Migrate from DIY SD-WAN To a SASE Experience
In 2021, Gartner reported 45% SD-WAN adoption by enterprises, expected to rise to 70% by 2026, driven by the desire to improve edge network connectivity, user and app experiences, operational efficiency, and cost savings.
EMA’s April 2023 research shows 66% of enterprises prefer managed SD-WAN services due to challenges in maintaining skilled in-house staff, keeping up with technology, and negotiating with vendors. IDC echoes these reasons.
Forbes highlights that DIY SD-WAN adopters face more challenges in transitioning to SASE. Additionally, 40% of managed SD-WAN service users prefer it for its better integration with services like SASE security.
Self-Managed SD-WAN Challenges
Reactive Operations Lacking 24x7 Support
Most of your scarce IT resources are used to manage the network, application and security infrastructure – usually in firefighting mode and not 24x7 – and there is little time for strategic projects.
Missing End-To-End Quality Assurance
None of the existing SD-WAN or SASE technologies can provide end-to-end SLAs which would guarantee high app performance and hence, good user experience. Particularly for users at remote or difficult locations like China.
Scattered Security Increasing Risk
If SD-WAN and security technologies are operated separately, there is usually a challenge to manage the scattered point solutions effectively due to missing know-how and skills and because it is time consuming and error-prone.
Open Systems: Your SASE Transformation Partner
Open Systems has supported enterprises with connectivity for more than 20 years and is a true SASE transformation partner. We provide a comprehensive breadth of transformations – ranging from network to security transformations – with a unique depth of transformation services. We leverage our own infrastructure and SASE technology to deliver end-to-end managed services distinguished by an outstanding customer experience – the Open Systems SASE Experience.
Open Systems SASE Experience Benefits
Unparalleled Managed Service
Benefit from Open Systems’ experience and expertise in network transformation providing a 24x7 Operations Centre with direct access to Tier 3 engineers, continuous technical consulting through a designated team and project-based support and service delivery to get transformation traction quickly.
Guaranteed Application Performance
End-to-end SLA for site-to-site availability – including difficult locations like China – or within the Open Systems WAN backbone, as well as effective 24x7 support for fast incident identification and remediation to guarantee optimal application performance and user experience – everywhere.
Harmonized Network & Security Architecture
Design of a tailored network architecture that harmonizes with security – delivered addressing the whole service lifecycle from assessment to operations.
Worldclass Operations Model
24x7 Operations Center staffed with our own Tier 3 engineers, project-based support, and service delivery. Open Systems also provides continuous technical consulting with a designated team of experienced professionals.
END-TO-END SERVICE OWNERSHIP & QUALITY
Guaranteed end-to-end service quality. Let Open Systems manage the underlay and overlay to ensure quality and availability of connectivity, as well as network and security, service visibility and control.
An All-In-One Managed Service
Unified managed service. We provide a breadth and depth of protection from comprehensive network and security functionality to assessment, consulting, migration, operations, and optimization by our experts. Better, it’s all included in a predictable flat fee.
Customers Love Their Experience with Open Systems
It was great to see how our thoughts developed within the Open Systems environment with the zoning project we’re scoping. As strategic partners, we make each other better.Gert-Jan Terpstra
Director Service Owner IT Network Services, GEA
We simply found a partner in Open Systems that understands what to do and is highly professional... We work together as equals to develop the best solution together.Bethina Fehlisch
Head of IT Shared Services, ALTANA
We feel very confident that we are in good hands with Open Systems, now and into the future. We look forward to at least five more years of a productive partnership.Jürg Siegenthaler
Team Head Network and Server, Sika
