Extending the enterprise network to remote branch offices has long been one of the more difficult challenges of the IT organization. The Cisco® Regional WAN (RWAN) Solution architecture provides a set of pretested deployment recommendations for addressing some of the challenges with remote branch-office environments. The RWAN includes the network services for the remote branch office as well as the wide-area connections and aggregation necessary to connect to those sites. The RWAN also happens to be one of the most exciting areas in the next-generation enterprise network, where industry trends such as cloud computing, virtual desktops, videoconferencing, bring-your-own-devices, and secure access meet the real world.
