2019-02-20T11:20:00Z

What is your primary use case for Citrix SD-WAN?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
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SM
Real User
Top 5
2023-11-13T11:08:58Z
Nov 13, 2023

In managing a retail network with over a hundred branches, we moved from MPLS to Citrix SD-WAN for cost savings and flexibility. Citrix seamlessly combines Internet and MPLS, enabling us to eliminate MPLS. This shift lets us use different Internet providers at each branch while maintaining performance. The centralized monitoring and easy deployment make our network operations more efficient.

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Rohit Ghorpade - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-07-04T10:07:34Z
Jul 4, 2023

We are using it for our MCN controller. We have two controls in our data center; 510 branches have the Citrix Cloud. We are using kind of half an equipment of SD-WAN.

Eslam Tawfeek - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2023-03-09T22:00:49Z
Mar 9, 2023

Citrix SD-WAN can be implemented either on-premises or in the cloud. You have the option to set it up as a physical appliance within your environment, or as a virtual machine subscription through Citrix or one of its partners. If you have VMware servers or a VxRail in your environment, you can order Citrix SD-WAN from Citrix or one of its partners and deploy it as a VM on your virtual machine. You have the option to set up multiple sites in different locations within the same environment. This can be achieved by creating secure tunnels between the sites using Citrix SD-WAN's user interface license, which allows you to customize data and prioritize your needs. For example, you can ensure the quality of service for specific applications like team applications, even with multiple connections, through the solution's load-balancing capabilities. This leads to accelerated business operations and enhanced performance.

SadeepaPalliyaguru - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-10-25T16:55:01Z
Oct 25, 2022

We are helping our customers create secure and redundant networks. That's the primary use case.

Ciaran Watson-Barron - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-09-28T12:52:03Z
Sep 28, 2022

The primary use case of this solution is to provide interconnectivity between branches and optimize the connection.

Jeffry Miguel De Los Santos - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-09-05T21:25:44Z
Sep 5, 2022

As the top manager and core engineer in my company working to secure job sites, I used a demonstration version of Citrix SD-WAN to enhance the communication between our branches and data centers. Specifically, it has been used to connect single branches with multiple data centers, where communication can flow quickly across them all. So, with Citrix SD-WAN, the primary use case is the provision of wide internet access from the data centers into our branches, as well as letting us manage the IT services through the cloud. Previously, we had simply been using direct internet access in each branch, but we realized that our internet usage would be more normalized with Citrix SD-WAN. Our hardware devices are on-premises, of course, but the SD-WAN management is now done on the cloud.

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it_user1295586 - PeerSpot reviewer
Reseller
Top 5
2022-08-11T11:25:00Z
Aug 11, 2022

In the South African environment, which is likely the same internationally as well, the MPLS is prohibitively expensive for clients, and it doesn't really give them the flexibility and the performance that they need. We found that with most of our clients being able to use off-the-shelf bandwidth products, it dramatically drives down their cost and gives them the control back they need. If there are performance issues, they pick it up fairly quickly, and they don't need to log a call with the ISP to go and look at what's wrong. They can control their own application quality of service and have a better view of their application performance than they would with an ISP managing their network.

John Helsmoortel - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-08-10T14:17:43Z
Aug 10, 2022

We are an HR service provider in Belgium. We have 60 offices in Belgium, and we basically use the SD-WAN setup to be more efficient with our WAN and with our spending, with regard to connectivity. We are not using its latest version. I know we need to do an upgrade. So, it is the version before the latest one.

Ruslan Melnikov - PeerSpot reviewer
MSP
Top 10
2022-05-06T14:31:59Z
May 6, 2022

Our use case was for a distributed network. We have customers around Russia, and a customer in the Far East had infrastructure with about 5,000 kilometers between each branch. We needed to create some kind of network that was distributed through data and media or big files. The Far East isn't very stable territory, so we had to use a low-level network and create a good result in data transmission. It was a retail company, so there were branches, and the branches needed to connect to HQ. We provided HQ and each branch with Citrix SD-WAN. We tried to use it, and it worked well. The transmission was good, and they were losing less data. The solution is deployed on our customers' hardware.

Richard Vivian - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2022-03-15T18:21:36Z
Mar 15, 2022

It is used to get connectivity between our branches. In terms of the version, we are using version 10.1, and we have different SD-WAN devices.

MA
Real User
2022-02-09T23:29:28Z
Feb 9, 2022

We offer this solution mainly to retail companies that have many sites and want to connect between them without relying on an MPX or a fiber connection. With SD-WAN, they have all the features and benefits they need to send live streaming information to the database and to headquarters without requiring a server at each site. Our other clients have various sites with just one type of communication, say a radio or a mobile network. SD-WAN helps them to combine and get a better bandwidth to balance all their applications and services. I'm a reseller and I make demos with the product. We are partners with Citrix and our company is based in Ecuador.

YB
Real User
Top 20
2021-03-04T19:03:15Z
Mar 4, 2021

We use this product to improve the security of our network. We also use it to monitor and control the endpoints that we have.

Richard Vivian - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2020-08-20T07:50:14Z
Aug 20, 2020

Our primary use case is to improve reliability and prevent downtime in the event of a line failure.

Richard Vivian - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2020-07-22T14:05:00Z
Jul 22, 2020

Our primary use case is for stability and redundancy on connectivity from the branch offices to the company head office data centre. We have a head office and six remote branches. Most of the applications we deliver to the branches are through terminal services. This includes the EPR system, Microsoft Dynamics-AX. Everything is hosted on-prem. When a line between the branch office and the head office was down the branch could not operate. For most sales orders we have a 4 business hour turnaround time from order to delivery. So when a line is down we were losing sales. SD-WAN has prevented this almost completely.

it_user1333443 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2020-04-28T08:50:45Z
Apr 28, 2020

We are a solution provider and this is one of the products that we implement for our clients. One of the use cases was as an optimizer in a low-bandwidth area where I wanted to replace the MPLS connection.

GB
Real User
2020-01-22T12:44:00Z
Jan 22, 2020

We primarily use the solution for network latency authentication.

RP
Real User
2019-02-20T11:20:00Z
Feb 20, 2019

For the load balancing of the application is for load balancing and as a VPN gateway.

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