Cisco WAE Standard SDN Bundle 1 Year Term
The Cisco WAE Standard SDN Bundle provides essential software capabilities for network optimization and management over a 1-year term.
- Access to: Core Cisco SD-WAN features for enhanced network control and visibility.
- Coverage for: A 1-year subscription term, ensuring continuous access to software features and updates.
- Protection against: Network inefficiencies and performance degradation through intelligent path control.
- Entitlement to: Standard software features enabling centralized policy management and application optimization.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco WAE Standard SDN Bundle is a 1-year subscription license that unlocks core software-defined networking capabilities for your organization's network infrastructure.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies, this bundle integrates into existing Cisco SD-WAN deployments to provide essential management and optimization features for their own business operations.
- Network Agility: Enables dynamic routing and policy enforcement across your WAN.
- Application Performance: Optimizes application traffic flow for critical business applications.
- Centralized Management: Provides a single pane of glass for network policy and configuration.
- Visibility and Analytics: Offers insights into network traffic and application performance.
- Subscription Term: A 1-year license ensures access to features and support for a defined period.
This Cisco bundle is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking to enhance their network performance and management capabilities with essential SDN features.
What This Enables
Enable Centralized Network Policy Management
Enable teams to define and enforce network-wide policies from a single console. Streamline configuration updates and ensure consistent security posture across all connected sites.
businesses with multiple physical locations, organizations with distributed workforces, companies managing complex routing requirements, networks requiring consistent security policies
Optimize Application Traffic Flow
Streamline the delivery of critical business applications by intelligently steering traffic across available WAN paths. Automate performance adjustments based on real-time network conditions to ensure user productivity.
companies reliant on cloud applications, businesses with performance-sensitive workloads, organizations prioritizing user experience, networks with diverse connectivity options
Enhance Network Visibility and Analytics
Automate the collection of network performance data and application usage statistics. Enable teams to gain deep insights into traffic patterns, identify bottlenecks, and proactively address potential issues.
IT departments needing performance metrics, businesses focused on operational efficiency, organizations undergoing digital transformation, networks requiring detailed reporting
Key Features
Standard SDN Features
Unlocks core capabilities for network control and optimization, enabling better management of your WAN.
1-Year Subscription Term
Provides access to essential software features for a defined period, ensuring predictable costs and continuous operation.
Centralized Policy Management
Allows IT teams to configure and manage network policies from a single interface, reducing complexity and errors.
Application Optimization
Improves the performance of critical business applications by intelligently routing traffic across the WAN.
Network Visibility
Offers insights into network traffic and performance, helping to identify and resolve issues proactively.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly available and secure networks to manage sensitive data and ensure compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and SOX. This bundle helps optimize traffic for critical trading and customer service applications.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers need reliable network connectivity for patient care systems, electronic health records (EHR), and telehealth services, often requiring compliance with HIPAA. This license supports optimized data flow for these critical applications.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers rely on robust networks for operational technology (OT) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. This bundle can help ensure consistent performance for supply chain management and production monitoring applications.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle large volumes of sensitive client data and require secure, high-performance networks for document sharing and collaboration tools. This license aids in optimizing access to these resources.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco WAE?
Cisco Wide Area Application Engine (WAE) is a technology that optimizes application performance across Wide Area Networks (WANs). This bundle provides the software license for standard features.
What does the 'SDN Bundle' mean?
SDN stands for Software-Defined Networking. This bundle includes software licenses that enable key Software-Defined WAN capabilities, allowing for more centralized control and automation of your network.
What is the difference between Standard and other WAE bundles?
The Standard bundle typically includes a core set of essential features for network optimization and management. Higher tiers may offer advanced features like enhanced analytics, deeper application visibility, or more granular control options.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.