The days of a branch office relying on a fixed MPLS connection to backhaul all internet traffic, data, and workflows back to the core network are over. To compete in today’s digital economy, today’s branch offices need to be an integral part of the network, rather than functioning an add-on attached through some dangling WAN connection.
Instead, organizations need next-gen offices that can utilize cloud-based resources and global collaboration applications, such as VoIP and videoconferencing, which require highly scalable bandwidth. Traditionally, this was provided with MPLS, but because today’s networks, cloud-based resources, and data are constantly shifting and relocating, they have rendered those rigid connections traditionally obsolete.
