Distributed network architecture, high network maintenance costs, and suboptimal data security create a triple threat for companies across the country. Businesses everywhere continue to battle under-performing networks, but if our experience at Telstra Vantage this year is anything to go by, the SD-WAN secret is definitely out. Software-defined WAN (or SD-WAN) provides a cost-effective answer to these three challenges and more.

As we head towards the new financial year, there’s been quite an uptick in companies leasing mobile devices instead of buying them outright. For many businesses, the idea of reshaping mobile technology fleets with the latest most advanced devices looks more manageable when you bring leasing into the equation.

In our hybrid-work world, it’s a critical business requirement to find the right balance between supporting workplace flexibility and having stringent controls in place to ensure corporate data is safe and secure.

Picture this typical converged communications scenario: Your country-wide mobile workforce taps into your mobile network and connects securely to access your corporate data and applications on their managed device. Secure user authorisation prevents security breaches and compliance with best practices in user privacy and data protection is a given.

When you consider the costs of supporting multiple networks as opposed to implementing converged communications on a single network, converged communications gives you the potential to minimise maintenance costs while still adding new communications services as you need them.