| | AUGUST 20209CIOReviewthousands of devices using software. SDN provides a single set of APIs to create a single management console for physical and virtual devices and also supports management of both physical and virtual switches and network devices from a central controller. Centralized Security Management ­ With virtualization, its sometimes challenging to ensure that the right firewall and content filtering policies are applied consistently to all our virtual machines. With SDN Controller, we now have the ability to control and distribute security and policy information consistently throughout our ecosystem. Reduced Capital Expenditures ­ Many of the routine network administration issues can now be automated. SDN makes it easier to optimize commoditized hardware. Streaming Telemetry Metrics - Our real-time metrics provide granular detail which enables quicker fault detection and resolution resulting in improved availability and quicker time to repair.Lower operating costs - SD WAN has allowed us to save millions in operating costs by giving us the ability to utilize economical broadband/LTE circuits in lieu of expensive private circuits and to provide an intelligent routing platform based on quality of these circuitsGap Inc. is embracing software defined networking in critical areas of our business today: our global retail stores across Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic and Athleta, our supply chain distribution centers which service all of our brands across stores and online, as well as our corporate offices and data centers. This work is taking place across all layers of the networking stack: SD-WAN, SD-LAN, SD-WLAN and SD-Datacenter. Cloud computing is a very important part of our digital transformation journey. As applications continue to move to the cloud, networking professionals are quickly realizing that traditional WANs were never architected for a dynamic, internet-based environment. SD-WAN simplifies our cloud connectivity and enables us to respond to changing business needs with speed and agility. We now have the ability to easily open stores and branches across the globe, which would have taken months of planning and deployment in the past. Today, we have SD-WAN deployed in over 1,700 stores and we are currently underway to add hundreds more across our network. Our real-time metrics provide granular detail which enables quicker fault detection and resolution resulting in improved availability and quicker time to repair
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