uptime? Yes. We ensure your devices are set up and configured properly to provide maximum uptime availability. ### How does SD-WAN differ from traditional WAN? Traditional WAN is complex, expensive and can be difficult to manage. It also can't deliver the connectivity essential for software as a service (SaaS) and public cloud applications, like Microsoft 365 or emerging technologies, such as virtual desktops. SD-WAN centralizes management and creates visibility that can drastically reduce bandwidth, operational costs and improves service performance. ### How Much Is Cox Business SD-WAN? SD-WAN services help businesses save on capital expenses by eliminating the cost associated with maintaining a physical infrastructure. Contact one of our Cox Business representatives to learn more about this service and pricing. ### Is SD-WAN Available in My Area? Contact one of our Cox Business representatives to learn whether our SD-WAN services are available in your area. ### What Is the Difference Between SD-WAN and VPN? VPNs provide an encryption solution for traffic moving between two networks only. SD-WAN is capable of supporting multiple connections, including MPLS, broadband and LTE, over a wide communication infrastructure. With Cox SD-WAN, businesses can securely connect their users over any network. ## SD-WAN Resources ### What is SD-WAN? Learn how Cox Business Cloud Solutions can offer the reliability and security your business depends on. [Learn more](https://www.cox.com/business/cloud-services/resources/what-is-sd-wan.html) ### How to manage multiple business locations Streamline your workflow and help safeguard your company wherever your employees are based. [Discover how](https://www.cox.com/business/cloud-services/resources/managing-multiple-business-locations.html) ### Remote work security challenges and tips Safeguard your company and personnel by learning about remote work security challenges. [Let us show you](https://www.cox.com/business/cloud-services/resources/remote-work-security.html) ### What is cloud migration? Learn about the benefits of moving your assets to the cloud and find out how it's done. [Find out more](https://www.cox.com/business/cloud-services/resources/cloud-migration.html) ## Explore Other Services ### Desktop Access your applications and data on virtually any device, any time with fully managed 24/7 support. [Desktop as a Service](https://www.cox.com/business/cloud-services/daas.html) ### Disaster Recovery Protect your business from human error, natural disasters, power failure, viruses and more. [Disaster Recovery as a Service](https://www.cox.com/business/cloud-services/draas.html) ### Infrastructure Effectively and securely scale your IT cloud environment, while meeting compliance requirements. [Infrastructure as a Service](https://www.cox.com/business/cloud-services/iaas.html) --- ## Contact Cox Business **Let's get in touch** Whether you're a new or an existing customer, we're here to talk about your business needs and answer any questions you may have about our services. 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