Should you opt for a managed SASE solution or DIY?
When considering adopting any new technology, the questions you have to ask yourself are: Should I implement and maintain it myself? Or do I want someone else to manage it for me? When weighing up whether a managed SASE solution or a DIY one would suit your needs, it’s important to research your options.
Interestingly, the same questions need to be asked when it comes to your wide area network (WAN) and providing secure access to this network. To help you make the best decision for your business, we have outlined three situations where outsourcing your SASE activities to a managed service provider is the smartest move.
Why do companies choose managed SASE solutions?
There are several reasons why companies choose the cloud to streamline and enhance their business activities, and many more reasons why they choose to have someone else manage the process for them. The main one is that their core business has nothing to do with managing that particular solution.
The same is true when it comes to SASE; networking and security need to be in place and requirements are high, but managing the process isn’t your company’s core activity. So it’s a good idea to outsource to a company who do specialize in it.
Three reasons to outsource to a managed SASE solutions provider
1. A SASE specialist can help you make sound decisions
It’s a good idea to take stock of the talent and expertise you have inhouse when planning any major network investment. Do you have the resources and experience to manage:
- Replacing your MPLS lines
- Designing an international network connecting the most remote edges
- Migrating an existing overlay network
And what about security?
How are you implementing security policies and how do you combine on-premise security needs with cloud acceleration?
If you’re starting to have doubts just reading these questions, you would probably benefit from some help from a trusted partner. With managed SASE, you not only get implementation support, but a partner to help you with all the answers to your SASE questions, as well as management of your network and security in full operation.
2. You want to move away from MPLS, but don’t know how
Here at Expereo, we offer managed SASE solutions to a wide variety of customers who come to us for many different reasons, however a common reason is support replacing expensive and inflexible MPLS lines.
Our core business, however, is not replacing lines, but we do deliver underlay-independent solutions like SD-WAN and SASE. That makes our solutions flexible, removing the need to migrate to other underlay networks with a big bang approach, and eliminating monster projects that could jeopardize your performance and security.
In short, it makes migrating away from MPLS a lot easier.
You want to cut costs and reduce management complexity
To build a secure and high-performing network to all branches and edges, you’ve collected a complete series of technologies over time. However, managing solutions and vendors is time-consuming and it’s not part of your core business and will detract from your BAU and strategic responsibilities alike.
With managed SASE, you only have one partner for your entire network and security, one partner that combines SD-WAN, security, global backbone, underlay network, and universal CPE solutions – seamlessly.
Ready to enable robust security with powerful connectivity with managed SASE from Expereo?
A DIY approach can be completely viable if you have the internal man power and expertise, bandwidth and budget, but it is complicated and time consuming.
At Expereo, we deliver managed SASE solutions, making sure our customers are completely taken care of when it comes to networking and security. We take care of all of your solution implementation, management and optimization needs with support available 24/7.
You also gain access to our network monitoring platform, expereoOne, so you can monitor your network for threats and vulnerabilities.
Get in touch to discuss your SASE needs and accelerate your cloud journey.