Advantages of SD-WAN:

- Transport independent across MPLS, 4G/5G LTE, and other connection types to reduce costs

- Improved Application performance with increased agility

- User experience and efficiency for software-as-a-service (SaaS) and public-cloud applications are optimized.

- Operations have become simplified with automation and cloud-based management.

Benefits of SD-WAN:

- Connectivity for multiple WAN links can be managed from a single dashboard and can be connected to cloud platforms with improved speed, reliability, and efficiency.

- Multiple cloud platforms, like, AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud can easily be connected and optimized software as a service (SaaS) app (Microsoft 365)

- Branches, remote users, and cloud-based applications are protected by integrated security with zero-trust enforcement and secure segmentation.

- Automated provisioning, configuration, management, and monitoring have made network operations easier and lead to improve efficiency and resiliency.

- Defend threats with unified networking and security. Secure and seamless connectivity from every user and device to every cloud can be established.

- Network operations can be transformed to a highly predictive model with Cisco vAnalytics and ThousandEyes.