How LTE is Enabling Non-Stop Connectivity for SD-WAN Deployments
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The document discusses the role of LTE and SD-WAN in enhancing connectivity for enterprises, emphasizing the importance of wireless WAN strategies for digital transformation. It highlights the increasing adoption of SD-WAN solutions among businesses, which correlates with improved network performance and ROI. It also outlines the top benefits of SD-WAN, challenges faced by organizations, and the anticipated impact of 5G technology on future WAN architectures.
How LTE is Enabling Non-Stop Connectivity for SD-WAN Deployments
- 1. IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING Shamus McGillicuddy Research Director, EMA @shamusEMA [email protected] How LTE is Enabling Nonstop Connectivity for SD-WAN Deployments Donna Johnson VP of Product and Solution Marketing, Cradlepoint
- 2. IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING Watch the On-Demand Webinar Slide 2 • How LTE is Enabling Non-Stop Connectivity for SD-WAN Deployments On-Demand webinar is available here: http://info.enterprisemanagement.com/non-stop-connectivity-for-sd- wan-deployments-webinar-ws • Check out upcoming webinars from EMA here: http://www.enterprisemanagement.com/freeResearch
- 3. IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING3 © 2019 Enterprise Management Associates, Inc. Featured Speakers Shamus McGillicuddy, Research Director, EMA Shamus has more than 12 years of experience in the IT industry, as an industry analyst and journalist. At Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), he is the research director for the network management practice. Donna Johnson, VP of Product and Solution Marketing, Cradlepoint Prior to Cradlepoint, Donna worked at Citrix, where she was the Director of Product Marketing for its NetScaler SD-WAN solution. Prior to Citrix, Donna held senior product marketing and management roles at SD-WAN pioneer Talari. She has also held senior product marketing, product management, and engineering roles at OSI, Aligo and Dorado Software.
- 4. IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING4 © 2019 Enterprise Management Associates, Inc. Logistics An archived version of the event recording will be available at www.enterprisemanagement.com • Log questions in the chat panel located on the lower left- hand corner of your screen • Questions will be addressed during the QandA session of the event QUESTIONS EVENT RECORDING A PDF of the speaker slides will be distributed to all attendees PDF SLIDES
- 5. IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING Shamus McGillicuddy Research Director, EMA @shamusEMA [email protected] How LTE is Enabling Nonstop Connectivity for SD-WAN Deployments
- 6. IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING Business Trends that Drive Today’s WAN Strategies • Business growth (34%) • Digital business transformation (34%) • Cost reduction/optimization (27%) • Mergers and acquisitions (20%) • Business process outsourcing (20%) 6 © 2019 Enterprise Management Associates, Inc. Source: EMA, “Wide-Area Network Transformation: How Enterprises Succeed with Software-Defined WAN,” December 2018. The WAN is a Platform for Business Growth and Digital Transformation
- 7. IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING7 © 2019 Enterprise Management Associates, Inc. WAN Managers Need to Contain WAN Costs While Addressing Rapid Changes in the Business Top business challenges with the WAN 30% 29% 28% 26% 22% 22% 21% 0% Rising costs/lack of budget Rapid changes in business requirements Cultural/political/leadership issues within IT Rapid business growth Lack of skills and knowledge in core networking team Lack of skilled IT personnel in remote sites Cultural/political/leadership issues within the business Other Sample Size = 305, Valid Cases = 305, Total Mentions = 543
- 8. IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING Enterprises Addressing Bandwidth Demand With Wireless WAN • 92% will increase WAN bandwidth over next two years • Top drivers of bandwidth growth 1. Cloud business apps (32%) 2. Data collection for real-time analytics (25%) 3. BYOD (22%) 4. IoT (22%) • 62% will increase bandwidth with wireless WAN services 8 © 2019 Enterprise Management Associates, Inc. IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING
- 9. IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING9 © 2019 Enterprise Management Associates, Inc. Enterprises Using or Planning to Use Wireless WAN for Primary Network Connection 45% Most Sites 42% Some Sites 9% Rarely 3% No wireless 1% Backup Only Sample Size = 305
- 10. IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING 70% USING/PLANNING TO USE 4G/LTE • 47% are planning for 5G wireless WAN TOP DRIVERS OF WIRELESS WAN STRATEGIES 1. Security (34%) 2. Rapid Connectivity (30%) 3. High bandwidth options (30%) 4. Superior availability/performance (29%) 10 © 2019 Enterprise Management Associates, Inc. 4G/LTE is Ubiquitous 5G is on the Horizon IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING
- 11. IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING SD-WAN is Critical to WAN Transformation With Wireless
- 12. IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING • 97% of enterprises are engaged with SD-WAN • 26% have completed an SD-WAN implementation • 43% are implementing • 28% are researching/evaluating/ planning • SDWAN adoption correlates with WAN success 12 © 2019 Enterprise Management Associates, Inc. Enterprises Associate SD-WAN Adoption with Network Success 61% 25% 12% 1% 19% 56% 24% 1% 4% 38% 51% 7% Fully deployed Partially deployed Researching/planning No SD-WAN activity today Very Successful Successful Less than success
- 13. IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING13 © 2019 Enterprise Management Associates, Inc. SD-WAN aggregates branch network connectivity • 43% of SD-WAN users have hybrid networks (private WAN and Internet) • 26% have aggregated multiple internet connections Wireless WAN is a major component of SD-WAN link aggregation • Among companies that have completed an SD-WAN rollout: 77% use wireless WAN as primary connectivity at most sites • Versus 24% of companies researching/planning SD-WAN • 0% of companies with no SD-WAN activity SD-WAN Correlates With Wireless WAN Adoption IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING
- 14. IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING14 © 2019 Enterprise Management Associates, Inc. How Does SD-WAN Help with Wireless WAN? Top Benefits of SD-WAN 35% 35% 35% 31% 31% 29% 28% 27% 0% 0% Solve skills gaps within IT organization Cloud enablement Improved network security Rapid and flexible delivery of network connectivity and services Improved network/application performance Improve network/application visibility Reduce complexity Reduce costs Other Don't know Sample Size = 297, Valid Cases = 297, Total Mentions = 747
- 15. IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING Success with SD-WAN
- 16. IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING16 © 2019 Enterprise Management Associates, Inc. The Ideal SD-WAN Solution • Most critical SD-WAN features 1. Integrated network and application monitoring (35%) 2. Integrated security (33%) 3. Centralized management and control (29%) 4. WAN remediation (28%) 5. Automated, secure site-to-site connectivity (28%) 6. Application QoS (28%) 7. Multi-link load balancing (24%) 8. Dynamic path steering (24%)
- 17. IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING17 © 2019 Enterprise Management Associates, Inc. 87% of SD-WAN Adopters Expect to Earn ROI • 28% earn ROI after 1 year • 37% after 2 years • 22% after 3 years
- 18. IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING18 © 2019 Enterprise Management Associates, Inc. Top SD-WAN Pitfalls to Avoid Integration with security architecture is difficult (33%) • ITSM and SecOps are important partners Teams struggle with SD-WAN skills gap (28%) • Adopt a platform network mindset Product maturity (28%) • Look for established, widely deployed platforms Interoperability with legacy networking (27%) • SD-WAN rollouts take time
- 19. IT AND DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING19 © 2019 Enterprise Management Associates, Inc. Key Takeaways • The WAN is a platform for digital transformation • 4G/LTE is a foundation of that platform • Be ready to transform with 5G • SD-WAN solutions unlock the potential of wireless WAN • Early adopters succeed with this formula and earn ROI quickly
- 20. 20© 2018Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. The Next WAN Wave Donna Johnson, VP Product Marketing, Cradlepoint February 2019
- 21. 21© 2018Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. © 2019 Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. 21 Common SD-WAN Criteria Dynamic path selection Centralized management Zero-touch deployments Flexible VPN capabilities SD-WAN Has Been the Focus of Network Transformation
- 22. 22© 2018Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. © 2019 Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. 22 SD-WAN is Not the Only Wave in the WAN Ocean It’s being followed closely by the Wireless WAN Wave
- 23. 23© 2018Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. © 2019 Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. 23 MPLS Broadband LTE 5G WAN Connectivity Evolution
- 24. 24© 2018Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. 24 Technology Drivers Remote SMEs to improve operational efficiencies Video, AI & augmented reality for revenue and security Wireless for a sole WAN connection Low latency applications for cost reduction
- 25. 25© 2018Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. © 2019 Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. 25 LTE Provides a Reliable Diverse Connection Resilient against backhoes & weather Out-of-band management City of San Antonio — Smart City Initiatives providing reliable, agile WAN connectivity
- 26. 26© 2018Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. © 2019 Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. 26 LTE Provides Agility and Flexibility Day 1 connectivity Flexible connectivity source after wired deployment Pandora Jewelry — Saved hundreds of thousands of revenue from delayed openings and ISP strikes
- 27. 27© 2018Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. © 2019 Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. 27 One nation-wide carrier Carriers introducing unlimited & "roll-over" plans Data can be pooled and shared across locations LTE is Cost Effective United Oil — cost savings of going from DSL and two phone lines to 4G LTE and predictable broadband costs
- 28. 28© 2018Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. © 2019 Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. * Based on theoretical downlink speeds from industry standards CDMA 1xRTT CDMA EVDO CDMA EVDOrA GSM GPRS GSM EDGE GSM UMTS GSM HSDPA LTE Cat 18 2019 GSM HSPA GSM HSPA+ GSM DC- PA+ LTE Cat 3 2011 LTE Cat 4 2015 LTE Cat 6 2016 5G 2020 LTE Cat 11/12 2018 0.14 Mbps 2.4 Mbps 3.1 Mbps 0.11 Mbps 0.38 Mbps 3.6 Mbps 7.2 Mbps 14 Mbps 21 Mbps 42 Mbps 100 Mbps 150 Mbps 300 Mbps 600 Mbps 1.2 Gbps 10 Gbps LTE is Fast & Pervasive Commercial LTE service LTE deployments in progress LTE trial systems Countries without LTE © Global mobile Suppliers Association - GSA
- 29. 29© 2018Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. 29 LTE Consolidated billing Instantly deployable Flexible – secondary or primary Centralized across WAN Mobile
- 30. 30© 2018Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. © 2019 Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. 30 Today ~$5 Gbps/Month Beginning of flat rate Gigabit LTE LTE Advanced Pro 2020+ Expected flat rate for fixed wireless up to 10 Gbps 5G 2018 ~$10 Gbps/month up to 600 Mbps LTE Advanced Pathway to 5G & the Wireless WAN
- 31. 31© 2018Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. © 2019 Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. 31 5G – Erasing the Limitations of 4G Based on ITU vision for IMT-2020 compared to IMT-advanced 3x Spectrum efficiency: Achieving even more bits per Hz with advanced antenna techniques. 100x Traffic Capacity: Driving network hyper-densification with more small cells everywhere. 100x Network efficiency: Optimizing network energy consumption with more efficient processing. 10x Connection Density: Enabling more efficient signaling for IoT connectivity. 10x Decrease in latency: Delivering latency as low as 1ms. 10x Experienced throughput: Bringing more uniform, multi-Gbps peak rates. Outcomes for Business & Users Outcomes for the Network Core
- 32. 32© 2018Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. © 2019 Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. 32 Performance Experience Solutions Value Time Utilize today’s speeds Grow with 1 Gb Leverage 10 Gb Pathway to 5G
- 33. 33© 2018Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. © 2019 Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. 33 All-in-One Routers with Integrated LTE & SD-WAN LTE Adapters Added to SDWAN Routers • Broadband + 1 or 2 Gigabit LTE Modems • Integrated WiFi • Integrated WAN Security • Cloud Management • Foundational SD-WAN • Add to existing SD-WAN deployment • Out-of-band management • LTE adapter -- outside the wiring closet • Entry Level to Gigabit LTE modem options • Dual SIMs for Carrier selection options + Incorporating Wireless WAN Technology into SD-WAN Deployments
- 34. 34© 2018Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. 34 Today Retail stores & offices relying less on wired lines 4G LTE has enabled Day-1 connectivity 5G Tomorrow Viable replacement for fiber Pricing expected to become “all you can eat” 5G as primary WAN and 4G LTE for failover Fixed Sites Cutting the Wires 5G as primary WAN; add applications for 5G United Oil 5G Pathway 4G LTE as SD-WAN link Learn SD-WAN with LTE 4G LTE as primary link Consolidate nationwide billing Learn cellular WAN 4G LTE as failover Pandora
- 35. 35© 2018Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. 35 Today Kiosks have moved retailers beyond traditional stores New trend: Remote Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) 5G Tomorrow Will expand what can be done remotely – EXAMPLE: A patient donning a glove that lets a doctor feel what the patient feels — remotely Potential across virtually every industry Remote SMEs 5G Pathway 5G for advanced tele-diagnostics Visio Health 4G LTE telemedicine Learn mobile patient care 4G LTE tele-diagnostics Learn mobile diagnostics Learn conferencing 4G LTE internal conferencing
- 36. 36© 2018Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. 36 Today Important in virtually every industry In many locations, capabilities are limited 5G Tomorrow Real-time HD video analytics – Will help first responder organizations react more quickly – Footage presented in augmented reality Video Surveillance & Augmented Reality 5G Pathway 5G for facial & object recognition Boise Police 4G LTE store & play video Use for coaching 4G LTE live video feeds Live coachingLearn cellular WAN 4G LTE for mobile
- 37. 37© 2018Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. 37 Manufacturing 5G Pathway 5G private network for highly flexible production floors WiFi for production Gain confidence to go wireless Private LTE for production Learn LTE wireless; explore network slicing Learn cellular WAN 4G LTE for failover Today Wired infrastructure is inflexible WiFi is congested Private LTE emerging 5G Tomorrow 5G latency and bandwidth advantages Performance, manageability, control and flexibility
- 38. 38© 2018Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. 38 Get Ready for the Next Wave The next wave is Wireless WAN Don’t be so focused on SD-WAN that this wave takes you by surprise Adding wireless now provides a path to 5G
- 39. 39© 2018Cradlepoint, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Information subject to change without notice. 39 Learn more about Cradlepoint www.cradlepoint.com