The demands for bandwidth and stability in wide area networks (WANs) are increasing every year. Professional customers – especially companies and public institutions – therefore require high-performance and reliable solutions such as cloud-controlled SD-WANs. However, those who provide these SD-WAN solutions know that much more matters. A high degree of integration and future viability, high availability, efficient multi-site management, scalability, and transparent costs are just some of the key factors to consider when setting up an SD-WAN.
We firmly believe that Managed Services Providers (MSPs) and carriers in the SD-WAN sector benefit from having a trustworthy regional partner – one that combines innovative technologies with a practical, customer-centric approach. As a German full-service network manufacturer, we develop highly secure SD-WAN one-box solutions distinguished by their diverse interfaces, redundancy features, and uniquely holistic cloud management.
This makes Rohde & Schwarz Networks and Cybersecurity not only a driving force behind digital sovereignty in Europe but also a strong SD-WAN partner for MSPs and carriers looking to implement secure, high-performance, and future-proof SD-WANs.
Benefits as an MSP
- Increased ROI: Direct return on investment (ROI) through rapid deployment, enhanced efficiency, and low, transparent costs
- Seamless system integration: Extensive API support, interoperable devices, and scripting add-ins
- Centralized management: A single, intelligent, and intuitive management platform for all customers, featuring multi-tenant project and network separation
- Competitive edge: Cutting-edge SD-WAN technology with redundancy and security features from a German manufacturer
- Planning reliability: Stable operation and a transparent product and software lifecycle
Benefits as a carrier
- Cost-efficient R&S Networks and Cybersecurity one-box solution: Combines internet access (underlay) and SD-WAN gateway (overlay) in a single device, reducing both acquisition and operating costs
- Enhanced connectivity: Flexible connection options, diverse interfaces, and a comprehensive solution for all location requirements
- Optimized user experience: Improved bandwidth utilization and application performance
- Scalable product range for businesses of all sizes: Flexible, effortless upgrades and customization options
- Strategic vendor proximity: A reliable and profitable partnership with an established SD-WAN provider in Germany
- IT security engineered in Germany: Cutting-edge SD-WAN, redundancy, and security features to strengthen digital sovereignty in Europe
R&S®LANCOM SD-WAN x MSPs
How to optimize your multi-tenant networks with our SD-WAN offering
Managing multiple customer networks without the support of a software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) quickly becomes a major challenge for managed service providers (MSPs). Without scalable remote management, rising travel expenses, time-consuming manual configurations, and the inefficient use of scarce IT specialists drive up costs and hinder MSPs from further growth.
Cloud-based network management with SD-WAN offers a far more efficient solution: Customer networks can be effortlessly and securely separated, while management, monitoring, and maintenance can all be handled remotely from the MSP headquarters. Services can be deployed much faster and at a higher standard, while cloud services and security-as-a-service concepts integrate seamlessly. This reduces the workload on your IT team, enables more tailored responses to customer requests, and boosts network performance and customer satisfaction.
With a R&S®LANCOM SD-WAN, you also gain the competitive advantage of a trustworthy and reliable German solution – offering one of the most advanced and intelligent management platforms on the market, along with cutting-edge technologies. This makes it the ideal choice for optimizing profits, ensuring digital sovereignty, and securing long-term investments.
R&S®LANCOM SD-WAN x carriers
How carriers achieve operational efficiency with SD-WAN solutions
Carriers are constantly engaged in network expansion and line optimization within their area of responsibility. This demanding task becomes significantly easier with SD-WAN technologies, as they enhance independence, flexibility, and future viability.
SD-WAN optimizes bandwidth through dynamic load balancing, enables faster deployment of new locations, and reduces reliance on costly MPLS lines – ultimately lowering costs. It also strengthens overall network security and provides the foundation for real-time monitoring, as well as SaaS and IaaS offerings.
The benefits become apparent soon after deployment: greater customer satisfaction and improved business continuity. This is largely due to the scalability and operational efficiency of SD-WAN. Carriers themselves also gain from the integration of the latest technologies and cloud services, along with reduced infrastructure costs.
Increased ROI & seamless integration
- Broadest range of interfaces on the market, including fiber optics, xDSL, Gigabit Ethernet, supervectoring, G.fast, LTE, LTE-Advanced, and 5G
- Lower acquisition and operating costs with an all-in-one solution
- Comprehensive API portfolio in the R&S®LANCOM Management Cloud, featuring custom add-in scripts
- Enhanced IT personnel efficiency through supportive, time-saving automation
Promoting SD-WAN in Germany & digital sovereignty
- Optimized bandwidth usage and enhanced application performance across Germany and Europe
- Highest level of compliance-compliant IT security, engineered in Germany (in line with NIS2, GDPR, the BSI IT security label, and ISO/IEC 27001)
- Strong regional partnerships based on trust, with short, transparent supply chains and a commitment to sustainability
Unique central management platform & SD-WAN features
- Trusted multi-tenant management platform, hosted in Germany (LANCOM Management Cloud), with clearly separated networks for customer projects
- Intelligent, user-friendly assistants, including WLAN anomaly detection, automatic Wi-Fi optimization, and energy management
- Proven, user-centric features designed to enhance efficiency
Enhanced customer experience & competitiveness
- Direct access to product development, enabling flexible support for customer-specific requirements
- Effortless deployment of scalable, easily optimized SD-WANs and SD-WAN Managed Services
- Simplified remote network consulting, installation, operation, and maintenance
Automated network management
The R&S®LANCOM Management Cloud serves as the central management platform, provisioning and managing the entire infrastructure across all network segments (WAN, LAN, Wi-Fi, security). Simply define the target scenario via a graphical user interface – manual configuration of individual devices is no longer required.
The R&S®LMC delivers advanced SD-WAN capabilities such as Dynamic Path Selection, High Scalability VPN, Load Balancing, and Dynamic Routing Protocols, which enhance the scalability and efficiency of wide-area networks for medium-sized and large companies.
Whether deployed in the public cloud or as a private cloud for large enterprise networks and service providers, the R&S®LANCOM Management Cloud ensures maximum agility, flexibility, quality, and security for your network.
Manage and optimize complex network architectures transparently:
- The R&S®LANCOM Management Cloud provides a central overview of all customer networks, their devices, and their status
- Setup of new networks, commissioning of new devices, configurations, and updates; comprehensive definition of security policies; Wi-Fi optimization; energy-saving; and sustainability aspects, etc.
Enable hybrid working / remote working for customers:
- Responding quickly to changing customer requirements and new working conditions and technologies
- Secure and confident implementation of the hybrid working concept with R&S®LANCOM SD-WAN and R&S®LANCOM Advanced VPN Client
Reference project of the German construction company SCHEIDT, which uses the R&S®LANCOM Management Cloud as a central work and administration platform:
Implement the highest cybersecurity requirements:
- Realizing a uniform security concept in large, widely dispersed and growing companies
- The functional scope and clear management platform of the R&S®LANCOM SD-WAN gateways, R&S®LANCOM Unified Firewalls, and switches make this endeavor easier for MSPs and carriers
The benefits of R&S®LANCOM SD-WAN have been clearly noticeable for the Dussmann Group's 6,000 employees in 21 countries for several years:
Securely drive your own company growth and reduce administrative expenses:
- Offer more differentiated services as an MSP and increase revenue per user
- Reduce the daily work and administrative workload for IT with automation and smart assistants
Tying up less manpower in one task and thus using it more efficiently, just like R&S®LANCOM SD-WAN customers such as the automotive service provider ATU, which benefits from similar advantages:
