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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN

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What is Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN?

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN is a software-defined wide area network solution designed to simplify and optimize enterprise network connectivity in complex digital landscapes. It enables organizations to connect any user to any application, whether on-premises, in data centers, or across multiple clouds, with integrated capabilities for multicloud support, security, predictive automation, and enhanced network visibility—all built on a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)-enabled architecture.

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Who Buys & Uses Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Reviews

What users are saying about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN.
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Pros

  • Simplified WAN management
  • Easy deployment process
  • Centralized control and management

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Verified User
Contributor in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN to centralise configuration and to optimise specific applications across our WAN. It helps us roll out new sites with speed and agility and to perform hardware replacements easily.

Pros

  • Optimisation of applications
  • Centralised provisioning
  • Load balancing

Cons

  • VAnaytics is great but the interface lacks

Return on Investment

  • Measurable transport of data
  • Monitoring of transport interfaces
  • Configuration consistency

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN

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Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN primarily for centralized management and to enforce standardized configurations across all sites. The solution helps address challenges with operational consistency, simplifies change management, and ensures that our global network can be managed efficiently from a single platform

Pros

  • Centralized Management & Policy Control
  • Security Integration

Cons

  • Complexity of Initial Setup and Design
  • Learning Curve for vManage

Return on Investment

  • Reduced operational costs
  • Improved application performance

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Catalyst Center

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Incentivized
Robert Falconer
Network Architect in Information Technology at Littler (1001-5000 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Used for connectivity between all of our locations, branches, data centers and cloud environments.
We were able to remove expensive private line circuits, provide more bandwidth to our locations and reduce outages.
We use this product at 60 offices, 2 data centers and 4 cloud environments.

Pros

  • Reduces cost
  • Improve reliability
  • Ease of use
  • Increased flexibility

Cons

  • GUI slowness, failures, formatting
  • Licensing
  • Lack of CLI

Return on Investment

  • Over $1M saved anually
  • 50X increase in bandwidth
  • Fewer mistakes due to automation

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN

Other Software Used

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Citrix Gateway, Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series

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Incentivized
Jeff Garden
AVP Network Engineering in Engineering at Dollar Bank (1001-5000 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

we use Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN for branch connectivity. solves issues with multiple transports and load balancing, adds resiliency.

Pros

  • user experience
  • branch redundancy
  • ease of configuration

Return on Investment

  • reduced telecom costs

Usability

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Incentivized
Nikunj Thakar
Engineer in Information Technology at Alfred health (10,001+ employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

this is our first SD-WAN deployment for the small site. This pure fabric site builds on Catalyst Switches feedback to non fabric network for all APs and endpoints.

Pros

  • Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN as name suggests, create software defined network. We like to create SSID for each type of devices where it's able to connect as configured in policy. E.g. IOT can only connect to specific SSID and Vlan. We can allow and deny connection from matrix policy.

Cons

  • Mostly I would like to get Cisco products integrated and allow to streamline some of the tasks with the same window. I guess I can see some progress on the way via Splunk implementation.

Return on Investment

  • QS is one of the biggest impacts. WebUI allows easy user experience. May be limited integration options atm.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

WatchGuard AuthPoint

Other Software Used

Atlassian Confluence, Cisco DNA Analytics and Assurance, OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, VMware vSphere

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