Renewing SD-WAN: Stay, Upgrade or Switch?

What has changed since your SD-WAN went in, the three paths at renewal, and how to compare them on the same sites and term before the notice date.

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What You’ll Learn

Many SD-WAN contracts signed between 2021 and 2023 are now up for renewal, in a market that has changed: vendors have changed hands, security is being sold with the network, and circuit prices have moved. This ITBroker.com guide compares the three paths at renewal (stay, upgrade to SASE or switch), works back from the last safe change date, and gives you a site inventory, the questions for each path, a cost worksheet on the same term and the contract terms to get in writing. It replaces our 2019 SD-WAN report.

How vendor sales, SASE and circuit prices have changed the SD-WAN market since 2021
When to stay, upgrade to SASE or switch, and the signals that point to each
A timeline that works back from the last safe change date, not the contract end
A site inventory and the questions to ask on each path
A cost worksheet that counts migration, overlap and tools you can cancel
The contract terms to get in writing before you sign

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