Eighty-seven percent of distributed enterprises are increasing their use of the internet as a primary WAN connectivity option, according to Enterprise Management Associates’ (EMA) new research report, “Wide-Area Network Transformation: How Enterprises Succeed with Software-Defined WAN.” Two years ago, only 74 percent of enterprises had such plans.

The transition from private MPLS networks to internet WANs is well documented, and it’s a major reason why software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) is seeing accelerated adoption. But this transition does not spell the end of MPLS-based WAN services.