Anyone looking to network company locations for the future and integrate modern cloud applications into their IT infrastructure increasingly relies on a cloud-controlled SD-WAN. The advantages over manually managed wide area networks (WANs) quickly become evident in comparison: centralization, standardization, automation, enhanced security, and intelligent resource management – especially crucial in times of IT skills shortages.
In addition to the typical SD-WAN benefits – time savings, cost efficiency, and optimized bandwidth utilization – secure SD-WAN solutions by LANCOM offer two key advantages over the competition:
- Engineered in Germany: They strengthen the digital sovereignty of European companies with both their hardware and software.
- One-box solution: They integrate the SD-WAN overlay and underlay into a single device, reducing costs while ensuring straightforward and efficient management throughout rollout and operation.
Whether you are a managed service provider (MSP), carrier, enterprise, or public institution, LANCOM secure SD-WAN not only safeguards your digital sovereignty and security but also provides a trusted SD-WAN solution from Germany.
LANCOM SD-WAN for the public sector
- Safeguarding digital sovereignty
- Regulatory-compliant SD-WAN portfolio (GDPR, NIS2, etc.)
- Certified IT security (BSZ, IT security label BSI, ISO/IEC 27001) – Engineered in Germany
- Centralized network management with intelligent support features – reducing IT workload
- Option for a self-hosted private cloud
LANCOM SD-WAN for MSPs (Managed Service Providers)
- Faster, higher return on investment (ROI)
- Comprehensive API offering for seamless integration
- Advanced multi-tenancy with securely separated customer networks on a central management platform
- Cutting-edge SD-WAN features tailored to customer needs for enhanced competitiveness
- Maximum IT efficiency with user-friendly, intelligent assistance functions
LANCOM SD-WAN for carriers and network operators
- LANCOM portfolio with the widest range of connections and interfaces on the market
- Enhanced connectivity, improved application performance, and optimized bandwidth utilization
- High scalability and flexibility to meet customer needs and requirements
- Short service channels: SD-WAN provider based in Germany
- Strengthening digital sovereignty in Europe
SD-WAN
A Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) is a virtual network infrastructure that replaces traditional, static, and manually configured networks. With increasing digitalization demanding higher bandwidth, maximum network availability, data security, and faster time-to-service, SD-WAN offers significant advantages for connecting distributed business locations. These include the automation of previously manual configurations, cost reduction, and fewer on-site interventions. To enable rapid deployment of digital applications, SD-WAN utilizes simple internet-based Wide Area Networks (WAN).
A cloud-oriented SD-WAN solution makes network infrastructure more scalable, efficient, and secure. SD-WAN enables centralized management, making it ideal for enterprise networks with multiple locations. Large corporate office networks can be easily interconnected, while business-critical applications remain highly available, securely networked, and efficiently managed.
This is what SD-WAN can look like
Branch networking with SD-WAN
By automating network configuration and management, SD-WAN greatly simplifies the setup and operation of complex networks. Secure site networking and communication between different locations, such as the head office and branch offices, are ensured through encrypted VPN tunnels. These tunnels are established between the SD-WAN Central Site Gateway at the head office and the SD-WAN Gateway at each individual site.
Additionally, with the “Local Internet Breakout” feature, internet traffic is efficiently managed by routing non-critical data locally and more quickly via the internet. This particularly enhances the performance of cloud applications such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure.
Reduced costs & more efficient operation
- Highly integrated “one box“ solutions and an extensive portfolio offer versatile and efficient complete offerings for various requirements.
- Expensive MPLS lines are replaced or supplemented by cost-effective Internet access (DSL, fibre-optic, cable, LTE, 5G).
- Expensive field service deployments and costly individual device configurations are eliminated thanks to zero-touch commissioning.
Central management & automation
- Centralized management & 24/7 monitoring provide permanent monitoring and ensure greater security.
- Automatic rollouts facilitate the provision of new locations with zero-touch deployment.
- Remote troubleshooting ensures delay-free operation and enables fast, location-independent troubleshooting.
Increased safety & reliability
- With Advanced Routing and Forwarding, networks are securely separated from each other.
- LANCOM High Scalability VPN (HSVPN) enables multiple networks to be bundled in one VPN tunnel and reduces the number of VPN tunnels required with Secure Tunnelling.
- End-to-end encryption ensures secure and protected data traffic.
Why SD-WAN from LANCOM?
With the SD-WAN solution from LANCOM, you receive everything from a single source – ranging from hardware to a secure and trustworthy cloud that adheres to the highest data protection standards. The SD-WAN solution, "Engineered in Germany," guarantees full compliance with NIS2 and GDPR regulations. LANCOM ensures that your data is protected at all times through a strict anti-backdoor policy, preventing unauthorized access – a key advantage for your digital sovereignty!
The clever one-box solutions by LANCOM, which offer an exceptional variety of interfaces, provide you with full flexibility in selecting your Internet connection while simplifying your network architecture. The SD-WAN solution from LANCOM gives you full control over your IT infrastructure – without compromising security or performance.
Powerful SD-WAN portfolio
Strengthen your digital sovereignty today with backdoor-free, BSI-certified products. Make a conscious choice for a trustworthy SD-WAN “engineered in Germany” – for lower costs, less stress, and more time to focus on your core business!
These SD-WAN features are essential:
- Policy Based Routing: Allow, redirect or block applications according to their security policy
- Application Monitoring: Log and analyze applications and users
- Load Balancing: Use multiple Internet accesses with dynamic load balancing
- Dynamic Path Selection: Select the best line for the best connection quality
- Advanced Routing & Forwarding: Isolate and restrict communication channels of different user groups
- High Scalability VPN (HSVPN): Bundle multiple networks in one VPN tunnel
- Advanced Mesh VPN: Avoid bottlenecks with direct communication between branches
- Control & data plane: Strictly separate management and data connections
- Firewall-Features: Secured from A to Z – UTM security features for Unified Firewalls
Find detailed feature explanations in our infopaper:
Successfully establishing SD-Branch solutions
- Securely and uniformly network multiple branches
- Centralized, consistent security policies and configurations
- Seamless integration of IoT, telephony, and cloud applications
- Discover SD-Branch best practices from LANCOM customers:
Read Lodenfrey reference story
Read ATU reference story
Hybrid working, remote working, and zero-trust structures
- Securely implement distributed network access for freelancers, remote employees, and partner companies
- Ensure high endpoint security, secure network segmentation, and zero-trust security architectures
- Integrate LANCOM Trusted Access based on the Zero Trust principle – see the example from construction company SCHEIDT:
Read SCHEIDT reference story
Improved monitoring in large WANs
- Keep large networks clear and easy to manage
- Optimize device updates, network utilization, and fluctuating WLAN quality
- Benefit from 24/7 monitoring with visually appealing dashboards and intelligent alert functions in the LANCOM Management Cloud
Improved routing performance
- Leverage modern routing and bandwidth optimization features, including Policy-Based Routing, Load Balancing, Dynamic Path Selection, Advanced Routing and Forwarding, High-Scalability VPN, Advanced Mesh VPN, and more
- Ensure uninterrupted operation of business-critical applications and maximize network performance
Address the skilled labor shortage and optimize IT resources
- Make the most of your time and personnel
- Support your IT specialists with smart automation features, such as automated Wi-Fi optimization, energy-saving functions, and anomaly detection
- Leverage the LANCOM Management Cloud as the ideal solution to counter IT staff shortages and workload challenges
