Summary: When migrating to an SD-WAN, do you still need a branch router? What does a branch router do? Circuit termination. Routing. QoS. Tunneling. Filtering or even firewalling. Virtual networks. Maybe a few other functions, depending on what you stacked on the box.<br> Can an SD-WAN appliance do all of those things? In the early days, the answer was…probably not all of them, and so you’d often keep your branch router inline with the SD-WAN device.<br> What about today? Do you still need to keep that branch router around, consuming power and running up your maintenance costs? Or can a modern SD-WAN forwarding device be a full replacement for a branch router?<br> Derek Granath, VP of Product Marketing; and Rolf Muralt, VP Product Management for SD-WAN at <a href="https://www.silver-peak.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Silver Peak</a>, join us for today’s sponsored discussion about branch router architecture.<br> We examine the business drivers for eliminating branch routers, discuss potential tradeoffs that come with swapping out the router for an SD-WAN appliance, look at architecture and design implications and caveats, and explore the process of going live without the router.<br> Show Links:<br> For more information on Router Replacement visit <a href="https://www.silver-peak.com/think-outside-router">silver-peak.com/think-outside-router</a>, where you can Download the Top 10 Reasons to Replace Your Branch Router with SD-WAN eBook or the Architecting an Application-Driven WAN Edge – Solution Brief.<br> <a href="https://www.silver-peak.com/resource-center/how-to-architect-application-driven-wan-edge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How to Architect an Application-driven WAN Edge</a> – Silver Peak White Paper<br> <a href="https://twitter.com/SilverPeak" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Silver Peak on Twitter</a><br> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/silver-peak-systems/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Silver Peak on LinkedIn</a><br> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/silver-peak-systems/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Silver Peak on Facebook</a><br>
