BT SD-WAN vs Direct Internet Access: When You Still Need a Managed WAN

Some organisations question whether they need SD-WAN at all. If sites already have direct internet access and cloud applications work fine over a simple broadband connection then the value of SD-WAN is not immediately obvious. The answer depends on how many sites you have, whether you need site-to-site connectivity, what level of security and visibility […]

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BT SD-WAN Security: NGFW, SASE and Zero Trust at the Branch

SD-WAN with local internet breakout moves the security perimeter from the data centre to every branch. Each site with direct internet access needs its own threat prevention stack. BT SD-WAN addresses this through integrated NGFW capabilities on the Fortinet and Meraki appliances, with optional SASE and zero trust extensions for organisations adopting cloud-delivered security. This

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BT SD-WAN for Microsoft 365 and Cloud Application Performance

Microsoft 365, Salesforce, AWS and other cloud platforms perform poorly over traditional hub-and-spoke WAN architectures. When branch traffic is backhauled to a central data centre before reaching the internet the added latency degrades application responsiveness. BT SD-WAN fixes this with local internet breakout and application-aware routing. This page covers how SD-WAN optimises cloud traffic, the

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BT SD-WAN SLAs, Monitoring and Managed vs Co-Managed Support

BT SD-WAN is a managed service with SLA commitments that vary by circuit type, appliance model and support tier. Understanding the SLA structure is important when designing your network because the circuit you choose at each site directly determines the availability guarantee, fix time and service credits available. BT also offers two support models: fully

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Migrating from MPLS to BT SD-WAN: What Changes and What to Plan For

Migrating from BT MPLS (IP Connect or BT Connect) to BT SD-WAN is one of the most common WAN transformation projects in the UK. MPLS contracts are expensive and the hub-and-spoke architecture does not suit modern cloud-first organisations. SD-WAN provides local internet breakout, lower circuit costs, multi-path resilience and application-aware routing. However the migration requires

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BT SD-WAN Underlay Circuits: Leased Line, FTTP, SoGEA and 4G/5G Options

BT SD-WAN runs over multiple underlay circuit types. The circuit you choose at each site determines the bandwidth, SLA targets, lead time and monthly cost. Most real-world deployments use a mix of circuit types across locations. A headquarters might run on a BTnet leased line while smaller branches use FTTP or SoGEA with 4G/5G failover.

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BT SD-WAN Vendor Options: Fortinet vs Meraki vs Cisco vManage

BT offers SD-WAN through five vendor platforms: Fortinet, Cisco Meraki, Cisco vManage (Catalyst SD-WAN), VMware VeloCloud and Palo Alto Prisma. Each vendor takes a different approach to security, management and network architecture. The platform you select affects hardware at the branch, the management portal your team uses day-to-day, which security features are built in versus

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