--- title: Video: Challenges of Managed SD-WAN Services «... description: Managed SD-WAN services are likely to fail not because of technical limitations but because service providers are unwilling to invest in skilled, knowledgeable... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/video-challenges-of-managed-sd-wan-services-ipspace-net-blog-bws0qcrom twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Video: Challenges of Managed SD-WAN Services « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: Managed SD-WAN services are likely to fail not because of technical limitations but because service providers are unwilling to invest in skilled, knowledgeable... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/video-challenges-of-managed-sd-wan-services-ipspace-net-blog-bws0qcrom og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Bws0QcRoM.png og:image:alt: Video: Challenges of Managed SD-WAN Services « ipSpace.net blog og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Video: Challenges of Managed SD-WAN Services « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Managed SD-WAN services are likely to fail not because of technical limitations but because service providers are unwilling to invest in skilled, knowledgeable engineers. Businesses prioritize cost reduction over competence, leading to poor design, deployment, and support teams. A real-world example from the comments illustrates how a 60-site managed SD-WAN rollout went a year over schedule due to talent turnover and vendor mismanagement, particularly around circuit ordering. The key lesson: the more responsibility handed to a vendor, the greater the risk exposure when their non-technical processes (project management, provisioning, circuit ordering) break down. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What are the main risks of using a fully managed SD-WAN service from a vendor? The biggest risk is vendor over-reliance: the more responsibility handed to a vendor — design, configuration, circuit ordering, project management — the less control you retain and the higher your exposure when their processes break down. Talent turnover at the vendor is a common trigger, as seen in a 60-site deployment that ran a year late due to staffing churn and poor carrier management by the vendor. _Teams weighing managed SD-WAN vs. self-managed WAN track real deployment outcomes on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Is your SD-WAN ready for AI-powered operations?](https://daily.dev/posts/is-your-sd-wan-ready-for-ai-powered-operations--lvgz7fp0j) · Cisco · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Cisco patches SD-WAN flaw amid evidence of active exploitation](https://daily.dev/posts/cisco-patches-sd-wan-flaw-amid-evidence-of-active-exploitation-yyywuxmf1) · CSO Online · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Connectivity is now a boardroom issue, not an IT afterthought](https://daily.dev/posts/connectivity-is-now-a-boardroom-issue-not-an-it-afterthought-03npyrh13) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Cisco fixes SD-WAN vManage flaw exploited in zero-day attacks](https://daily.dev/posts/cisco-fixes-sd-wan-vmanage-flaw-exploited-in-zero-day-attacks-haaubkuic) · BleepingComputer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/video-challenges-of-managed-sd-wan-services-ipspace-net-blog-bws0qcrom) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Video: Challenges of Managed SD-WAN Services « ipSpace.net blog","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/video-challenges-of-managed-sd-wan-services-ipspace-net-blog-bws0qcrom","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/video-challenges-of-managed-sd-wan-services-ipspace-net-blog-bws0qcrom"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:52:09.485Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:03:07.452Z","description":"Managed SD-WAN services are likely to fail not because of technical limitations but because service providers are unwilling to invest in skilled, knowledgeable...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--OHB84bZF--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2010","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--OHB84bZF--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2010","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"ipSpace.net Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ipSpace.net Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--xS7E82MT--/f_auto,q_auto/v1786438303/logos/ipspace?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/video-challenges-of-managed-sd-wan-services-ipspace-net-blog-bws0qcrom","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"networking","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ipSpace.net Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Video: Challenges of Managed SD-WAN Services « ipSpace.net blog"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/video-challenges-of-managed-sd-wan-services-ipspace-net-blog-bws0qcrom#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What are the main risks of using a fully managed SD-WAN service from a vendor?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The biggest risk is vendor over-reliance: the more responsibility handed to a vendor — design, configuration, circuit ordering, project management — the less control you retain and the higher your exposure when their processes break down. 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