DigitalWell SD-WAN uses intelligent, application-aware routing to direct traffic across the best available path at all times. If a primary link degrades or fails, traffic fails over automatically - in sub-second time - before users notice anything has changed. There are no manual interventions, no escalation calls, no outage tickets.
We deploy centrally managed appliances at each site, giving you a single, consistent security and routing policy across your entire network, whether you have 3 sites or 50.
SD-WAN with dual internet circuits and 4G/5G failover delivers sub-second link failover. Users don't experience outages, they just keep working. In practice, this architecture is more resilient than relying on a single-carrier MPLS connection.
Traffic is routed intelligently based on application type. Microsoft 365, Zoom, and Salesforce go direct to the internet via the fastest available path. Business-critical or sensitive traffic follows the most secure route. You get cloud performance without sacrificing control.
DigitalWell manages firmware, fault resolution, policy changes, and monitoring from a central console. Your IT team retains full visibility. We take the operational burden off your plate.
Replace legacy WAN with SD-WAN and cut costs by 40–60% without sacrificing resilience.
Automatic sub-second failover means users keep working while you get the alert.
SD-WAN makes every new site a repeatable deployment — same policy, same console, day one.
Application-aware routing sends Microsoft 365 and Zoom traffic via the fastest available path, every time.
End-to-end encryption, network segmentation, and documented SLAs — built into the managed service.
Overlay SD-WAN on your existing MPLS now. No contract changes, immediate improvement.
Fortinet Gold Partner, ISO 27001 certified
We have the technical credentials that matter for enterprise and regulated environments, backed with large scale implementations over the years.
20+ last-mile operators. One managed service.
We source the best available circuit at each site across Ireland, then handle design, provisioning, monitoring, and fault resolution end to end.
One contract across connectivity, voice, and UC
If you run DigitalWell across your communications stack, everything is managed in a single relationship. No finger-pointing between vendors.
SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network) is a managed overlay that sits above your underlying internet or MPLS circuits and controls how traffic is routed across them. Unlike a standard internet connection, SD-WAN applies intelligent, application-aware policies — sending Microsoft 365 traffic directly to the cloud for performance, while keeping sensitive data on more secure paths. It also monitors link health continuously and fails over automatically if a connection degrades, something a standard internet connection cannot do on its own.
DigitalWell SD-WAN deploys FortiGate appliances at each site, configured with dual internet circuits and optional 4G/5G failover. The appliance monitors every link in real time. If a primary link falls below acceptable performance thresholds, traffic is automatically rerouted to the secondary link — typically in under one second. Users experience no interruption. This is handled by the FortiGate appliance locally, not by a remote management system, so there is no delay waiting for a central controller to respond.
For many organisations, yes — particularly those that have migrated most workloads to cloud or SaaS. SD-WAN over dual internet circuits typically costs 40–60% less than equivalent MPLS bandwidth and offers better performance for cloud applications. However, if you carry high-volume, latency-sensitive voice traffic or operate in a heavily regulated environment where private network isolation is a compliance requirement, a hybrid approach — MPLS for critical traffic, SD-WAN for everything else — is often the right answer. DigitalWell will assess your traffic profile and compliance requirements before making a recommendation.
Yes. DigitalWell can deploy FortiGate SD-WAN as an overlay on top of your existing MPLS circuits without any change to your current access contracts or termination of your MPLS service. You gain application-aware routing, cloud optimisation, and centralised visibility immediately. When your MPLS contract expires, the architecture can be optimised — moving more or all traffic to internet circuits with significant cost savings. There is no disruption to existing services and no penalties on your MPLS contract.
DigitalWell provides a fully managed SD-WAN service. We handle network design, FortiGate provisioning and installation at each site, centralised policy management via FortiManager, ongoing firmware maintenance, proactive link monitoring, fault resolution, and change requests. Your IT team retains full visibility through the management portal but is not required to manage day-to-day operations. Most IT teams find this removes the majority of their WAN management workload while improving overall network visibility.
DigitalWell SD-WAN supports compliance requirements across several dimensions. Traffic is encrypted end-to-end using enterprise-grade encryption. FortiGate with optional UTP adds intrusion prevention, web filtering, and application control at the network edge. DigitalWell is ISO 27001 certified across four consecutive years, meaning our managed service processes meet recognised information security management standards. For organisations in DORA scope, we can provide documented SLAs, network monitoring records, and change management audit trails as part of the managed service.
MPLS is a private, carrier-managed network with guaranteed quality of service — the right choice when private network isolation is non-negotiable, or when you carry high-volume real-time voice traffic. SD-WAN runs over internet circuits with application-aware routing — the right choice for cloud-first organisations looking for flexibility and cost efficiency. A Hybrid network combines both: MPLS for critical or regulated traffic, SD-WAN for cloud and general internet. The right answer depends on your application mix, compliance obligations, site count, and current WAN contract status. DigitalWell conducts a network audit before recommending an architecture.
The managed service includes FortiGate CPE (hardware supplied on an opex basis), DW FortiManager centralised policy management, proactive link monitoring, fault management, firmware maintenance, and a defined number of change requests per month. Access circuits — such as Dedicated Internet Access or broadband — are quoted separately per site. Standard contract terms are three years on an opex model (hardware, support, and management included). A capex purchase option is available for organisations that prefer to own the hardware outright. Contact DigitalWell for a site-by-site assessment and pricing.
