PLDT Enterprise is seeing software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) and secure access service edge (SASE) architecture as two of the most in-demand technologies for businesses in the next few years.

“The enterprise market has fully matured and has now embraced SD-WAN as their wide-area networking technology of choice. We’re anticipating its sustained momentum and growth over the next few years,” said Gary Ignacio, VP and head of Fixed-Core Business Solutions, PLDT Enterprise.

He emphasized that SD-WAN has already reached its inflection point, which is accelerated by the new market dynamics.

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SD-WAN enables businesses to interconnect their network of branches and users through a highly intelligent, software-driven platform, leveraging all available network underlay technologies such as MPLS, fiber broadband, LTE, and 5G. This will help industries simplify network management, optimize data traffic flow, and enable highly resilient always-on connections.
 
“Close to two-thirds of our local banks are pursuing transformational projects to enhance their digital capabilities and that number just continues to increase,” Ignacio said.

Cybersecurity
 
Ignacio said that PLDT Enterprise recognizes the importance of data security, and as such, is pioneering SASE to ensure a fully secure ecosystem where privacy and protection policies are fully enforced.

“SASE will continue to get a lot of traction as companies put in place the right technologies to be able to connect and secure, not only their physical locations but their entire user base and end-devices as well,” he said. “The PLDT Group has established a very strong foundation for this, out of our internal cybersecurity capabilities and best practices, and this will be further enriched by our strategic partnerships from the incumbent and emerging leaders in the field.”
 
Industries that have been benefitting from these two technologies include the retail sector and the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, among others. 
 
Jovy Hernandez assured the company’s unbreakable commitment to providing digital solutions that will help businesses build a solid foundation amid the COVID-19 crisis.

“Over the last decade, multiple technologies have come to the fore and a lot more are emerging that will revolutionize the way we do things,” said Jovy Hernandez, ePLDT President and CEO and SVP and head for PLDT and Smart Enterprise Business Groups. And it is our aspiration at PLDT Enterprise to become every organization’s technology partner who can create the right mix of innovations and solutions which can deliver real value to their business.”

“It is much more than just bandwidth. We strive to answer the needs of businesses today for a business-grade internet connection, the need for accessibility for on-premise and cloud applications and to manage multiple locations so that they can become truly resilient in this new age of business.”
 
PLDT Enterprise has been providing resilient connectivity for the business industry through bandwidth solutions such as Beyond Fiber, Branch-in-a-Box, and PLDT SD-WAN.