A secure software-defined wide area network connects users wherever they are to applications wherever they are hosted over any transport (MPLS, broadband, 4G/LTE, 5G); monitors traffic and chooses paths dynamically by traffic type, load and the application's business priority, which requires it to identify application types; integrates networking and security functions in its appliances such as firewall and secure web gateway in the WAN router; and offers centralised visibility and management that recognises and authenticates newly connected appliances and brings them under uniform policy, with integrated branch LAN management as a preferred extra.
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