Uplevel Brings Affordable SD-WAN to Small Business

Uplevel Systems, provider of information technology (IT) infrastructure to managed service providers (MSPs), now offers software-defined Wide Area Network or "SD-WAN" capabilities optimized for small to medium businesses (SMBs) "Any business with multiple sites, or that uses Internet phone systems, stands to benefit from SD-WAN's improved performance while dramatically reducing communications costs," says Glenn Chagnot, VP, Business Development for Uplevel Systems. "But despite the operational efficiencies, SD-WAN proves cost-prohibitive for smaller companies — until now." SD-WAN traditionally involves replacing costly telecom services with cost-effective Internet connections between sites. Smaller companies find SD-WAN cost-prohibitive because most offerings include advanced features and other "bells and whistles" they must pay for but do not need. In practice, the prospective cost savings also may be compromised by poorly performing Internet connections or call quality between sites.