On November 28th, 2020, CypressTel showcased its OneWAN 3.0 (SD-WAN) and multi-cloud management services during the SD-WAN Summit held in Beijing. The event was attended by senior industry experts who shared insights on the market trends and future development directions of SD-WAN.

Lily Zhang, Director of Business Development at CypressTel, delivered a keynote speech titled "SD-WAN Leads the Way, Empowering the Future of Cloud" during the SD-WAN Technology Forum. She emphasized that digital transformation has driven enterprise IT transformation, with more organizations relying on cloud environments to build their IT infrastructure. However, the complexity of multi-cloud deployments can hinder consistent network performance.

CypressTel offers a solution to this challenge through SD-WAN. An effective SD-WAN solution can span multiple cloud environments, improve agility of deployments and applications, and help businesses tackle the challenges of multi-cloud environments with ease.

There are three reasons why enterprises should embrace the cloud.

1. Reducing the Probability of Service Interruptions

   In the current competitive business landscape, technology plays a vital role for nearly every organization. However, with the growing reliance on technology, businesses must be aware of possible service disruptions and security vulnerabilities. One effective way to reduce this risk is by adopting a multi-cloud environment, which enables the distribution of service disruptions across a wider area. This approach can also be considered as a diversification strategy investment.

2. Optimizing Resource Allocation

   To ensure optimal utilization of cloud resources, businesses require a better understanding of actual service usage across all cloud environments, which would enable more accurate resource planning.

3. Selecting the Appropriate Cloud Tools for the Task

   Although there is a growing tendency to standardize cloud tools, there are still differences in the tools and products provided by various cloud providers. Additionally, specific cloud tools may work better for certain workloads in an enterprise. Therefore, it is crucial to choose the cloud tools that are most suitable for the job to achieve the best performance possible.

Multi-cloud strategies can be challenging for traditional architectures.

• Automated Configuration

  Although public cloud providers have implemented graphical interfaces to facilitate quick provisioning, the manual configuration of relevant hardware is still required on the wide area network (WAN) side. Automating the configuration process on the network side can help streamline operations and reduce the occurrence of human errors.

• Traffic Control

  In a multi-cloud environment, it is crucial to schedule traffic accurately to manage different workloads effectively. However, traditional network architectures face difficulties in achieving application-based traffic control. With the help of SD-WAN, advanced traffic control mechanisms can be implemented. This allows for efficient routing and prioritization of traffic based on the requirements of each application.

• Bandwidth Resource Utilization

  In traditional WAN architectures, different types of connections are relatively independent of each other. This limitation reduces the maximum utilization of existing bandwidth resources. However, multi-cloud architectures increase the demand for bandwidth, making it crucial to fully utilize enterprise bandwidth and reduce operational expenses (OpEx).

SD-WAN addresses these challenges by providing automated configuration capabilities, intelligent traffic control, and optimized utilization of bandwidth resources. It enables organizations to efficiently manage their multi-cloud environments, improve network performance, and reduce operational costs.

CypressTel's SD-WAN product, OneWAN 3.0, is a centralized control platform that simplifies the deployment and operational management of large-scale WANs between branch offices, data centers, and the cloud. It provides integrated services for cloud, management, and endpoints, empowering network administrators with complete control over applications, devices, users, and networks to meet the evolving needs of enterprises.

By leveraging SD-WAN to establish multi-cloud channels for enterprises and combining professional cloud management capabilities, CypressTel enhances user digital experiences, reduces costs, drives business growth, and provides the most comprehensive end-to-end cloud networking solutions and support.