{"id":10181,"date":"2020-03-12T16:56:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T23:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/?p=10181"},"modified":"2020-03-12T16:59:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T23:59:27","slug":"the-best-sd-wan-providers-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/the-best-sd-wan-providers-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best SD-WAN Providers: Installation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your company is researching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/cloud-therapy-episode-001-what-is-sd-wan-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\">SD-WAN<\/a>, and you&#8217;ve been put in charge of the project. The problem you&#8217;re having is there are dozens of SD-WAN providers offering their own spin on this new technology.<\/p>\n<p>So, which handful of SD-WAN providers should you be quoting?<\/p>\n<p>One of the aspects where providers differ is on installation (deployment).<\/p>\n<p>In this short video, AeroCom President, Mike Smith, details the different types of installation that SD-WAN providers offer. He gives you a nice summary of each and examples of which type might be the best fit for companies with lots of locations and a thin IT staff.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"550\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CoSJTE3vOqw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Want to know which providers Mike recommends for your company&#8217;s specific requirements? Click the button below.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/static.leadpages.net\/leadboxes\/current\/embed.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><button style=\"background: #f26e22; border-color: #f26e22; border-radius: 20px; color: #ffffff; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; padding: 16px 32px; min-width: 192px; border: 1px solid #f26e22; font-size: 1rem; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center; outline: 0; line-height: 1; cursor: pointer; -webkit-transition: background 0.3s, color 0.3s, border 0.3s; transition: background 0.3s, color 0.3s, border 0.3s; box-shadow: 0px 2px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);\" data-leadbox-popup=\"144249073f72a2:136337e37f46dc\" data-leadbox-domain=\"aerocominc.lpages.co\">Ask Mike<\/button><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Mike<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9772 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mikesmith.png\" alt=\"mikesmith\" width=\"88\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mikesmith.png 181w, https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mikesmith-135x200.png 135w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 88px) 100vw, 88px\" \/><\/strong><br \/>\nMike Smith is the Founder and President of AeroCom and has been helping companies with telecom and cloud services since 1999. He\u00a0has been the recipient of numerous business telecommunications industry awards and in 2011, he was honored as one of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mydigitalpublication.com\/publication\/index.php?i=68145&amp;m=&amp;l=&amp;p=53&amp;pre=&amp;ver=swf\" target=\"_blank\">top 40<\/a>\u00a0business people in Orange County, CA., under 40 years old. Follow Mike\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mikesmithaerocom\/\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeSmithsBrain\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/community.spiceworks.com\/people\/mike-aerocominccom?source=navbar-subnav\" target=\"_blank\">SpiceWorks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Transcript:<\/p>\n<p>So, your company is looking into an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/article\/3219653\/the-3-types-of-sd-wan-architecture.html\" target=\"_blank\">SD-WAN solution<\/a> and you&#8217;re wondering, &#8220;Hey, which of these 100 or so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/search?q=SD-WAN\" target=\"_blank\">providers offering SD-WAN<\/a> should we choose?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, one of the decision factors you should consider is installation of the SD-WAN appliance at every site.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, if your company has a lot of locations and a small IT staff, and your company is always opening up new locations or moving locations, and you don&#8217;t have a lot of technical expertise on-site all the time, it really would be nice if you have an SD-WAN service provider who offers a professional installation for you\u2026 Where you could pay them to install the SD-WAN appliance at each site.<\/p>\n<p>Or even better, a service provider that offers a \u201czero touch\u201d installation, where someone completely non-technical can simply plug-n-play the SD-WAN appliance on site, and there&#8217;s no technical configuration required.<\/p>\n<p>You really need to think about that as opposed to other SD-WAN solutions where they&#8217;re not going to tell you this up front, but when you start digging into the weeds they&#8217;re going to say that you will need to have someone technical install this device on site. That can be really problematic, again, if you have a thin IT staff and a lot of locations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Best-SD-WAN-Providers-Installation-Thumb.jpg\" rel='magnific'><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-10182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Best-SD-WAN-Providers-Installation-Thumb.jpg\" alt=\"The Best SD-WAN Providers - Installation\" width=\"533\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Best-SD-WAN-Providers-Installation-Thumb.jpg 852w, https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Best-SD-WAN-Providers-Installation-Thumb-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Best-SD-WAN-Providers-Installation-Thumb-250x144.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Best-SD-WAN-Providers-Installation-Thumb-600x345.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have that, say your company has two or three locations and you have technical staff at each site, or they never move, then the only installation you have to worry about is the initial installation. Hey, at that point, do we need a professional installation? Would we prefer that as opposed to jumping on airplanes and installing this at the different sites?<\/p>\n<p>Make sure you ask that question, because not all providers are the same when it comes to that, and the sales people will often not tell you these things until you&#8217;re way later in the process, because they don&#8217;t want to scare you off if their installation process is not going to fit your needs.<\/p>\n<p>You need to know that up front before you waste time on several appointments and quotes when it&#8217;s not a good fit right up front.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that helps. If you have any questions on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/article\/3226371\/is-sd-wan-better-than-mpls.html\" target=\"_blank\">SD-WAN<\/a>, please let me know. There&#8217;s a lot of other things to consider, too many for this video. Just reach out <a href=\"mailto:AskMike@aerocominc.com\" target=\"_blank\">on email<\/a> or give me a call at\u00a0714-593-0011. I&#8217;m happy to give you my recommendations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your company is researching SD-WAN, and you&#8217;ve been put in charge of the project. The problem you&#8217;re having is there are dozens of SD-WAN providers offering their own spin on this new technology. 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