WAN and SD-WAN Services in Chicago

Unlock the full potential of your business IT systems with our innovative WAN and SD-WAN Services in the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Ensure seamless communication and rapid data transfers, all while protecting your network with top-tier security through BTI’s advanced WAN solutions.

Understanding WAN

A Wide Area Network (WAN) seamlessly links your business locations, remote teams, cloud services, and partners through a secure and efficient framework. Its main function is to ensure effective and secure data transmission, allowing your information to flow quickly and safely, no matter where you are situated.

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A Wide Area Network (WAN) connects your business locations, remote teams, cloud services, and partners through a secure and efficient network. Its primary role is to maintain efficient and protected data transmission, ensuring your information moves swiftly and securely, regardless of your location.

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The Benefits of BTI WAN and SD-WAN Services in Chicago

Simplified Secure and Trouble-Free Network Connections

BTI engineers and consultants will give you a free WAN and VPN design and itemized quotes from telecom providers, hardware manufacturers, and software providers to meet your specifications and needs. This process is simple for you and will avoid endless finger pointing between providers while delivering the best value for your budget and ensuring the best price for your services and solutions.

Resilience and Reliability

Our WAN solutions are designed to withstand challenges and provide your business with the robust infrastructure needed to maintain continuous operations.

With built-in redundancy and failover capabilities our WAN solutions will provide the peace of mind and the confidence your business needs to focus on growth.

World-Class Security

Protect your business with world-class security WAN solutions. With advanced encryption, secure data transmission, and proactive threat detection, WAN solutions provide a robust defense against cyber threats.

Guaranteed Performance

BTI partners with carrier providers including AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, Spectrum, Comcast, Starlink and others. We can ensure your network speed and latency meet the needs of your applications even in the worst of circumstances. In addition, by utilizing multiple telecom providers, you will gain resiliency and redundancy if one or another should go down plus the flexibility to negotiate the best deals over time.

With built-in redundancy and failover capabilities our WAN solutions will provide the peace of mind and the confidence your business needs to focus on growth.

For even greater resiliency, BTI can provide you with your own independently owned IP addresses and configure BGP protocol across multiple providers, so your inbound traffic is just as resilient as your outbound traffic is to your key data centers.

Real Time-Monitoring and Support

BTI monitoring and reporting saves time and money. Your applications and critical communications systems can be included in your WAN monitoring dashboard to eliminate finger pointing and enhance availability and performance of voip, contact center, crm, and cloud applications.

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Safeguard your sensitive information and maintain compliance with industry regulations, all while benefiting from a secure, reliable network that keeps your business running smoothly and securely.

Why do Companies Use BTI's WAN and SD-WAN Solutions in Chicago?

Outside WAN Experts on Call 24/7

For a nominal fee, BTI can handle the complexities associated with WAN, SD-WAN, VPN, Voip Provider, and Cloud Provider connectivity. This means your business and IT people can focus on what matters most without working nights and weekends. Our team can design, optimize, and manage the solution, adapting it to your business needs as they develop.

Performance & Compliance Management

In some industries, proper WAN Management is more than setting up and maintaining the solution. VPNs, WAN Quality of Service (QoS), and access permissions need to be carefully managed to ensure security and compliance. Here at BTI we have deep expertise that you need to ensure your performance goals and compliance requirements are met and kept up to date with current standards for your industry.

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Adding Locations or Setting Up a new WAN to Increase Speed and Security

Whether you’re setting up a new WAN or expanding an existing one to accommodate new locations, BTI can quickly and inexpensively get you where you need to be without unnecessary delays or complications. Many clients have come to us with outdated MPLS and managed router services from carriers like AT&T where their telecom, Internet, and WAN are all bundled together locking them into slow speeds and high costs for outdated services. We can help you understand and navigate the process of upgrading easily and efficiently.

Upgrading and Managing Equipment:

Get greater flexibility, improved performance, and cost savings by switching from MPLS or private lines to SD-WAN. Leverage multiple connections like broadband and LTE to take advantage of dynamic traffic routing!

BTI specializes in seamless migrations, minimizing downtime while enhancing security and scalability. Alongside SD-WAN transitions, we optimize your network with upgrades to routers, firewalls, and VPN configurations, ensuring maximum efficiency, reliability, and protection against vulnerabilities.

Managed Private Cloud Solutions

BTI can help you create and manage your own private cloud solution including secure, scalable, and reliable connectivity. We even operate a 24/7 smart hands service in the nation’s top data center if you need to relocate equipment to a fast and secure environment.

WAN Monitoring and Reporting

Stay ahead of network issues with our real-time WAN monitoring, management, and detailed reporting. Our proactive approach allows us troubleshoot application performance, resolve issues before they arise, and hold carriers accountable for their service.

Typical WAN Service Projects

Improve Internet speed, latency, or jitter

Is your internet performance holding you back? Do your business requirements demand higher speed and high availability of service? Our vendor-agnostic approach allows us to guide you in selecting and implementing new equipment that supports your current and future network goals at the best prices.

Implement WAN Failover for High Availability and Business Continuity

We can help you enhance your WAN, SD-WAN, or VPN solution to provide failover capabilities. Failover for inbound and outbound traffic will ensure continuous connectivity 24/7/365 for your remote workers and facilities, web services, voip phones, email, and business applications.

Need to Change Outdated Equipment

Are your routers or firewalls reaching end-of-life or end-of-support? Our vendor agnostic approach allows us to guide you in selecting and implementing new equipment that supports your current and future network goals at the best prices.

Boost VoIP and Cloud Application Performance

Performance issues with VOIP or cloud applications can be addressed quickly & effectively with BTI WAN support. Our remote monitoring and reporting can ensure that your systems work and your vendors perform and meet their service level agreements. Our services eliminate finger-pointing and cut time to resolution for most VoIP issues by 90%.

Private WAN connections to Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud

Secure private connectivity to Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud is a very common request. BTI can implement secure private WAN connections that ensure data security and speed, enhancing your cloud experience!

Secure VPN with 2FA

BTI WAN Services can ensure your field employees and remote workforce connections and network permissions are secure, monitored, and logged with active directory integration regardless of their location or device.

Redundant Internet Access

Worried about internet outages? We can provide redundancy with alternative circuit options like wireless, cellular, or even Starlink, ensuring your business stays connected.

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Meraki Firewall and SD-WAN (software defined wide area network)

Secure your network & optimize connectivity with Meraki Firewalls & our WAN and SD-WAN services in Chicago. Get a unified solution that boosts security, reduces latency, & simplifies network management with Meraki and BTI’s SD-WAN Services.

Cisco and Cisco Meraki Support Services

From troubleshooting and maintenance, to upgrades and strategic guidance, our team of certified experts is here to provide the support you need.

Ensure that your infrastructure remains reliable, secure, and ready to meet your evolving business needs.

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MPLS

Many businesses are still stuck in MPLS solutions that cost more than they should for slow speed connectivity. BTI will help you evaluate the alternatives and pick the best ones including helping you implement those solutions while avoiding downtime or unexpected problems with system configuration that might cause you downtime without our help.

Managed WAN Services

Let our experts handle the complexity of your network with Managed WAN Services. From design and deployment, to monitoring and maintenance, we take care of everything so you can focus on what you do best, running your business.

Enjoy the peace of mind that comes with 24/7 support, proactive issue resolution, and a network that’s always optimized for peak performance. Transform your IT infrastructure into a seamless worry-free experience.

BTI’s Experience: Our Success Across Multiple Industries

BTI consistently solves IT challenges that our staff doesn’t have the skill or time for. Their installation team is excellent and their support always makes sure all of our issues are solved.

Jonathon Huff

The Moody Church

BTI has been exactly what our growing company has needed for so long! They provide friendly, professional service and have consistently been willing to go above and beyond to ensure our complete satisfaction.

Rebecca Gadomski

Edgewood Clinical

The entire team at BTI has exceeded my expectations. They took my company to the technology and security level I needed.

Dave Tourje

Alpha Structural, Inc.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are WAN Services?

WAN services consist of connecting LANs (Local Area Networks) over large geographical areas with the goal of linking multiple locations to single, unified, and resilient networks.

How are WAN networks are used by organizations?

A company with multiple locations uses MPLS network to provide network connectivity between its offices
A company with a central data center or cloud provided infrastructure in AWS, Azure, or Google uses an SD-WAN network to establish a secure connection between users in their offices and the cloud based servers.
A company with an application requiring secure connections with affiliates organizations uses a site-to-site VPN network between their shared application and their affiliated organizations.

WAN & SD-WAN Support in Chicagoland

We are always ready and eager to assist you, whether it’s through a phone call or an email. At BTI Communications Group, your satisfaction is our goal.

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Serving the Chicago Metropolitan Area

Providing certified expert WAN design, installation, service, and support in the following areas: Chicago, Evanston, Schaumburg, Naperville, Northbrook, Skokie, Oak Brook, Deerfield, Lisle, Lake Forest, Downers Grove, Itasca, Elmhurst, Aurora, Hoffman Estates, Elgin, Rolling Meadows, Highland Park, Des Plaines, Elk Grove Village, Buffalo Grove, Glenview, Arlington Heights, Lombard, Merrillville, Vernon Hills, Tinley Park, Libertyville, Barrington, Mount Prospect, Lincolnshire, Wheeling, Glen Ellyn, Woodridge, Warrenville, Palatine, Morton Grove, Addison, Crystal Lake, Villa Park, Valparaiso, Wilmette, Park Ridge, Westchester, Geneva, Lake Zurich, Bolingbrook, Kenosha, Oak Park, Hinsdale, Westmont, Mundelein, Wood Dale, Gurnee, Malta, Wheaton, Romeoville, River Forest, Willowbrook, Bartlett, Melrose Park, Grayslake, Mchenry, Waukegan, Joliet, Winnetka, Bridgeview, Niles, North Chicago, Bloomingdale, Roselle, Orland Park, Bensenville, Crown Point, Batavia, Oswego, Homewood, Plainfield, Lincolnwood, Wayne, Carol Stream, Hanover Park, Glendale Heights, Mokena, Sycamore, Riverside, Darien, Frankfort, Berwyn, Oak Lawn, La Grange, Fox Lake, Western Springs, Elmwood Park, River Grove, Alsip, Palos Hills, Franklin Park, Streamwood, Oak Forest, New Lenox, Forest Park, Gary, Highland, Schererville, Hickory Hills, Lake Bluff, Montgomery, North Aurora, Chicago Heights, Chicago Ridge, Palos Heights, Cicero, Round Lake, Wauconda, Schiller Park, Countryside, Blue Island, Dundee, Woodstock, Cary, Calumet City, Long Grove, Hampshire, Whiting, Chesterton, Lowell, Munster, Hammond, Pleasant Prairie, Lake In The Hills, Harvey, Algonquin, Park Forest, Evergreen Park, Glencoe, Sugar Grove, Yorkville, Brookfield, Antioch, South Elgin, South Holland, Broadview, Summit Argo, Lemont, Harwood Heights, Hillside, Carpentersville, West Chicago, Lyons, Markham, Marengo, University Park, Stone Park, Lakewood, Coal City, Ingleside, Saint Charles, Kenilworth, Minooka, Wadsworth, Glenwood, Flossmoor, Shorewood, Clarendon Hills, Bellwood, Rensselaer, Saint John, Hobart, Willow Springs, Channahon, Prospect Heights, La Grange Park, Country Club Hills, Crest Hill, Hazel Crest, Burbank, Wonder Lake, Bedford Park, Highwood, Palos Park, Lansing, Lake Villa, Burlington, Sandwich, Harvard, Midlothian, Ringwood, Island Lake, Matteson, Zion, Berkeley, Manhattan, Robbins, Genoa, Posen, Plano, Eola, Braceville, Beecher, Plato Center, Maple Park, Bristol, Kingston, Winthrop Harbor, Kaneville, Russell, Union, South Wilmington, Waterman, Richmond, Alden, and Crete.

Counties: Cook County, Lake County, DuPage County, Grundy County, McHenry County, Will County, Dekalb County, Kane County, Kendall County, Jasper County (Indiana), Lake County (Indiana), Newton County (Indiana), Porter County (Indiana), Kenosha County (Wisconsin).