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SD-WAN

Unleash your network’s potential with SD‑WAN

Drive growth and innovation with secure, high‑performance enterprise SD‑WAN solutions designed for multisite deployments.

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Smart scalability. Streamlined control.

Lumen® SD-WAN makes it easy to connect branch and remote users to essential apps and resources—using MPLS, broadband or Wi-Fi—and to manage it all centrally for maximum efficiency. Route traffic over the most efficient connection for high performance, and update routing and security rules in real time as network needs change.

6,300+

unique AS interconnects globally<sup>1</sup>

30+

years of network management experience

#1

peered global network<sup>1</sup>

Accelerated network agility

SD-WAN solutions simplify the way you manage changes to routing and user policies, traffic thresholds and security controls, enabling near real-time control across your entire network.

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Enhanced resiliency

Fail-safe your hybrid network by deploying active connectivity that’s balanced under normal conditions and automatically reroutes if one connection goes down.

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Lumen® SD‑WAN with Versa Networks

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Lumen® SD‑WAN with Cisco Meraki®

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Lumen® SD‑WAN with Cisco Viptela®

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Intelligent routing and control
	Limited availability
Forwarding paths
2 or more	2	2 or more
SD-WAN cloud instance support

SD-WAN throughput
Up to 10 Gbps	Up to 4 Gbps	Up to 10 Gbps
Wi-Fi
		Limited availability
Enterprise firewall

Data analytics

Customer self-service

Global availability

Locations supported
10 minimum	No minimum	10 minimum
Deployment
On-premises Cloud or data center	On-premises Cloud or data center	On-premises Cloud or data center
Threat management

Local Area Network (LAN) devices

Customer stories

CURE Auto Insurance

Ensuring business continuity during digital transformation.

Accolade

Helping a health benefits solutions provider boost efficiency with SD-WAN.

SYNQ3

Creating convenience in the restaurant industry with bandwidth and innovation.

Resources

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Get guidance for wherever you are in your SD-WAN journey.

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Lumen® SD‑WAN with Versa Networks

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A network diagram illustrating Cisco Meraki cloud-hosted SD-WAN management. A central cloud icon labeled Cloud Hosted Management connects via dotted lines to locations labeled Campus/HQ, Branch office, Retail store, Teleworker, and On-premises Meraki hardware, with additional labels for Management data and Browser-based management.

Lumen® SD‑WAN with Cisco Meraki®

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A network architecture diagram showing a Cisco Viptela SD-WAN topology. At the top, a vManage controller connects down to vSmart Controllers and a vBond Orchestrator. Below, vEdge Routers connect to multiple locations labeled Data centers, HQ, Secure data plan, Branches, and Remote sites, with a Secure control plane label on the right.

Lumen® SD‑WAN with Cisco Viptela®

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Analyst snapshot: business value of Lumen SD‑WAN solutions

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Analyst white paper: business value of Lumen SD‑WAN solutions

What is SD-WAN?

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