Success Stories

# Fueling Smarter SD-WAN with Deep Packet Intelligence

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### VISION

## From Storage Leader to Network Innovator

One of the world’s leading NAS brands took a natural step forward by expanding into the SD-WAN market. With a strong base of SMB customers already relying on their hardware, they saw a growing demand for better connectivity across branch offices and remote workers. Traditional VPNs were hitting throughput limitations just as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the need for secure, reliable remote work and multi-site operations. The opportunity was clear, but success required solving a critical challenge at the heart of SD-WAN.

### CHALLENGES

## Why Old-School VPN and Domain Rules Couldn’t Keep Up

At its core, SD-WAN is about making intelligent decisions based on traffic type: routing business-critical applications differently from casual internet use. However, the customer quickly realized that traditional methods, such as static domain-based rules, were not enough. Applications constantly change endpoints, protocols evolve, and new services emerge almost daily. Maintaining such configurations became a heavy, error-prone burden, making it difficult to keep pace with customer expectations.

### SOLUTION

## The Lionic DPI Advantage: Visibility, Control, and Device Awareness

This is where Lionic DPI stepped in. **With Application Visibility and Control, the platform automatically identifies traffic from more than 1,000 applications without requiring manual configuration.** That means policies can be enforced with accuracy and ease, whether prioritizing video conferencing, securing SaaS platforms, or shaping social media traffic.

On top of this, **Lionic’s Device Fingerprinting feature added another layer of intelligence by recognizing not just the applications, but also the devices behind them.** In an SD-WAN environment where laptops, smartphones, and IoT devices all compete for bandwidth, this level of visibility proved invaluable for precise policy enforcement. Together, these DPI capabilities gave the NAS company the technical foundation to deliver an SD-WAN solution that was both powerful and simple to use.

### RESULTS

## Driving SD-WAN Growth in a Rapidly Expanding Market

By integrating Lionic’s DPI engine which backed by a self-maintained, continuously updated application database and flexible customization options, the NAS provider created a differentiated SD-WAN offering. Today, Lionic DPI is a core component across multiple SD-WAN product lines within the company. As the SD-WAN market continues to experience rapid global growth, the solution remains well positioned to scale, helping SMBs and enterprises alike achieve smarter, more secure, and more efficient networking.

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