The SD-WAN for NGFW Subscription by Palo Alto Networks is designed for modern enterprises seeking a seamless integration of world-class security and top-tier connectivity in their SD-WAN architecture.

Key Features:

1. Integrated Security & Connectivity:
   Adopt an end-to-end SD-WAN architecture that offers integrated security and connectivity. This ensures businesses stay ahead as the cloud continues to transform network and security landscapes.

2. Intelligent Management:
   Software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) facilitates intelligent management and control of connectivity between branch locations and cloud instances. This modern approach replaces traditional WAN architectures like MPLS which are becoming less effective.

3. Optimized Performance:
   The SD-WAN for NGFW solution uses both hub-and-spoke and full-mesh branch-to-branch topologies. This structure minimizes latency, optimizes performance, and ensures reliability. The automatic creation of meshed VPN connections at each site maximizes throughput capacity.

4. Improved User Experience:
   PAN-OS SD-WAN enhances branch user experience by allowing dynamic session movement to the best path. With the “link bundling” concept, all service provider links with the same tag are combined, optimizing bandwidth usage.

5. Complete Application Control:
   Gain unparalleled control over your applications. SD-WAN for NGFW enables tailored application failover mechanisms, monitors application paths, provides error correction capabilities, and ensures top performance for all mission-critical applications.

6. Centralized Management:
   Panorama network security management provides a centralized platform for both security and connectivity. It integrates SD-WAN configuration, monitoring, and gives users a comprehensive view of their network.

7. Simplified Branch Onboarding:
   Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) streamlines the process of provisioning new branches, making it cost-effective and faster. Appliances can be shipped directly to branch locations, powered up, and connected, with centralized management through Panorama.

8. Flexibility in Deployment:
   Whether you prefer mesh, hub-and-spoke, or cloud-based deployments, Palo Alto Networks has you covered. The SD-WAN for NGFW is compatible with all PA-Series and VM-Series NGFW platforms.