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If your Ohio business has multiple locations on MPLS, you may be paying 2-3x more than necessary. Here's how SD-WAN compares and whether it's the right move for you.
MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) was the gold standard for business WAN connectivity in the 2000s and early 2010s. It offered predictable performance, low latency, and reliable connections between offices. For the era, it worked well.
The problem: MPLS was built before cloud computing. All traffic had to flow back through a central hub - usually your HQ or data center - before going anywhere, including to cloud apps like Microsoft 365, Salesforce, or your ERP system.
Today, 80%+ of business applications are cloud-based. With MPLS, traffic from your branch office to Microsoft 365 has to travel branch to HQ data center to internet to Microsoft. That extra hop adds latency, slows performance, and adds cost for bandwidth you're paying for twice.
SD-WAN uses software to intelligently route traffic across multiple connection types - fiber, broadband, 4G/5G - simultaneously.
Typically 50-70% less than comparable MPLS circuits.
Backup paths kick in automatically if one connection drops.
Cloud traffic goes straight to the cloud instead of detouring through HQ.
Manage every location's connection from one place.
Live in days instead of months.
SD-WAN is generally the right call if you have:
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