Future-Proof Your Global Network: 4 Moves to Optimize Connectivity
Four moves that take cost and fragility out of global connectivity.
Why it is worth reading
Networking and connectivity issues are the single largest cause of IT service outages - 31% of all reported incidents - and roughly 73% of observed internet disruptions in 2024 traced back to ISP outages in the underlay. That is exactly the layer where enterprises running multiple underlay providers and isolated SD-WAN overlays have the least visibility and control.
This guide walks through four moves to audit your global architecture: allocate bandwidth per app and per location, consolidate regional vendor sprawl into one global strategy, close the underlay visibility gap, and build in agility for spikes and strategic change. A four-question yes/no checklist at the end shows whether it is time for a unified connectivity-plus-SD-WAN model.
What is inside
- Why it's time to rethink your networkOutage data that points to the underlay - the layer most enterprises neither see nor control - plus a primer on underlay vs. overlay.
- Move 1: Know your bandwidthPer-app, per-location analytics instead of over-provisioning quiet branches while critical hubs starve.
- Move 2: Optimize regionally, execute globallyWhy consolidating dozens of underlay vendors buys centralized contracting, predictable SLAs, and one accountable partner.
- Move 3: Solve the underlay gapOver 70% of network incidents start in the underlay, a layer many SD-WAN providers neither monitor nor manage.
- Move 4: Build for agilityDesigning underlay and overlay to absorb up to 4x bandwidth spikes from onboarding, M&A, and traffic surges.
- Key questions before your next procurementA four-question yes/no checklist - two or more No answers signal it is time to transition.
In other words, most disruptions occur where many enterprises have the least visibility and control: the underlay.Who it is for
- CIOs preparing a network RFP or architecture refresh
- Network architects juggling multiple underlay providers and SD-WAN overlays
- IT leaders chasing outage root causes across ISP links they cannot see
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