Hybrid WANs integrate the best of broadband with your MPLS – and leased line- based WAN. Why you should consider hybrid WAN today:
Your company already runs MPLS and cannot switch over to an all-broadband network.
Many companies would like to move some, bandwidth-intensive applications to broadband but not others. Backup, for example, but not voice.
Alone MPLS is not more secure than an SD-WAN. MPLS traffic is unencrypted while SD-WANs encrypt all traffic. However, combining the SD-WAN overlay with MPLS affords the greatest security – and a higher price.
Compliance reasons may require a private data services, such as MPLS.
With some applications and in some regions, the Internet still cannot beat MPLS performance.
Your company already runs MPLS and cannot switch over to an all-broadband network.
Many companies would like to move some, bandwidth-intensive applications to broadband but not others. Backup, for example, but not voice.
Alone MPLS is not more secure than an SD-WAN. MPLS traffic is unencrypted while SD-WANs encrypt all traffic. However, combining the SD-WAN overlay with MPLS affords the greatest security – and a higher price.
Compliance reasons may require a private data services, such as MPLS.
With some applications and in some regions, the Internet still cannot beat MPLS performance.