Cisco SD-WAN User Experience
June 09, 2022
Cisco SD-WAN User Experience
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Modules Used
- Cloud OnRamp
- vMange Dashboard
- vAnalytics
- Security
- Application Aware routing
Overall Satisfaction with Cisco SD-WAN
We used Cisco Viptela SD-WAN to provide customer solutions, mostly customers are using SD-WAN for two reasons in Sri Lanka: 1. Direct internet access to access their cloud servers and SaaS applications such as O365, SAP, and 2. Single pane of glass management with full visibility of their MPLS network.
- Direct internet access.
- Single pane of network management.
- Application aware routing.
- Edge security.
- Cloud on ramp SaaS / IaaS.
- Integration with third-party application such as Active Directory.
- User base policy impose.
- Single sign-on.
- IPsec tunnel survival via private links (MPLS VPN).
- Centralised management dashboard.
- Zero-touch provisioning.
- There is a significant impact on ROI in the long run, such as no need to invest for security, not requiring a third-party dashboard for the centralised management like legacy network.
- Direct internet breakout option reduced the demand for MPLS bandwidth for branch internet.
- Further, customers can make financial decisions based on the analytics functions with 1-year historical data (i.e. BW requirement for a particular branch).
All the products are providing similar functions in terms of SDWAN perspective. Furthermore, according to their origination and expertise they differ as follows: Cisco is strong on routing and switching domain, Fortinet is strong on security domain. According to customer needs we can select the vendors.
Do you think Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN's feature set?
Yes
Did Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN again?
Yes