TechValidate Research on Cisco SD-WAN

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Cisco SD-WAN Customer Research

Simplify Operations and Enhance Application Experience

My organization uses Cisco SD-WAN solution to enhance:

Simplify operations
59%
Application experience
56%
Security
41%
End-to-end segmentation
31%
Connecting access networks to multiple clouds
25%
Unified cross-domain policy
15%

Cisco SD-WAN Customer Research

What IT priorities drove your purchase of an SD-WAN network solution?

Achieving a unified global WAN
56%
Reliable SLA for Voice, SaaS and other enterprise Apps
53%
Lowering OPEX costs
45%
Reducing change control times
30%
Securing DIA and Cloud connectivity
23%

Cisco SD-WAN Customer Research

Read Why Our Customers Prefer Us Over Fortinet:

Rate the following Cisco SD-WAN Solution capabilities when compared to the competition:

Extremely differentiated Highly differentiated Differentiated Not differentiated
Application Experience

8%

42%

38%

12%

Multi-Layered-Security

4%

44%

44%

8%

App Quality of Service

8%

32%

52%

8%

Circuit Remediation

12%

24%

44%

20%

Segmentation

12%

35%

38%

15%

Policy

11%

27%

54%

8%

Cisco SD-WAN Customer Research

9 out of 10 Prefer Cisco over VMWare!

Rate the following Cisco SD-WAN Solution capabilities when compared to the competition:

Extremely differentiated Highly differentiated Differentiated Not differentiated
Application Experience

9%

41%

44%

6%

Multi-Layered-Security

9%

44%

44%

3%

App Quality of Service

9%

44%

38%

9%

Circuit Remediation

10%

43%

37%

10%

Segmentation

20%

35%

39%

6%

Policy

20%

32%

42%

6%

Cisco SD-WAN Customer Research

4 out of 5 Customers Prefer Cisco in these areas:

Rate the following Cisco SD-WAN Solution capabilities when compared to the competition:

Extremely differentiated Highly differentiated Differentiated Not differentiated
Application Experience

11%

38%

35%

16%

Multi-Layered-Security

12%

38%

35%

15%

App Quality of Service

13%

38%

33%

16%

Circuit Remediation

11%

37%

33%

19%

Segmentation

13%

36%

30%

21%

Policy

16%

32%

36%

16%

Cisco SD-WAN Customer Research

SMBs Look To Integrate

Why did you choose Cisco SD-WAN Solution over other vendors?

Integration with other Cisco products and technologies
71%
Application performance
13%
Company reputation
53%
Security and interference detection
16%

Cisco SD-WAN Customer Research

Enterprise Customers Choose Cisco To Integrate

Why did you choose Cisco SD-WAN Solution over other vendors?

Integration with other Cisco products and technologies
71%
Company reputation
58%
Application performance
33%
Security and interference detection
17%

Cisco SD-WAN Customer Research

Why did you choose Cisco SD-WAN Solution over other vendors?

Integration with other Cisco products and technologies
68%
Company reputation
51%
Application performance
19%
Security and interference detection
15%



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