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A No-Hype, 3 Step Guide to Transforming your WAN

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AgendaTransforming your WAN

− Market environment− Impact on the WAN− Introducing SD-WAN− Which WAN is right for you?

TGI Fridays case study− Business environment & challenges− Technology opportunities & priorities− Connectivity solution− Lessons learned

Q & A

Jay FerroEVP, CIO and Products EarthLink @jayferro

Sherif MityasVP Strategy & BrandTGI Fridays

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All roads lead to the cloud: Rapid growth in data, apps, and connected “things”

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80% of site WAN traffic is destined for the Internet

30% of the world's 100 largest vendors shifting to cloud-only software investments by 2019

11.4 billion connected things in use worldwide by 2018

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At the same time, customer experience is front & centerDemand for a unified experience that transcends channels…one that is personalized, mobile, seamless, and secure

In every industry…retail shoppershealthcare patientsbanking customersenterprise employees

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“89% of enterprises surveyed believe that customer experience will be their primary

basis for competition.” –Gartner, Feb 2015

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This means more demands on the WAN

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More bandwidth…

More security…

More resiliency…

More visibility & control…

2XIncrease every 18 months1

48%Growth in security incidents2

$300KCost per hour of network outages3

78%CIOs can’t guarantee app performance4

Sources: 1. BCG Survey 2015, 2. PwC Survey, 2015, 3. Gartner 2014, 4. Deloitte CIO Survey 2014

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MPLS is safe, reliable and powerful but:•Wasn’t designed for cloud•Long install times•Costly bandwidth•No visibility or control over application performance

Traditional networks can’t keep pace

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“ If you go with the traditional WAN architecture, cloud apps will suffer.”

--Andrew Lerner, Gartner

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Enter the next generation of networking:Software-Defined WAN“SD-WAN solutions employ centrally managed WAN edge devices placed in branch offices to establish logical connections with other branch edge devices across the physical WAN. These logical connections create secure paths across multiple WAN connections and carriers, such as hybrid Internet and multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) architectures.”

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“30% of enterprises will deploy SD-WAN in their branches by the end of 2019.”

Source: Gartner

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Why SD-WAN?

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Cost Savings Security Availability Bandwidth Application QOS Flexibility Analytics

Use Internet connections

Orchestrated provisioning and change controls

As a service vs. capital expense

Secure VPN tunnels

Security services at logical points

Block application flows

Active / Active edge links

Re-routing of apps in real time

Sub-second fail-over

Use private and public connections

Encrypted, high capacity tunnels to the cloud

Path conditioning

App priority policies for routing

Forward error and packet order correction

Real time traffic steering

Business operations linked to app policies

Automated provisioning of policy controls

App usage and analytics

Edge data for app flows

User and location utilization

Technical Capabilities

Operational Efficiency Performance Visibility / Control Agility

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“3 Steps” to determine which WAN is right for you

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Step #1: Fortify your cloud connections

Direct connections from MPLS network to 3rd party cloud providers

Step #2: Address bandwidth constraints

Replace T1s with low cost, high bandwidth broadband

Step #3: Gain visibility & control over app performance

Add SD-WAN with active/active config for 100% application uptime

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The “3 Steps” applied: Case examples

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Business Need IT Challenge Solution

Multi-location ad agency-needs guaranteed Skype performance for high-value client calls

Bandwidth & reliability issues with current MPLS network for Skype & cloud-based apps

Add WAN 2 with SD-WAN; Active-Active; guarantee Skype performance

Regional bank needs to invest more in customer experience apps without increasing budget

Getting more bandwidth, performance, security from current MPLS + backup networks within current budget

Replace backup network with lower cost internet + SD-WAN; switch to active/active for 100% uptime

Regional healthcare provider needs to ensure reliable & secure access to data and apps

Security and bandwidth concerns with current MPLS network as they move apps to the cloud

Replace T1s with broadband/IPSec; add cloud connectivity