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Where do providers fall short after the contract is signed? And what are your peers doing to avoid those pitfalls?<\/p>\n<p>To answer those questions, GTT partnered with Hanover Research to survey 220+ enterprise decision-makers who\u2019ve been there. This white paper shares what they revealed about performance expectations, provider selection, deployment regrets, and the features they\u2019re prioritizing next.<\/p>\n<h2>Inside the Report<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Why 77% of enterprises rely on managed providers\u2014and what they expect in return<\/li>\n<li>The top five factors IT leaders use to evaluate SD-WAN partners<\/li>\n<li>Where deployments go wrong: from integration risks to internal support gaps<\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s driving the shift toward MSPs offering integrated network and security services<\/li>\n<li>How cloud-based security, global reach and infrastructure ownership influence buying decisions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are the real-world signals behind today\u2019s SD-WAN decisions\u2014straight from the leaders responsible for making them. 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