With the rapid adoption of cloud-based applications, SD-WAN Cloud Optimization has become a crucial aspect for businesses. If you are dealing with slow cloud performance, variable connectivity, and network bottlenecks, you are in good company.

Key Takeaways: Today, we are discussing how PJ Networks helps transform cloud application performance and business continuity with Fortinet SD-WAN. You will discover what makes SD-WAN a game-changer, how it overcomes challenges, and what sets Fortinet’s solution apart from the competition. Now, let’s break it all down into simple, digestible portions.

Introduction

It has been exciting, right, the cloud-first strategies? Businesses are more dependent than ever on cloud applications such as Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Salesforce, and their own custom applications. But in the real world, the promise of better cloud app performance often comes up short.

Why is this happening? Because traditional WAN (Wide Area Network) deployments aren’t tolerant to priority, or traffic optimized in cross-cloud environments. Enter SD-WAN Cloud Optimization — the solution PJ Networks customizes with the Fortinet SD-WAN to provide seamless, efficient, and resilient cloud app experiences.

Cloud Performance Challenges

Before we jump into the solution, let’s address the elephant in the room. Cloud connectivity doesn’t happen at the flip of a switch. There are an abundance of challenges faced by businesses, including:

• Inefficient Traffic Routing
  • Cloud apps are hosted in several places around the world, leading traditional WAN to route traffic via older, circuitous paths. This increases latency and slows speeds.
• Bandwidth Congestion
  • Designed for multiple users sharing the network? That is a recipe for network congestion. Such congestion can paralyze cloud performance, particularly during peak hours.
• Security Risks
  • Optimal business performance most often comes at the expense of security. Poor configurations or bandwidth hogging insecure data flow.
• Unpredictable Downtime
  • Random outages and interruptions: enough said! If cloud applications are regularly down, businesses can’t operate.

These issues contribute to frustration for both IT teams and end users. As organizations scale, their dependence on the cloud increases, which makes these challenges impossible to overlook.

Fortinet Solutions: PJ Networks: Addressing the Issues of Cloud with SD-WAN

Having covered the pain points, let’s get into how Fortinet SD-WAN addresses these challenges and helps PJ Networks fuel modern businesses. Fortinet innovatively combines performance, simplicity, and security, which makes it the ideal candidate for SD-WAN-based cloud optimization. Here’s how it works:

1. Dynamic Traffic Management

Business-critical cloud applications are automatically prioritized with Fortinet SD-WAN. In the case your team relies heavily on Microsoft 365, the SD-WAN solution will take care that this traffic takes the fastest and reliable routes.

It does so through intelligent routing, which uses real-time data, meaning SD-WAN will automatically switch to a preferred path if another path is congested or adds high latency.

Key Benefit? No users complaining: “My cloud app is super slow!”

2. Built-In Security

Fortinet SD-WAN integrates SD-WAN capabilities into a next-gen firewall for a single solution. Hence, along with speeding your app performance, it also:

• Blocks cyber threats
• Encrypts your cloud data
• Surveils unusual network traffic

You don’t have to decide between performance and security — you get both!

3. Boosted Bandwidth Efficiency

Never mind the bandwidth nightmare! SD-WAN segments traffic based on business-critical vs. non-business-critical. It makes sure high-need apps (Salesforce, Teams meetings, etc.) are the first to use the available bandwidth.

Non-essentials, such as scrolling social media, are deprioritized. Simple yet effective.

4. Centralized Management

With traditional WAN architecture, you have to monitor everything hands-on, troubleshoot manually, and endure a lot of stress. Fortinet SD-WAN provides complete control from a single console.
This enables PJ Networks to monitor and adjust traffic policies, deploy updates, and troubleshoot — all from a single location.

Who doesn’t love simplicity?

5. Zero Downtime

Outages are a thing of the past with Fortinet SD-WAN. Basically, if your primary path goes down, SD-WAN seamlessly switches to a backup path — without breaking the user experience.

Your business-critical cloud apps run, period.

6. Cost Savings

Companies save tons of money and get better speeds and security by replacing older, expensive MPLS circuits with Fortinet SD-WAN. Fewer costs, more performance.

Why PJ Networks Selected Fortinet SD-WAN?

At PJ Networks, we vet and implement solutions that really work. Why Fortinet SD-WAN? Because its architecture is optimized for cloud performance. It strikes the right balance between speed, security, and scalability, making it the go-to platform for businesses large and small.

Our clients benefit from working with PJ Networks by receiving:

• Business goals catered through expert consultations on the SD-WAN solution.
• Optimized configurations customized for their cloud applications.
• Continuous support and performance monitoring for your peace of mind.

We’re doing much more than rolling out SD-WAN. We make it a long-term solution that evolves alongside you.

Conclusion

For slow applications, bandwidth issues, or security concerns that hold your organization back, SD-WAN Cloud Optimization can be a game changer. Reinforced by Fortinet SD-WAN at the heart of PJ Networks’ strategy, concerns around cloud performance become non-existent.

These are outcomes you can expect: Streamlined traffic management, improved security, increased bandwidth, centralized control, cost efficiencies.

Are you prepared to give a monstrous boost to your business’s cloud application performance? Use PJ Networks to see the difference that Fortinet SD-WAN can make.

SD-WAN Cloud Optimization isn’t a luxury anymore — it’s essential to succeed in today’s digital landscape.