Fortinet SD-WAN and its Contribution to Improved Network Performance

And, in the context of SD-WAN, your network performance is crucial in today’s highly competitive digital arena. Whether it’s for a sprawling business network or simply scaling your operations, connectivity is important. We are however aware that traditional WANs are falling behind modern-day business requirements. And that’s where Fortinet SD-WAN comes in to modernize your network game.

So, the big question is: How do SD-WAN solutions improve the overall network performance? Sit tight because in this blog, we will sum up everything for you.

Introduction

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably dealt with network slowdowns, dropped connections, or huge costs associated with unreliable connectivity. These problems can paralyze your business.

With more people working remotely, more apps running in the cloud, and data moving across many endpoints, a traditional WAN seems as if one is logging on with dial-up in an age of fiber optics.

Fortinet’s Secure SD-WAN solves this by optimizing performance and eliminating those annoying bottlenecks. This is more than just interconnecting your locations — it’s about Intelligent, Secure, and Adaptive networking for your entire infrastructure.

Let’s step through the challenges of network performance you may experience and then explore how Fortinet SD-WAN gets into the trenches to address them.

Performance Challenges

Managing a modern business network is quite a challenge. I already have a feeling you are familiar with one or another of these network issues, as follows:

1. Bandwidth Bottlenecks

Heavy bandwidth demands can choke traditional WANs. With video conferencing, cloud apps, and file sharing soaring, your network may begin to feel like rush hour traffic.

2. Latency and Jitter

Have you ever experienced latency on your video calls or a delay in your app responses? That’s latency. Jitter, however, is where data arrives out of order. Either can create a bad user experience and frustrated employees or customers.

3. High Costs

MPLS circuits are expensive. If your business is heavily dependent on MPLS, your IT spending may be exploding. And guess what? More endpoints result in higher costs.

4. Security Risks

Today networks are always targeted with attacks. Traditional WANs don’t have the defenses you need to survive threats from ransomware to phishing.

5. Poor Cloud Integration

With SaaS platforms being relied on by a majority of businesses nowadays, however, WANs were not built with the low-latency cloud traffic in mind. To that end, you might notice that apps are sluggish or slow to respond or that they’re down entirely.

Sound familiar? If you just nodded your head yes about any of these, don’t worry — Fortinet SD-WAN has some serious tricks up their sleeve.

Fortinet SD-WAN Solutions

In short, how does Fortinet SD-WAN address these challenges, while accelerating the performance of your SD-WAN network? Here’s how:

1. Intelligent Traffic Routing

Fortinet SD-WAN employs intelligent algorithms to route your traffic on the optimal path. You no longer have to depend solely on MPLS; it intelligently routes traffic over broadband, LTE, or any other line available.

What does this mean for you? Unbeatable speed, lower traffic, and smooth sailing across your network.

2. Enhanced Performance of Applications

Fortinet SD-WAN doesn’t just move traffic — it optimizes it. High-priority business-critical apps include Microsoft Teams, Salesforce, and VoIP.

• Reduced latency and jitter
• Crystal clear video and voice calls
• Streamlined workflows

3. Seamless Centralized Management

If you manage branch offices—multiple locations—that said. Fortinet SD-WAN takes the guesswork out of it with a single pane-of-glass dashboard. From a single screen, you can monitor, update, and optimize your entire network.

Also: It lightens your IT staff’s load, allowing them to tackle growth-focused projects.

4. Built-In Security

Worry not, however, as Fortinet SD-WAN is actually two SLAs in one: SD-WAN in addition to best-in-class security. It includes:

• FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) for malware and phishing protection
• VPN for secure data transfer
• Access control is implemented using Zero Trust policies

No separate security tools needed — the solution is built in.

5. Cost Efficiency

Fortinet SD-WAN provides you the flexibility of not having to depend on high-priced MPLS circuits. You can instead take advantage of inexpensive broadband links with no performance drop.

What this means for your wallet: Big savings, no compromises.

Additional Benefits Overview

Here’s a quick overview of the features included with Fortinet SD-WAN:

• Scalability: Flexibly cater to not only current requirements but also future needs as the business expands.
• Cloud Optimization: Improved SaaS app speeds for Office 365 or Zoom.
• High Availability (HA): Redundancy is built-in and makes sure that your network is online even if any one of the links fails.

Fortinet SD-WAN always adopts a proactive network approach. Its cutting-edge tools keep you from just keeping pace but beating the competition.

Conclusion

The day of legacy WAN headaches is gone. Whether you are being challenged with slow-running cloud applications, bandwidth bottlenecks, or out-of-control costs, Fortinet SD-WAN is the solution that provides the answer.

It is designed to revolutionize your network into a highly responsive, secure, and agile organism, which seamlessly enables your business to run efficiently and effectively.

At the end of the day, SD-WAN network performance may be a techy term, but it’s also a business priority that’s become essential to competing and succeeding in the modern digital landscape. FORTINET’S APPROACH GIVES YOU CONTROL, SAVES YOU MONEY, AND BOOSTS CONNECTIVITY.

So where does that leave your network? Consider transitioning to an intelligent, secure and future-proof solution, such as Fortinet SD-WAN. Your business is too important for anything else!

We can start doing that to your network performance today.