Optimizing WAN Costs with Fortinet SD-WAN Analytics

Welcome to the world of optimized WAN costs, analytics, and optimization with P J Networks. In the fast-paced business environment, keeping track of your Wide Area Network (WAN) expenses while maintaining efficiency is crucial. Today, we’re diving into how Fortinet SD-WAN Analytics can help you control and optimize these costs efficiently.

Traffic Analysis

First things first, understanding your traffic is key. You can’t control what you don’t measure. So, how do we start?

• Identify Traffic Patterns: With Fortinet SD-WAN, you can identify traffic patterns to see which applications consume the most bandwidth.
• Categorize Applications: Figure out which applications are mission-critical and which ones can tolerate delays.
• Pinpoint Inefficiencies: Discover any faulty traffic flows or bottlenecks.

This critical insight lets you prioritize and allocate bandwidth efficiently. You spend less while getting more out of your network resources. Sweet, right?

Link Utilization

Think of this as getting the best bang for your buck when it comes to your WAN links.

• Monitor Link Usage: Use Fortinet’s analytics to monitor which links are used most and least.
• Optimize Bandwidth Usage: Direct more traffic over underutilized links.
• Load Balancing: Spread the workload evenly across multiple links for cost efficiency.

Easy link monitoring and management can help reduce unnecessary expenses and boost the performance of your WAN.

Intelligent Routing

Now let’s talk about intelligent routing. It’s all about making smart choices with real-time data.

• Dynamic Path Selection: Fortinet SD-WAN uses real-time data to choose the best path for your traffic at any time.
• Failover Solutions: Automatically switch routes in case of a link failure to keep things running smoothly.
• Traffic Shaping: Prioritize critical traffic to go through low-latency paths.

This ensures your traffic flows efficiently across the network without bottlenecks, saving those precious dollars on WAN costs.

Cost Projections

Planning for the future? Cost projections can make future budget management a breeze.

• Forecast Usage Trends: Use analytics to forecast future traffic demands.
• Plan for Growth: Prepare your network infrastructure for increased future demands.
• Budget Allocation: Optimize current spending to save for future expansions.

By using Fortinet SD-WAN’s analytics, you can accurately project your network costs, ensuring no shock bills at the end of the month. Smart, right?

In conclusion, WAN costs, analytics, and optimization with P J Networks are all about harnessing the power of Fortinet SD-WAN analytics. By focusing on Traffic Analysis, Link Utilization, Intelligent Routing, and Cost Projections, you can take control of your WAN spend. Let’s make WAN optimization a reality for your business today!