5G is a true enabler of SD-WAN because it provides high bandwidth and (ultra) low latency in locations where fixed-line networks may not be available, but to ensure the high quality experiences expected, service providers will need to be able to monitor their 5G networks to assure SD-WAN services.

Today’s successful enterprise requires a ‘fast and flat’ network that can provide the business agility to quickly spin-up compute and storage resources to deliver applications wherever and whenever they are required. Yet the abstraction of storage, compute and networking, whether on premise or in the cloud, transforms the provisioning for and delivery of business services and applications. The adoption of SDN and public cloud infrastructure will change how we configure and consume business services in ways we are only beginning to realize.