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2017 SD-WAN and Virtual Edge Report The Evolving SD-WAN, vCPE and uCPE Landscape

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SD-WAN and vCPE Report Introduction Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Methodology for the SD-WAN and vCPE Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 SD-WAN and vCPE Market Drivers – The Need for Changing WAN Topologies . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Business and technology drivers: Why SD-WAN? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 SD-WAN, uCPE, vCPE Taxonomy and Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 SD -WAN, uC PE, vCPE Taxonomy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Focusing on the Cloud vs . the CPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 SD-WAN Solution and Architectural Roots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 State of the SD-WAN Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 SD-WAN Market and Usage Tr Trends ends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 SD-WAN Connectivity Options and Migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 SD -WAN Use C ases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 SD-WAN Purchase Patterns. Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Managed SD-WAN Market Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 SD-WAN Implementation Recommendations and Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Conclusion: The Emerging Market for SD-WAN, SD-WAN, vCPE, and uCPE uCPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 SD-WAN, vCPE and uCPE Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Featured SD-WAN, SD-WAN, vCPE an d uCPE Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Citrix Systems: Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Comcast Business: SD-WAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Huawei: Huawei SD-WAN Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Juniper Networks: Juniper SD-WAN and Cloud CPE Soluti Solutions ons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Netcra cker: NEC/Netcracker NaaS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Nuage Networks Networks:: Virtuali Virtualized zed Network Services (VNS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Riv Ri ver erbe bed d Tec echn hnol olog ogy: y: Stee eelC lCon onne nect ct fr from om Ri Riv ver erbe bed d Tec echn hnol olog ogy. y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Sonus Networks: Session Border Controller Software Edition (SBC SWe SWe)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Versa Networks: Versa Cloud IP Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 SD-WAN/vCPE Products Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 128 Technology: 128T Networking Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 6WIND: 6WIND Turbo Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 ADTR AN: Mosaic Cloud Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 ADVA ADV A Optical Networki Networking: ng: Ensemble Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Anuta Networks, Inc.: Anuta Network NCX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Benu Networks: Virtual Service Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Bigleaf Networks: Cloud-first SD-WA SD-WAN N Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Brain4Net: B4N vCPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 © 2017 SDNCentral LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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Software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN), virtual customer premises equipment (vCPE) and universal

Download And Print customer premises equipment (uCPE) areCancel critical elements in the transformation of the WAN marketplace. These last 12 months have seen the focus in the SD-WAN market shift from vCPEs and NFV in the service provider market to SD-WAN solutions in the enterprise. Within enterprises, growing dependence on cloud services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), increased demand for bandwidth at the edge, as well as security and compliance requirements have driven organizations to look for new solutions for their WANs. The traditional approache of proprietary integrated software-hardware appliances combined with one-off box-by-box configuration can no longer meet the needs of today's enterprises. SD-WANs, leveraging SDN (software-defined networking) principles, and sporting centralized cloud controls and a combination of WAN technologies (layer 3, layer 4-7) under one umbrella, fit the new enterprise requirements well. In addition to the cloud networking vendors who have rebranded themselves under the SD-WAN moniker, other SD-WAN vendors have come out of the woodwork. Many vendors have their roots in past WAN and even LAN solutions, ranging from router vendors, to firewall vendors, to WAN optimization vendors and even to wireless LAN providers. Each come to the table with strengths from their legacies as they invest in building new capabilities to become a comprehensive SD-WAN solution. With the flexibility to directly control WAN links run or as an overlay, overlay, and with varied offerings from of f-the-shelf uCPE platforms to vCPE software implementations, to fully-managed SD-WAN services, SD-WANs provide enterprises with various purchase and deployment options. Bringing forth benefits such as improved agility, security, performance and lower costs (both CapEx and OpEx), SD-WANs are the new hot item on the enterprise IT front. Nevertheless, the plethora of features available from the vendors can be confusing to enterprise IT teams and many aren't quite sure of which features they need, much less have a plan of whom to purchase the solution from and how to purchase. And there are challenges to SD-WAN uptake, including dealing with brownfield vs greenfield issues like migrating existing WAN equipment, ensuring that data and applications in the public cloud can be accommodated, and evaluating and picking from the diversity of SD-WAN vendors in the market today. For service providers, SD-WANs represent a great opportunity to sell value-added services on top of connectivity, or a fully-managed solution. And SD-WANs as overlay technologies also enables service providers to expand into regions where they don't own the in-ground copper or fiber today, competing purely as an OTT (over-the-top) provider. All in, SD-WAN represents a significant new trend for both enterprises and service providers and a huge market opportunity for WAN vendors. The key to achieving value for enterprises needing a WAN revamp is to sort out their top requirements and find the right vendors with matching characteristics. In some cases, the right answer might not be buying from a vendor, but purchasing a fully-managed SD-WAN solution from a managed service provider. The market is still young and we expect to see much more innovation over the course of the next year.


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SD-WAN SD-W AN and vCPE Report Introduction Introduc tion

In 2017, the hype and buzz around software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN), virtual customer premises Cancel Download And Print equipment (vCPE) and universal customer premises equipment (uCPE) have continued building. SD-WAN is one of the hottest topics on SDxCentral and represents one of the pre-eminent use cases for software-defined networking (SDN) technology today. While the SD-WAN and vCPE trend featured prominently with service providers as part of the move to NFV (network functions virtualization) in 2015 and early 2016, we've seen a shift over the last 12 months with SD-WAN in the enterprise becoming more visible. Today, the bulk of interest comes from corporations looking for a better solution to their existing WAN deployments. Whether it’s an enterprise network manager trying to build a WAN, a consumer connecting to broadband, or a service provider building a new WAN service, network end users are tired of complicated, proprietary networks that require specialized knowledge and complicated configurations. In addition, service providers would like a simple way to push value-added services out to their customers. In this report, we’ll explain how the virtual edge is being upgraded with SDN technology that is more flexible, intelligent and agile than the past model of specialized proprietary equipment, including branch-office routers. The findings of this report include: •

The need and drivers behind SD-WAN

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An overview of architectural approaches to SD-WAN, vCPE/uCPE and managed SD-WAN

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The top features that end users are looking for in SD-WAN services

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Use cases being deployed today

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Profiles of vCPE, uCPE, SD-WAN solutions in the market, including key features available today

Methodology for the SD-W SD -WAN AN and vCPE Report To better understand what enterprises and service providers are doing at the virtual edge, the SDxCentral Research team spends the year talking to service providers, enterprise end users, technology vendors, and community members. In addition, SDxCentral gathers data through the SDxCentral Directory, which was used to compile the company and product profiles in the second half of this report. We use all of this input to draw our conclusions and analysis. In addition to conducting regular primary research, including interviews with service providers and technology vendors, the SDxCentral research team conducted an informal survey to gauge current perceptions and deployment trends for vCPE and software-defined wide area and SD-WAN technology. A total of 60 end-user respondents were asked a series of questions to provide us with insights into the pulse of SD-WAN deployments today and we’ve incorporated our findings into the body of our report. As always the SDxCentral welcomes feedback and comments on our work. We can be reached at [email protected].. [email protected]


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SD-WAN and vCPE Market Drivers – The Need for Changing WAN Topologies Network technology was responsible for two of the most consequential technology epochs in the past 30 years, Cancel Download And Print client-server and then Internet-centric computing, but it seems to have been playing catch up with events ever since. As online commerce, advertising and social networking changed consumer behavior, cloud computing and SaaS upended traditional models of IT. It often seems that networking is racing to keep pace with increasing demand, new usage scenarios and heightened security challenges. Fueled by the ability to decouple users of applications and data from the infrastructure providing them, nowhere are the winds of change blowing harder than in the WAN. Once a low-performance appendage used to stitch together various data center and campus LANs, enterprise WANs have become the backbone of today’s digitally-transformed, highly-distributed and disintermediated business that is reliant on online processes, direct customer interactions and mobile, remote employees. Together, changes in business processes, customer expectations and organizational structure have placed enormous stress on traditional hub-and-spoke WAN topologies built on expensive, inflexible, leased line circuits designed for another era. Such is the confluence of business and technological changes that have laid the foundation for a new generation of software-defined WANs (SD-WAN) that is sweeping across enterprises and carriers alike. SD-WAN is a means of controlling and managing multiple WAN circuits that uses the software-defined networking (SDN) technique of separating network data and control planes and a centralized, application-aware (L7) controller to manage traffic flows, routing policy, packet priority and network policy. SD-WAN works as a virtual overlay to any physical link (T-carrier, fiber, cable broadband, LTE, DSL, etc.) to create a logical path over multiple physical circuits. SD-WAN platforms replace traditional proprietary integrated HW-centric platforms with an open architecture.

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In order to print this document from Scribd, you'll firstdata needforwarding, to downloadSD-WAN it. By decoupling network control and can dynamically select the optimal physical path for network flows or individual packets, can aggregate multiple links to form a high-capacity virtual circuit, provide traffic conditioning and optimization and collect application-layer usage and security metrics. We will go into more Cancel Download And Print detail later on the alphabet soup of technologies spawned by SD-WAN such as vCPE and uCPE (and the relationship between them), new service platforms and architectures under NFV (Network Functions Virtualization) and service insertion using VNF (Virtual Network Functions), but our purpose here is to document the business and technology factors motivating these changes, to describe the state of the SD-WAN market and trends and outline some typical usage and purchase scenarios.

Business and technology drivers: Why SD-WAN? IT never develops in a vacuum, but significant changes invariably result from a combination of business and technical factors. In the case of SD-WAN, the technology fuel was supplied by the architectural decoupling enabled by SDN that was originally designed for data center LANs. However, the catalyst for SD-WAN was the Internet and the revolutionary changes it sparked as businesses rapidly transitioned to digital, online and increasingly mobile processes and transactions that are frequently provided by cloud infrastructure and services. Digital transformation is driven by a couple of factors: customer (and business partner) demand, whether for better service, more rapid response to changing market conditions or a desire for direct, personal interactions with a business, and financial/investor pressures for faster growth, higher margins and better earnings. While financial forces have always been a factor in business priorities, the demands became overwhelming following the Great Recession a decade ago as IT departments were expected to do more with less by cutting overhead and reducing operational costs. Although financial constraints have eased in the past 10 years, they haven’t vanished and IT is now held to higher standards of cost efficiency than ever, even as it is expected to more rapidly respond to changing competitive environments. WANs have emerged as a key pillar in the digitally-transformed business, as the ‘app-if-ication’ of business, which relies on connected mobile devices to create more immediate and direct interactions with customers, employees and contractors, has become the norm. IT organizations are under the gun to both dramatically improve WAN performance and security, improve network agility by rapidly responding to changing business needs and usage, while reducing costs and Addressing the SD-WAN vs MPLS management overhead.

Misconception One common refrain in early marketing literature

The digitally transformed business is increasingly distributed, with critical business operations in branch

from many vendors are that enterprises have to make a choice between SD-WAN and MPLS, and that SD-WAN saves xx% (insert an appropriately

offices, remote worksites, employee or partner SOHO locations, along with nomadic employees using mobile devices to work wherever their job takes them. Such a

large number) over existing MPLS solutions. The reality is that SD-WAN should be viewed as a

distributed environment requires the same enterprise-class, secure, reliable, high-bandwidth

higher-layer service while MPLS is a transport technology. SD-WAN can coexist with MPLS, and

connectivity, but it can no longer be solely accommodated by traditional MPLS and T-carrier

many SD-WAN installations today continue to use MPLS as one of the many transport options, along

physical circuits. Today’s WAN needs to support a diverse set of physical technologies without increasing

with cheaper direct Internet access. This hybrid approach blends MPLS’s improved SLAs with cheaper access methods to accommodate a variety of different business and traffic management needs (e.g. unified communications

management complexity. The combination of circuit heterogeneity and IT cost constraints has fueled adoption of WAN solutions providing automated

vs bulk transfer) while keeping costs down.

staff.

provisioning and configuration, particularly for the increasingly common remote sites without dedicated IT

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dramatic increase and shift in WAN traffic, as the proportion traversing public networks to IaaS, SaaS and Internet service providers often overtakes the amount over traditional private WANs. The variable and sometimes unpredictable usage of cloud service, with their ability to be rapidly provisioned, resized and shut down, also means that WAN connections must be more agile, able to quickly make changes to both network configuration and physical link topology as workloads shift between on-premises systems and one or more cloud providers. The confluence of business and technology changes is driving interest in and the capability to provide SD-WAN products and services. Enterprises are behind much of the SD-WAN demand, however, since they are in the business of meeting the networking needs of customers, traditional carriers and ISPs are contributing to its growth by introducing managed network services incorporating SD-WAN that can accommodate a mix physical circuits. Service providers see further upside in virtualizing their WAN offerings since it allows them to offer value-added network services without the need to install equipment or reconfigure physical circuits. The combination of enterprises and service providers has created a vigorous feedback loop that has caused an explosion in SD-WAN products and sales.


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SD-WAN, uCPE, vCPE Taxonomy and Architecture

SD-WAN and CPE technology cover a lot of potential network scenarios and use cases. It’s important to understand Cancel Download And Print how uCPE, vCPE, SD-WAN and VNFs fit together and where will the technologies be installed. Overall, the best way to describe what is happening is the move from discrete, specialized services networks in which each service is built out with proprietary, integrated, hardware and software components, to a more modular architecture in which a general hardware and software platform can be installed in a data center to support the rollout of services, including vCPE and SD-WAN.

SD-WAN, uCPE, uCPE , vCPE Taxonomy This modular approach requires a flexible collection of vCPE, uCPE, SD-WAN, and NFV technology functionality that can fill out different pieces of the next-generation WAN architecture. Here are some definitions of the pieces of the puzzle: vCPE: vCPE technology is used to allow proprietary hardware and software to be replaced with virtualized vCPE: vCPE instantiations that may run at customer premises (sometimes on lower cost equipment), in central offices (CO) or points of presence (POPs), or in data centers. Many vCPE architectures provide hybrid approaches that allow different functions to run in different locations to optimize for latency, manageability and cost. uCPE: The uCPE or Universal CPE is essentially a white box (open hardware) platform that replaces the proprietary uCPE: The WAN appliances of today. Most often based on x86 or ARM platforms, it is a low-cost general purpose appliance that can run software VNF functions, replacing one or more proprietary boxes that play a role in traditional WANs. SD-WAN: The SD-WAN extends beyond the virtual CPE, into the core of the WAN or service-provider network. It SD-WAN: The enables service providers and enterprises to leverage existing physical CPE or vCPE technology to create fully managed multi-site networks, which may integrate links using the Internet and private networks, such as MPLS. Typically, SD-WAN architectures reflect disaggregation of the control and data plane and improved flexibility and programmability common across SDN solutions. VNFs: Virtual VNFs: Virtual Network Functions as used in this report primarily refer to the valued-added L4-7 services that can be layered on top of the SD-WAN once it is built. Managed SD -WA -WAN: N: An An increasing number of service providers are offering fully-managed SD-WAN services to enterprises, going beyond simple NaaS (Network as a Service) offerings. These managed SD-WAN services take the complexity and effort out of deploying and installing uCPEs at the edge and managing software installs in the cloud. Often, these managed SD-WAN services provide enterprises with simple self-service portals that cover everything from configuring add-on services (security, routing etc) to purchasing new CPEs and provisioning new locations.


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Focusing on the Cloud vs. the CPE The basic role of an SD-WAN is to integrate various WAN functions on a common, software-controlled platform. And there are multiple approaches to deploying SD-WAN, depending on whether you take a more “cloud centric” or more “CPE centric,” approach. In the situation where an enterprise deploys an SD-WAN solution, they will tend to evaluate solutions which are classified as either a cloud-heavy approach or a CPE-heavy approach. In each case, the major functions (L3, L4-7) will execute either in a data center or on the local CPE. Increasingly though, we are seeing more hybrid solutions, where certain functions are performed on the CPE (WAN-Opt, Caching, NAC), while others (AV, IPS, malware detection) are performed in the cloud. And we expect this hybrid trend to continue.


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Cloud networking: these networking: these vendors (e.g. CloudGenix, VeloCloud, Cisco/Viptela, Versa) will tend to have strong centralized cloud management with a platform that’s natural fit for SD-WAN. With cloud-based controls and often starting with a clean slate, these vendors are able to focus on providing a centralized set of policies and build a foundation upon which L4-7 services can be inserted either in the cloud or closer to the edge. For these vendors, the focus will be on building or partnering to obtain features and capabilities (WAN opt, security etc) that they don't already have.

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Network virtualization: some virtualization: some vendors (e.g. Nuage Networks) started out with focusing on network virtualization in the data center and extended their architecture to the edge. The benefit of such an approach is a more unified networking model that spans both data center and remote branch networks, allowing a uniform network and security policy to be placed on top of basic network connectivity. Similar to cloud networking providers, these vendors will either have to build or partner to provide rich L4-7 capabilities beyond the NV layer layer..

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Enterprise routers: enterprise routers: enterprise router manufacturers (e.g. Cisco, Huawei, Juniper) will have SD-WAN platforms that provide a richer set of L3 routing capabilities, as well as more options with regard to WAN connectivity. Solutions such as Gluware (formerly Glue Networks), which provided a control and management layer over existing branch routers will tend fall into this category as well. They may initially provide weaker centralized


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WAN optimization: many optimization: many of these vendors (e.g. Aryaka, Riverbed, Silver Peak, Talari etc) started with providing solutions to optimize the links between enterprise data centers and their edge networks. With sophisticated application classification and treatment of traffic (compression, local proxies, latency reduction), these vendors are leveraging their capabilities to build a richer SD-WAN solution by adding centralized cloud control, improved routing and security capabilities.

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Firewall, UTM (unified threat management) and security: many security: many of the security vendors (e.g. Juniper) have realized that moving into the SD-WAN space allows them to further consolidate their controls and integrate a larger portion of the enterprise WAN value chain. Firewall vendors who have not entered the SD-WAN space are partnering or positioning their solution as a good fit for SD-WAN deployments (e.g. Checkpoint, Fortinet). By adding mixing in better L3 and routing capabilities and improving their centralized policy management, these platforms offer a good secure base upon which to build an SD-WAN solution.

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Wireless LAN: when LAN: when wireless LANs extended past campus networks, WLAN vendors (e.g. HPE/Aruba, Cisco) added the ability for remote provisioning and network overlays. Over the past few years, these WLAN solutions have become more sophisticated with the addition of improved L3 routing and inserting of L4-7 security and other services. In many branches, the WLAN is the single network service that forms the basis of their branch connectivity (retailers, SOHO) and as such, a natural candidate to build SD-WAN services on.

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Regardless of their product roots, all these vendors have made and are making significant investments into their platforms to better address the SD-WAN requirements that enterprises are asking of them. The convergence between the vendors will ensure that when we re-examine the market in 12 months, we’ll see a closing of the gaps between where the capabilities of each of these platforms are today and where they need to be for a comprehensive and competitive SD-WAN solution.


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As we described in the last section, the SD-WAN market developed from several different directions, including a Cancel Download And Print spate of pure-play Cloud Networking startups founded to disrupt the WAN status quo, the evolution of traditional WAN products to incorporate software-defined technology and the major carriers incorporating SD-WAN and NFV into their core architectures, sometimes using custom-developed software, as well as several legacy network product categories including routers, WAN optimization devices, firewalls and other security products. Each vendor has its spin on what constitutes SD-WAN and why they’re incarnation is best. Certainly, the vendor’s roots and legacy helps determine where they are particular strong (e.g. firewall vendor vs WAN optimization vendor turned SD-WAN solution). Here at SDxCentral, we’ve often described this as a shuffling Maslow hierarchy of SD-WAN capabilities and requirements. An example of one such hierarchy is presented below, with a rich set of functions attempting to be fit into the pyramid of core SD-WAN requirements.

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The reality is that the right hierarchy is based on each enterprise’s business needs and there is not a single Maslow SD-WAN hierarchy that addresses all enterprise needs equally. Nevertheless, in talking to most enterprises and solution providers, we’ve seen that most of today’s SD-WAN solutions share most of the following attributes. These include: •

A software control plane providing physical circuit agnosticism by agnosticism by overlaying a virtual network over any type and combination of WAN circuit, whether traditional MPLS, carrier Ethernet, cable or DSL broadband or wireless LTE.


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The ability to bond multiple physical circuits into a single logical chan nel nel to to increase aggregate capacity and reliability and allow applications to seamlessly use one or more physical paths, load balancing across them if necessary. The SD-WAN controller also dynamically monitors path performance and performance and adjusts traffic flows between available physical circuits to reduce congestion and oversubscription, a feature often called dynamic path selection. Bonded channels also usually support virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) to allow network segmentation and control over private network routing policies over public, possibly shared networks like broadband.

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Path conditioning and optimization to improve performance using WAN optimization features like data compression and deduplication, traffic shaping to control incoming traffic volume to reduce contention and latency, client-side caching and TCP protocol optimization, also accommodate chatty LAN protocols over higher-latency WAN circuits. Products often include application- or protocol-specific optimizations such as SMB or video acceleration.

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End-to-en d security using IPSec (or other encryption solution) tunnels that tunnels that automatically protect private virtual WANs traversing public, shared networks. Enhanced reliability using path redundan cy and error correction such correction such as FEC (forward error correction), a technique that uses an algorithm to add redundant data to the original packets and can detect and correct errors on the receiving end and avoid performance-sapping data retransmissions. Policy-based controls and the ability to insert virtual network services (VNFs) like (VNFs) like firewalls, content filters, proxies and other L7 applications without disrupting the underlying network, applying L4-7 checks and acceleration to different traffic types, based on a set of policies that are centrally managed. Cloud-breakout , allowing local inspection and direct routing of traffic destined for trusted cloud services like Cloud-breakout, SalesForce, removing the need to backhaul all traffic to a centralized location for inspection. This saves on bandwidth utilization and maximizes the use of cheaper local direct Internet access, without compromising security. The option to extend SD-WAN SD-WAN functionality using programmable REST APIs for APIs for management automation and integration to other infrastructure and virtualization management systems.

Like any hot technology, buyers must beware of SD-WAN washing by hyperbolic vendors repackaging old technology and legacy products as SD-WAN, using the networking world’s flavor of the month to attract unsuspecting customers. Use our list above to judge each product’s merits and measure whether the marketing hype clears the bar of SD-WAN functionality. Caveat emptor.

SD-WAN Market and Usage Trends SD-WAN is rapidly on the way to becoming a part of most enterprise networks. As we reported earlier this year, year , a survey from 451 Research found that 10% of U.S. companies have already deployed SD-WAN, another one-fifth are planning to in the next year and fully 30% are considering it. Add it up and well over half of all organizations could have SD-WANs be in place within a few years. A 2016 IDC survey shows even greater interest as only 30% of respondents have no plans to use SD-WAN in the foreseeable future.


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In order to print this document from Scribd, you'll need to download it. provider, validates the above estimates finding that a tenth Recent data from Cato Networks,first a network-as-a-service of survey respondents have already deployed SD-WAN, 20% are planning to within the next year and another 30% are considering the technology. Survey results from IHS Markit show the most enthusiasm for SD-WAN with 80% of Cancel Download And Print respondents planning a deployment over the next four years and 42% already pilot testing the technology. Gartner is slightly more conservative , but still estimates vigorous growth in SD-WAN usage, from less than 1% of organizations today to 30% by 2019. Although it doesn’t yet formally estimate the market, Gartner believes SD-WAN spending is still small, in the range of $25 to $50 million last year, but set to double in 2017. Gartner forecasts 57% annual growth in SD-WAN spending through 2020, which is slightly more than the 20% increase in overall WAN spending predicted by IHS. Such aggressive growth estimates belie, indeed, are a result of the fact that SD-WAN is still a small market. Gartner estimates that there are more than 3,000 SD-WAN deployments as of early 2017, the vast majority in production, not testing, spanning at least 100,000 locations. One potential roadblock is scalability, as Gartner doesn’t see SD-WAN becoming mainstream in the enterprise until products can handle thousands of sites worldwide, and, doing the math, the average deployment so far is far smaller than that.

SD-WAN Connectivity Options and Migration While SD-WAN can supplement or replace conventional WAN circuits, it is most useful for highly distributed organizations with many remote locations, business partners and mobile employees. In our informal survey of SDxCentral end-users, we found that most enterprises use a virtual private network (VPN) over an Internet connection (84%) or private links (81%), which can include an MPLS network, to connect their remote/branch offices to their corporate resources. In looking at it from a service provider point of view, when asked what connectivity solutions they provide, 85% of the service provider respondents offer “business branch and remove office connectivity,” 78% “business site-to-site connectivity” (including data center to data center), and 52% “home gateway connectivity.” 92% offer carrier Ethernet/MPLS, 74% provide wireless connectivity solutions, 59% deliver FTTx (optical), 55% provide cable, and 52% offer DSL. The reality is multiple transport mechanisms will exist with deployed SD-WANs, and the role of the SD-WAN is to optimize across these transports to achieve the best SLA given business policies and application requirements. At some point, the situation could change. 56% of our own SDxCentral enterprise poll participants indicated they plan on “eventually migrating off private connectivity options to a pure SD-WAN over direct Internet access model.” The timing of this migration may be sooner than we think: 41% of enterprise respondents indicated they are planning to move 10-25% of their WAN to SD-WAN solutions in the next 12 months; 34% think that 25-50% of their WAN will be made up of SD-WAN solutions in the next 24 months.

SD-WAN Use Cases Moving on from connectivity and migration timelines, we’ll now describe the different common use cases that we observe for most SD-WAN deployments today. These are by no means the only ones but the most popular ones in our conversations with our audience and SD-WAN vendors. ROBO (remote, branch) sites These sites include sales and support offices, retail and hospitality locations, or medical clinics that often lack on-site IT staff. Many of these sites cannot be easily serviced with MPLS circuits and such service is often prohibitively expensive when available. SD-WAN using business broadband, DSL and even LTE (for secondary links) can deliver MPLS-like performance, reliability and security at much lower cost. The ability of SD-WAN to be pre-configured and remotely administered is especially important since many organizations have consolidated IT infrastructure down to a handful of internal data centers or use centrally-managed public cloud services, meaning remote sites are reliant on the WAN as their lifeline to enterprise applications and data. When the WAN goes down, business stops, thus the inherent high-availability of redundant SD-WAN circuits is critical to maintaining remote


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Remote worksites Including those for construction, resource extraction (mining, oil and gas), media (TV, movies, advertising), ocean-going cargo and passenger ships and natural disaster response, like ROBO locales, must be tethered to central IT operations for communications, enterprise applications and data. Many of these are in extremely remote locations far from the nearest fiber or coax connection and must be served by terrestrial or satellite wireless circuits. In these situations, SD-WAN is the only option for providing enterprise-class networking. Third-party business partners Contract manufacturers, call centers and professional services providers are frequently a continent away in areas without many data providers. Connections often must terminate at facilities in underdeveloped countries with few WAN options and where procuring conventional MPLS or private T-carrier circuits is both prohibitively expensive and painfully slow. As with remote worksites, SD-WAN can provide a virtual private circuit over consumer-grade broadband and bypass entrenched, regulated local telcos. Using SD-WAN via a NaaS provider is particularly beneficial in these situations since many have dozens of regional POPs and can often terminate a local broadband link in country, before routing the traffic over the provider’s high-speed global private network. Regardless of the location, many organizations prefer SD-WAN even in situations where conventional circuits are widely available and already deployed because they want better WAN telemetry. telemetry. The monitoring detail over aggregate usage, individual circuit traffic, path availability and performance provided by most SD-WAN products and services are a compelling feature for organizations that sometimes see conventional, carrier-provided WAN circuits as a black box.


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For the above use cases, and many more emerging ones, there several options for obtaining SD-WAN service across Cancel Download And Print the spectrum from fully managed, cloud/SaaS services to entirely DIY using company-owned and operated equipment and software: •

Direct sales and self-managed software self-managed software and equipment slots SD-WAN into an organization’s overall network services portfolio and is typically used by large enterprises with the resources and expertise to master new technology and manage distributed network infrastructure. Many network equipment vendors, some of whom have evolved legacy WAN optimization products and others founded as pure-play SD-WAN specialists, serve this market.

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Traditional n etwork service providers, both major carriers like AT&T and Verizon, and business broadband Traditional companies like Comcast, offer managed SD-WAN services that work with their existing MPLS, carrier Ethernet and LTE services. Just as in the broadband market where a consumer might rent a cable modem and wireless router from an ISP, in this model the carrier procures, manages and supports the software and equipment as part of a subscription service.

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IT channel par tners, VARs and other horizontal IT service providers are incorporating SD-WAN into their portfolio as an adjunct to other network provisioning and support services. These providers appeal to smaller organizations that lack internal IT depth and outsource much of their infrastructure, software and client endpoint support to providers that often specialize in particular industries or vertical markets like healthcare, retail or hospitality.

Managed SD-WAN Market Opportunities For service providers (and other managed providers), SD-WAN represents a new opportunity. In our SDxCentral survey, providing value-added opportunities for new services and lowering operational costs of WAN services are the top two drivers service providers cite for rolling out new vCPE or SD-WAN solutions. 33% of respondents said they are already selling SD-WAN solutions; 33% expect to offer them in 3-6 months. And when asked what they believe enterprise customers want in an SD-WAN solution, 89% of service providers said “automated provisioning of services,” while 52% said “direct path to enterprise and cloud applications” and “dynamic multi-path optimization.” 74% of service providers feel it is “important” or “very important” to implement their SD-WAN solution when creating an SDN/NFV infrastructure. The top three functions they expect a SD-WAN solution to deliver include “zero-touch provisioning” (63%), “service-chaining” (44%), and WAN optimization (41%). 56% expect they will be building these solutions with 3 rd party vendors to bring these capabilities to market. When probed on which vendors they would consider using/working with, Cisco, Juniper, Nuage Networks, Huawei, Silver Peak and VeloCloud were mentioned most frequently, with Cisco mentioned by 67% of respondents. Most of these service providers are looking to bring a managed SD-WAN offering to their enterprise customers. Beyond the traditional fixed/mobile carriers, other system integrators are also entering the fray. Across the board, because SD-WAN can be deployed as a pure OTT (over-the-top) solution, some service providers are looking to use SD-WAN to expand their market reach into geographic areas which they might not own the last mile or any physical infrastructure. While opportunities abound, implementation might not necessarily be all smooth sailing. Service providers feel “lack of expertise” (67%) and an “immature feature set” (56%) are the biggest challenges associated with adopting SD-WAN solutions. (Note, enterprise respondents also named “lack of expertise” as the biggest hurdle to adoption.)


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remote CPEs, as well as bundling in connectivity. While OTT providers can send out their own pre-provisioned or zero-touch provisioning CPEs, they may be disadvantaged when it comes to troubleshooting connectivity problems or being able to provide end-to-end visibility across all connectivity layers. In any case, we see SD-WAN as a potential game-changer for service providers who can get their own infrastructure ready to deploy scalable solutions and those further along with cloud architectures and NFV deployments will stand to gain.


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SD-WAN SD-W AN Implementation Recommendations and a nd Considerations Today, SD-WAN is still a rising trend, but not quite mature yet. In our SDxCentral reader survey that covers SD-WAN Cancel Download And Print implementation, most enterprises (69%) are not using SD-WAN services at this time, but of those that do, 70% have deployed a solution from Cisco (iWAN/Meraki/Viptela). Those who have SD-WAN services deployed today tend to use a mix of methods to secure their WAN – they manage their own firewall/security services (70%), use the services integrated in customer premise equipment (CPE) (70%), and leverage offerings from managed service providers (50%). However, SD-WAN's appeal is much broader due to the technology’s inherent benefits, particularly increased choice over WAN circuits, lower costs and higher reliability by being able to combine cheaper, less dependable elements like business broadband from multiple carriers into a robust logical connection. SD-WAN is favored by organizations of all sizes and across industries. It is particularly conducive to organizations with the following characteristics and IT strategies: •

The aggressive, strategic use of public cloud services whether by by migrating enterprise applications to cloud infrastructure, using PaaS stacks and container services for new, cloud-native business applications or replacing undifferentiated, commodity on-premise software with SaaS equivalents.

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Growing organizations that need to rapidly add WAN capacity in response to demand without sacrificing enterprise-class redundancy and reliability and that can’t afford the time and expense of provisioning traditional enterprise WAN circuits like MPLS.

When evaluating products, whether for company-owned hardware and software or service provider subscriptions, use our list of core SD-WAN attributes to develop a shortlist and benchmark offerings. Beware of SD-WAN-washing by vendors repackaging legacy offerings. Unless a product segregates network control from from data transport , it’s doubtful whether it can provide other key SD-WAN attributes around scalability and flexibility. End-users should align key SD-WAN capability selection with the challenges they struggle with on their WAN today. In our SDxCentral reader survey, when asked about what they struggle with when managing their WAN connectivity, 56% of the enterprise respondents named “bandwidth costs,” 50% “deployment speed,” and 38% “service agility.” In general, enterprise respondents expect a WAN solution to provide “zero-touch provisioning” (47%), (4 7%), “application prioritization” (47%), and “WAN optimization” (38%). Th e biggest challenges they associate with adopting SD-WAN solutions are “lack of expertise” (56%), “technology instability” (34%) and “high costs” (34%). In any case, for buyers interested in purchasing an SD-WAN solution, they should pay particular attention to: •

Channel bonding and multi-path forwarding capabilities, particularly the ability to dynamically monitor path performance and reroute traffic to minimize circuit bottlenecks and congestion. There are differences in how vendors implement the feature. Some monitor traffic at the packet level while others focus on network flows. More granular, packet-level prioritization has the benefit of faster response to changing network conditions, but requires a more sophisticated controller and thus might affect overall performance. Buyers should understand the tradeoffs and their WAN traffic characteristics before making a decision.

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Built-in traffic optimization, conditioning and QoS features. Since the mix of performance-enhancing technologies is a major ma jor point of vendor dif ferentiation. Organizations running real-time applications like VoIP and conferencing systems over an SD-WAN should pay particular attention to QoS capabilities and a product’s ability to allocate and guarantee bandwidth to various classes of service. The last thing you want is for a remote office’s phone system to be held hostage while an ill-timed backup job is replicating to your central data center. center.


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Delivery model. Whether as a self-managed hardware-software suite, managed service or cloud NaaS offering. Services eliminate most CapEx costs (they might require low-cost CPE at remote sites) and are inherently easier to consume, making them preferred by SMBs and rapidly-growing startups. DIY infrastructure will appeal to large enterprises with dedicated network management teams that are already familiar with the nuances of running a WAN.

Implementing SD-WAN is like any significant network update with risks and challenges, meaning organizations must follow (hopefully) established IT project management and network governance policies to ensure a smooth deployment that doesn’t disrupt ongoing operations. SD-WAN often entails significant changes to an organization’s underlying WAN topology, management tools and processes. As such, it requires detailed planning and pre-production testing of the network configuration, including stress tests with simulated traffic from a variety of application types (TCP, UDP, media streaming, etc.). Other potential impediments to smooth implementation include: •

Migration strategy challenges (brownfield vs greenfield). greenfield). Often, Often, implementing SD-WAN requires integration with an existing in-place network as opposed to a completely fresh deployment. Integrating an SD-WAN with existing network equipment, particularly WAN optimization appliances, routers, firewalls, can be a tricky proposition, especially when solutions come from multiple competing vendors.

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Dealing with existing WAN service providers. providers. Particularly if you aren’t using an SD-WAN service from the carrier, since you might need to change the configuration and service tiers for existing circuits and procure service from new providers, such as a wireless carrier or cable company, for auxiliary, backup links. Integrating with public cloud services. SD-WAN services from carriers and NaaS providers directly peer with major cloud services and can route traffic directly from remote sites to the cloud without backhauling to an enterprise data center. However, organizations going the DIY route will need to design on-ramps from remote SD-WAN sites to the cloud. The solution might be simple, for example building an IPsec tunnel from each site to a cloud VPC; however, organizations using private circuits like AWS Direct Connect or Azure ExpressRoute must consider the pros and cons of tunneling all cloud traffic back to the main site in order to access the private gateway versus the aforementioned mesh of individual site tunnels over the public Internet.

SD-WAN is a powerful addition to the network engineering portfolio that can greatly improve the capabilities, performance and reliability of enterprise WANs and will significantly broaden the number of locations that can be provided with enterprise-quality service. If they haven’t already, organizations should investigate how and where SD-WAN can be deployed and prioritize hard-to-reach locations where the ROI is highest.


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For businesses looking for network simplicity, centralized management, and consistency across their locations, there’s now a better approach to operating a distributed enterprise. Introducing SD-WAN from Comcast Business, Gig-ready and powered by an advanced IP network. A simplied softwaredriven network that minimizes capital expense by reducing hardware and dependence on T1s. According to industry research, SD-WAN can reduce branch WAN outages and troubleshooting costs by 90%.* It can also reduce labor expense and time to market by providing centralized control with point, click, and deploy scalability, application routing, and bandwidth management across all locations. A secure and scalable network with powerful performance from the rst mile to the last. That’s how you outmaneuver. https://business.comcast.com/sdn comcastbusiness.com/sdn

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Description of Company: At Company: At Citrix, our mission is to power a world where people, organizations, and things are securely connected and accessible. A place where all business is digital business. A world where our customers are empowered to make the extraordinary possible. We will accomplish this by building the worldÕs best integrated technology services for secure delivery of apps and data - anytime, anywhere. Citrix Systems in SDxCentral Company Directory D Description of Product: NetScaler Product: NetScaler SD-WAN increases the security, performance and reliability of traditional enterprise applications, SaaS applications and virtual desktops for remote users. It is a fully integrated platform that virtualizes enterprise WANs to help reduce bandwidth requirements, increase application performance, simplify branch office networking and gain flexibility through a hybrid WAN architecture. Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN in SDxCentral Product Directory D

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Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN provides centralized policy and control for application aware packet-level real-time path selection, WAN optimization, firewalling, routing, and analytics, on a hardware or virtual appliance on-premises or in the cloud, to increase application availability, and security, simplify the branch network and reduce bandwidth costs by virtualizing the WAN.

Cloud Service Providers, Financials, Government & Education, Healthcare, Retail, Telecom

Top Differentiators Integrated SD-WAN, WAN Opt, routing and firewall. Bidirectional path assignment by application, and packet in milliseconds with 4000 applications supported. Deep ICA/HDX visibility for Citrix XENDesktop and XENApp. Dynamic routing, DHCP server and relay, VRF, IP Sec VPN and GRE tunnel termination. Firewall policies segment services and zones, supports Static NAT, Dynamic NAT, network path encryption. Centralized policy definition across network services simplifies turning up a location. Zero touch deployment from Citrix Cloud enables auto configuration. Packet duplication on independent paths. Dynamic virtual paths between branch offices. Traffic shaping and dynamic bandwidth reservation for managing QoS for different classes of traffic.

Form Factor As a Service in the cloud, Hardware appliance (COTS), Hardware appliance (proprietary), Managed Service, Software

Target Market Business

Primary Customer Segments Enterprises

Key Customers The Tile Shop, AIDS Health Care Foundation, Royal Caribbean Cruises, HMS Host Corporation, Cornerstone Home Lending

Key Partners Microsoft, Amazon, ZScaler, ForcePoint, and Blue Coat.

Licensing and Pricing Priced by throughput and licensed as perpetual or subscription.

Licensing/Pricing URL http://www.citrix.com/products/netscaler-sdwan/platforms.html

Deployment Architecture uCPE - on-premises

Product Capabilities Application acceleration and optimization, Application classification, Application prioritization, Application segmentation, Cloud breakout, Encryption. Load balancing across links, Network access control, Network monitoring, Routing capabilities, Security functions built-in, Service chaining, WAN optimization, Zero-touch provisioning


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Comcast Business PUBLIC | PUBLIC | PRIVATE Comcast Center 1701 John F Kennedy Boulevard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103, United States http://business.comcast.com/enterprise

Description of Company: Comcast Company: Comcast Business offers advanced networking solutions to help organizations of all sizes transform their business. Powered by an advanced network, and backed by 24/7 customer support, Comcast Business is the nation’s largest cable provider that has emerged as a force in the Enterprise market; recognized over the last two years by leading industry associations. Comcast Business in SDxCentral Company Directory D Description of Product: Comcast Product: Comcast Business SD-WAN, the first virtual network function powered by Comcast Business ActiveCore SDN, brings intelligence and agility to your network. The service can drastically reduce time to market with centralized, integrated management of network functions such as IP VPN, Routing, and Firewall. SD-WAN in SDxCentral Product Directory D

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Comcast Business ActiveCore SDN platform is the first cable-delivered, ig-ready SDN platform in the country. ActiveCore is paired with Comcast's upgraded DOCSIS 3.1 networking service, which provides cost effective 1 Gbps internet speeds compared to T1 access lines. !

Comcast Business SD-WAN offers a f ully integrated stateful network firewall as part of the standard product off ering.

Top Differentiators

Financials, Government & Education, Healthcare, Retail, Hospitality, Manufacturing


Primary Customer Segments Enterprises, Businesses with 10 or more locations

Our architecture delivers VNFs hosted at customer premises using x86 universal CPEs. Our VNF implementation is part of the Comcast Business ActiveCore SDN orchestration platform, allowing additional services to be integrated from a variety of technology partners. The firewall is managed through the Comcast Business ActiveCore platform via a "single pane of glass" digital experience, with no n eed to pivot to other portals to manage firewall policies. !

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Form Factor As a Service in the cloud, Hardware appliance (COTS), Software

Deployment Architecture uCPE - on-premises

Product Capabilities

Key Customers https://business.comcast.com/resource-library/casestudies/manufacturing/jim-ellis-automotive

Key Partners Versa Networks, Amdocs

Licensing and Pricing Comcast Business SD-WAN is priced at a flat monthly rate for the service, featuring Managed VPN, Application Aware Routing and Stateful Network Firewall plus Comcast Business supplied uCPE device.

Licensing/Pricing URL https://business.comcast.com/sdn/sd-wan

Application classification, Application prioritization, Application segmentation, Cloud breakout, Encryption, Network access control, Network monitoring, Routing capabilities, Security functions built-in, Service chaining, Zerotouch provisioning


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Description of Company: Huawei Company: Huawei is a leading global ICT solutions provider. Huawei's aim is to enrich life and improve efficiency through a better connected world, acting as a responsible corporate citizen, innovative enabler for the information society, and collaborative contributor to the industry. Driven by customer-centric innovation and open partnerships, Huawei has established an end-to-end ICT solutions portfolio that gives customers competitive advantages in telecom and enterprise networks, devices, and clouds. Huawei in SDxCentral Company Directory D Description of Product: Huawei Product: Huawei SD-WAN Solution delivers ultimate experience: ¥ Identification of applications applications including user-defined applications applications and encrypted applications and user-, application-, or optimal path-based intelligent path selection using the app-based E2E intelligent steering technology ¥ On-demand provisioning of Huawei and third-party third-party VASs (vFW, vWOC, and others) within minutes based on open uCPE ,

¥ Cloud-managed visualized O&M, locating faults in seconds seconds and reducing OPEX by by 80% Huawei SD-WAN Solution in SDxCentral Product Directory D

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Huawei SD-WAN Solution Delivers Ultimate Experience: E2E App-based Smart Steering, On-demand VAS Provisioning Within Minutes, Cloud-based Visualized O&M

Cloud Service Providers, Financials, Retail, Telecom, Other Multi-Branch Enterprise

Target Market Top Differentiators Business Huawei cooperates with global partners to support:

Primary Customer Segments ¥¥Identification of applications including user-defined applications and encrypted applications ¥¥Video, large file, and IaaS/SaaS transmission optimization and smart acceleration for key applications, ensuring ultimate experience for important users and key applications ¥¥Unified orchestration for Huawei and third-party VASs (vFW, vWOC, and others) in the cloud and on-demand VAS provisioning within minutes ¥¥Unified WAN/LAN management and GIS-based visualization management, locating faults in seconds ¥¥Automatic configuration deployment by email and barcode scanning and plug-and-play devices

Form Factor As a Service in the cloud, Hardware appliance (COTS), Hardware appliance (proprietary), Managed Service

Carriers, MSPs and Enterprises

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Check Point, Riverbed, and Intel

Licensing and Pricing Software and hardware in Huawei SD-WAN Solution are quoted separately. The Agile Controller and device software in Huawei SD-WAN Solution are licensed with the bandwidth as the main dimension. In addition, the Solution supports the subscription and support (SnS) mode, reducing customers' initial investment. The license does not depend on specific hardware and supports pooling deployment, migration, and recycling, enhancing license utilization.

Deployment Architecture uCPE - on-premises, vCPE - POP/regional DC, vCPE centralized cloud

Product Capabilities Application acceleration and optimization, Application classification, Application prioritization, Application segmentation, Cloud breakout, Encryption. Load balancing across links, Network access control, Network monitoring, Routing capabilities, Security functions built-in, WAN optimization, Zero-touch provisioning


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Juniper Networks PUBLIC | PUBLIC | PRIVATE 1133 Innovation Way Sunnyvale, California, 94089, United States 888.586.4737 -- Fax: 408.745.2100 http://www.juniper.net/us/en/

Description of Company: Juniper Company: Juniper Networks strives for solutions that give it’s customers true advantage over their competition, whether that’s bringing new, revenue-generating services to market in minutes versus months; or reducing network costs; enabling smarter, more efficient business processes; providing security and protection for their most valuable assets; or delivering a richer end-user experience. Juniper Networks in SDxCentral Company Directory D Description of Product: Juniper Product: Juniper Networks Cloud CPE helps service providers with higher customer satisfaction and retention. You can deploy the production-ready solution today with a carrier-grade telco cloud, SD-WAN, and virtualization services capabilities that lead the way in NFV technology. Juniper SD-WAN and Cloud CPE Solutions in SDxCentral Product Directory D

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Enterprise customers require rapid cloud connectivity. Juniper’s solution for secure, hybrid SD-WAN offers centralized management of application policies and automated instrumentation across all locations with zero touch deployment. With an extensible NFX250 platform, meet all your network needs by layering services on demand. Fully integrated for a comprehensive solution that offers SDWAN, MPLS, IPsec VPN and a full security suite delivered on an open platform that’s consistent and reliable.


Top Differentiators Juniper’s solution delivers a holistic platform enabling consolidation of network and application services starting with SD-WAN, security and more. Key differentiation includes: ••Scalable, Interoperable, Secure VPN and Routing with industry standards, proven BGP/MPLS ••Centralized orchestration with end to end automated delivery across all locations ••Integrated with full security suite (NGFW, UTM, IPS, and more), MPLS and IPVPN ••Fully Multi-tenant Control & Management – feature rich, horizontally scalable, and easy to use ••Scale with SD-WAN GW portfolio to support 100Mbps to > than 1Tbps ••Carrier grade uCPE to enable branch consolidation ••Dynamic secure SD-WAN VNF for instantiation at the branch, enterprise and private or public cloud

Product Capabilities Application acceleration and optimization, Application classification, Application prioritization, Application segmentation, Cloud breakout, Encryption, Load balancing across links, Network access control, Network monitoring, Routing capabilities, Security functions built-in, Service chaining, Zero-touch provisioning, Full Security Suite – UTM, Integrated MPLS


Primary Customer Segments Communications Service Providers, Cloud Service Providers (OTT), Enterprises

Key Customers Verizon, AT&T, OBS, WOW!, IBM

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Description of Company: NEC/Netcracker Company: NEC/Netcracker helps service providers make the transition to virtualized networks and services with a market leading SDN/NFV solutions portfolio. Designed to combat the key challenges of hybrid operations, multivendor services and monetization, our SDN/NFV solutions utilize both NEC's and Netcracker's global scale and record of delivering innovation. Our focus is to help you accelerate new revenue streams with the most optimal cloud network and operations environment. Netcracker in SDxCentral Company Directory D Description of Product: NEC/Netcracker Product: NEC/Netcracker NaaS provides a full stack end-to-end environment for service providers to rapidly create, deploy and monetize value-added services. NaaS delivers a broad scope of services by bringing together virtualized network services (vCPE, SD-WAN), value added services (firewalls, WAN optimization) and cloud IT applications (storage, productivity apps) and uses Agile/DevOps service design together with our vast Ecosystem 2.0 Program of onboarded VNFs and apps for fast time to market. NEC/Netcracker NaaS in SDxCentral Product Directory D

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With our turnkey approach, full stack solution and preintegrated VNFs, we can reduce time-to-market up to 70%. By combining cloud networking services with IT apps into personalized bundles from a Digital Marketplace, we can help increase ARPU growth up to 25% and reduce churn by 30%. Leveraging our market leading Hybrid Operations Management platform enabling service automation we can help to significantly reduce OPEX costs.

Telecom

Top Differentiators Our first unique capability is the broader scope of services available in the Digital Marketplace including vCPE, SD-WAN, VAS and IT apps, which can be bundled together to provide personalized offerings. Our second unique capability is a full stack NaaS solution covering 4 layers: Network, Control, Hybrid O perations and Business. NaaS also includes an Agile/DevOps service design environment used at all layers. The third unique capability is our Ecosystem 2.0 Program which reduces time to market by 70%. With Ecosystem 2.0 we go beyond VNF onboarding to create commercially ready reusable service assets including unified license management and partner commercial agreements.

Product Capabilities Application acceleration and optimization, Application classification, Application prioritization, Application segmentation, Cloud breakout, Encryption, Load balancing across links, Network access control, Network monitoring, Routing capabilities, Security functions built-in, Service chaining, WAN optimization, Zero-touch provisioning

Target Market Business and Home

Primary Customer Segments Communications Service Providers

Key Customers We currently have 8 commercial deployments. Please contact us for details.

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Description of Company: Nuage Company: Nuage Networks from Nokia brings a unique combination of groundbreaking technologies & unmatched networking expertise. This enables them to create solutions that do more than provide incremental improvement. It allows them to deliver a massively scalable SDN solution that makes the datacenter network instantaneous and boundary-less. In a field rife with upstart vendors offering the SDN & SD-WAN flavor of the month, Nuage Networks has the pedigree to serve the needs of the worldÕs largest clouds. Nuage Networks in SDxCentral Company Directory D Description of Product: Nuage Product: Nuage Networks Virtualized Network Services (VNS) solution aligns the network service to the needs of the enterprise and provides the flexibility to deliver an unconstrained WAN experience that matches the dynamic cloud environment. Nuage Networks VNS is the only SD-WAN solution on the market that offers seamless and secure policy -based connectivity between the branch, the datacenter and the cloud, as well as advanced security and analytics capabilities with a strong eco-system of partners. Virtualized Network Services (VNS) in SDxCentral Product Directory D

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Nuage Networks VNS is a multi-tenant and software-based SDN solution that extends virtual networking beyond the DC and into the WAN and public cloud. Running on commodity hardware, the solution improves business agility as well as network security and flexibility to connect users to applications anywhere. This SD-WAN solution provides secure L2/L3 VPN connectivity for hybrid WAN deployments, as well as Value Add Services (VAS) that are deployed as hosted 3rd party VNFs on a CPE or in a POP or DC


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Key Customers BT, Telus, Telefonica, China Mobile, China Telecom


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Description of Company: SteelConnect Company: SteelConnect from Riverbed Technology. SteelConnect unifies network connectivity and orchestration of application delivery across hybrid WANs, cloud networks and branch LAN/WLANs with centralized policy-based management, dynamic software-defined routing and single-click cloud deployment. Riverbed Technology in SDxCentral Company Directory D Description of Product: SteelConnect Product: SteelConnect unifies network connectivity and orchestration of application delivery across hybrid WANs, cloud networks and branch LAN/WLANs with centralized policy-based management, dynamic software-defined routing and single-click cloud deployment. SteelConnect from Riverbed Technology in SDxCentral Product Directory D

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Riverbed is modernizing connectivity for the cloud-era with a complete cloud-to-edge networking solution that is powerful yet simple. At the core is software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) technology that re-invents legacy networking with greater operational agility and flexibility. The solution derives its power from a unique set of capabilities including a unified network fabric, integrated application performance management and centralized policy orchestration & automation.


Top Differentiators ¥ Unified Network Network Fabric Management Ð Software-defined control extends across WAN, LAN/WLAN, Data Center & Cloud. Single-click workflows deliver cloud-like agility throughout the fabric. ¥ Integrated Application Performance Performance Management - Visibility & Application Acceleration are fully integrated with SD-WAN. ¥¥Centralized Policy Orchestration & Automation Ð Simple, central management based on business-relevant parameters Ð performance & security security SLAs for applications, users and locations, making the solution simple yet powerful. ¥¥Over a decade of leadership in wide-area network (WAN) performance solutions, 24 X 7 X 365 global technical support and comprehensive services and training to accelerate technology adoption by customers.

Product Capabilities Application acceleration and optimization, Application classification, Application prioritization, Application segmentation, Cloud breakout, Encryption, Load balancing across links, Network access control, Network monitoring, Routing capabilities, Security functions built-in, Service chaining, WAN optimization, Zero-touch provisioning



Key Customers We have three public customer stories: Simple Pay, GHD and OpenEye. In Feb 2017, Riverbed announced that it had surpassed 300 SD-WAN customers.

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Sonus Networks PUBLIC | PUBLIC | PRIVATE 4 Technology Park Dr. Westford, MA, 01886, United States 1-855-GO-SONUS http://www.sonus.net

Description of Company: For Company: For two decades in more than 100 countries, Sonus has been changing the way the world communicates. Our next generation of cloud-based SIP and 4G/VoLTE solutions enable service providers and enterprises to securely deliver real-time communications in both legacy networks and next-generation mobile and cloud environments. Sonus brings voice and video communications to life so the worldÕs leading organizations never stop communicating. Sonus Networks in SDxCentral Company Directory D Description of Product: The Product: The Sonus Session Border Controller Software Edition (SBC SWe) is the industryÕs leading virtualized, cloud native, session border controller. The SBC SWe is architected to deliver unlimited scalability with the same advanced features and functionality of SonusÕ SBC hardware portfolio. Session Border Controller Software Edition (SBC SWe) in SDxCentral Product Directory D

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SonusÕ focus is to enable and secure real-time communications in the Cloud. With a cloud-native design based on open source, microservices, and service chaining, Sonus delivers intelligent session control for vCPE deployment models. Sonus combines the best functions of SIP-based security, interconnection, protocol interworking, and policy management with the ability to independently scale signaling, media and transcoding processing to most efficiently used available virtual resources.

Cloud Service Providers, Financials, Telecom

Top Differentiators SonusÕ cloud-native solution takes full advantage of a microservices architecture to deliver competitive differentiators for signaling, media, and transcoding of realtime communications, including: ¥¥Innovative load balancing across VNF instances and VNF clusters to ensure reliability ¥¥Market-first support for the use of graphical processor units (GPUs) to maximize performance for real-time media packet processing ¥¥Application aware security features for real-time communications ¥¥Vendor-specific virtual network functions manager (VNFM) for orchestration and advanced management required for complex, real-time communication VNF workflows.


Primary Customer Segments Communications Service Providers, Enterprises

Key Customers Arrow Systems Integration; Algar Telecom; Dimension4, Telegate, Veracity

Key Partners https://www.sonus.net/partners/nfv-interoperability-partners

Licensing and Pricing Sonus supports multiple licensing models for a vCPE use case. We support network wide licensing using a centralized license server for dynamic sharing of session licenses for automated turn-up/turn-down of VNFs, from the Sonus VNFM or 3rd party orchestration solutions. We also support subscription licensing for consumption-based deployments.

Form Factor As a Service in the cloud, Software


Product Capabilities Application prioritization, Encryption, Network access control, Security functions built-in, Service chaining


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Description of Company: Versa Company: Versa Networks is an innovative vendor in the SD-WAN and SD-Security market. VersaÕs solutions enable service providers and large enterprises to transform the WAN and branch networks to achieve unprecedented business advantages. VersaÕs carrier-grade NFV software provides unmatched agility, cost savings, and flexibility, compared to traditional network hardware. The company is backed by premier venture investors Sequoia, Mayfield, Artis Ventures and Verizon Ventures. Versa Networks in SDxCentral Company Directory D Description of Product: For Product: For service providers, Versa FlexVNF enables next-generation managed services with full multi-tenancy for software-defined WAN (SD-WAN), software-defined security (SD-Security) and virtual CPE (vCPE). For enterprises, it provides provides highly scalable SD-WAN with integrated security. security. FlexVNF is purely software-based and works on low-cost CPE, reducing both deployment costs and time-to-service. Versa Cloud IP Platform in SDxCentral Product Directory D

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Versa Cloud IP Platform is a multi-service, multi-tenant software platform built from ground up on cloud principles to deliver scale, segmentation, programmability and automation. It provides a broad set of networking and security functions (SD-WAN, routing, NGFW, UTM, etc) that seamlessly work together and are managed via a single portal. The solution can software-define the entire branch through its ability to host third-party VNFs on its integrated hypervisor.

Cloud Service Providers, Financials, Government & Education, Healthcare, Retail, Telecom, Oil and Gas, Consumer Goods

Top Differentiators Versa Cloud IP Platform provides a unique carrier-grade and system-level approach, including the following unique capabilities:

Product Capabilities Application acceleration and optimization, Application classification, Application prioritization, Application segmentation, Cloud breakout, Encryption, Load balancing across links, Network access control, Network monitoring, Routing capabilities, Security functions built-in, Service chaining, Zero-touch provisioning, Integrated KVM hypervisor to host third-party VNFs, Integrated branch Wi-Fi and Ethernet switching

Target Market ¥¥Broadest set of integrated networking and securityÐ from BGP, MPLS, CGNAT, SD-WAN, NGFW, AV, IPS, SWG and more ¥¥Complete multi-tenancy across all solution components for scalable managed services and true end-to-end segmentation. ¥¥Native SFC support for both Versa and 3rd party services to simplify service integration ¥¥Real-time big data analytics engine for 360 degree insights and control, visibility, prediction and feedback loop for adaptability. ¥¥Integrated KVM hypervisor to support 3rd party VNFs, enabling greater flexibility in services. ¥¥Zero-touch provisioning for all Versa IP and security services.

Business

Primary Customer Segments Communications Service Providers, Enterprises

Key Customers https://www.versa-networks.com/customers

Key Partners https://www.versa-networks.com/partners/

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128T Networking

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Description of Product: The Product: The 128T Networking Platform is an intelligent software router that transforms networks into innovation engines by making them simpler, smarter, and more secure. 128T is 100% software based, and runs on general-purpose compute platforms, allowing a wide range of deployment models Ñ from remote branch offices to hyper-scale data centers and across multi-cloud environments Ð addressing use cases including SD-WAN, Secure Cloud Interconnect, and Network-As-A-Service Network-As-A-Service.. Value Proposition


128T is the first session-based routing solution that creates uniform fabrics for SD-WAN, Secure Cloud Interconnect and NAAS. 128T features true zero trust security, integrating security policies into routing with an innovative approach called Secure Vector Vector Routing. Transport agnostic and tunnel free, the 128T solution uses 30% less bandwidth than IPSec based SD-WAN and improves network reliability and application performance with application aware routing and fine-grained session control.


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Key Customers Revation Systems

6WIND Turbo Router

6WIND PUBLIC | PRIVATE http://www.6wind.com/


http://www.6wind.com/products/6wind-turbo-router/ D Description of Product: 6WIND Product: 6WIND Turbo Router provides a high performance, ready-to-use software network appliance for bare metal or virtual machine environments that comprise virtual edge solutions. Turbo Router delivers routing and firewall features with 12 million packets per second per core of IP forwarding throughput, scaling linearly with the number of cores on standard x86 servers. It leverages DPDK for high performance I/Os with multi-vendor NIC support. Value Proposition


6WIND Turbo Router's differentiators include performance and cross-platform compatibility. All Layer 2, IP forwarding, virtual routing, Layer 3 and security processing features run in a fast path architecture outside of the Linux kernel to avoid bottlenecks. 6WIND Turbo Router supports market leading architectures that are compatible with DPDK. It is available in 2G to 100G license options.


Form Factor Software



Key Customers http://www.6wind.com/company-profile/customers/


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Mosaic Cloud

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Description of Product: Adtran's Product: Adtran's Mosaic Cloud Platform is an open microservices architecture providing providing network management and SDN control for the entire access network. It unlocks control and management functions from the underlying network elements, enabling a more flexible, agile services delivery framework. Programmable network elements ranging from the data center to the customer premises. Value Proposition


Mosaic dynamically changes the traditional operational environment from equipment configuration and provisioning to an open, programmable, and scalable services architecture, ultimately delivering a modern, user-driven experience for your customers. It provides an alternative to monolithic, chassis-based systems allowing for true horizontal scale as a an open microservices architecture providing network management and SDN control for the entire access network.

Cloud Service Providers, Financials, Government & Education, Healthcare, Telecom


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Ensemble Connector

ADVA Optical Networking PUBLIC | PUBLIC | PRIVATE http://www.advaoptical.com/


http://www.advaoptical.com/~/media/Resources/Data%20Sheets/2016-1110_DS_Ensemble%20Connector.ashx D Description of Product: Ensemble Product: Ensemble Connector is a high-performance Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI) platform for hosting multi-vendor VNFs at the customer premises, in the gateway between network clouds, and in the data center. It also provides a robust network Operating System (OS) that eliminates the performance bottlenecks of traditional virtual switches, such as OVS. It operates on any white box as well as on ADVA's highperformance FSP 150 ProVM edge compute nodes. Value Proposition


ADVA Optical Networking has built a comprehensive and market-leading portfolio of uCPE solutions and network demarcation products. These include hardware-accelerated edge devices for hosting of VNFs, a high-performance network operating system, and a field-proven orchestrations solution. We support true openness and multi-vendor solutions. Our competence and products enable service providers to offer high-value managed network services. Working together, we enable the Telco Cloud transformation.


Form Factor Hardware appliance (COTS), Hardware appliance (proprietary), Software




Key Customers Verizon, Masergy, Indosat Ooredoo, Dartpoints

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Description of Product: Anuta Product: Anuta Networks NCX enables customers to automate and accelerate network services by offering lifecycle service orchestration of physical, virtual, and hybrid networks allowing customers to leverage investments in existing infrastructure and transition to SDN/NFV environments. Value Proposition


Multiple Tier-1 SPs and large enterprises have used NCX to offer packaged Virtual CPE to their remote branches. The vCPE included vRouter such as Cisco CSR1000v, Brocade Vyatta and HPE VSR, vFW such as Juniper vSRX, Fortinet and Palo Alto Virtual firewalls, vWanOp such as Riverbed virtual steelhead, Open vSwitch or VM ware vSwitch. Customers also deployed Hybrid CPE including a combination of legacy Cisco ISRs, Cisco IWAN and SD-WAN controllers. NCX automates QOS, Segmentation, VPN, DPI, ZTD.

Cloud Service Providers, Retail, Telecom




Key Customers Tata Communications, Telstra, F5 Networks, Japan Post, NRI

Virtual Service Edge

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http://sdx.io/2017-nfv-rpt-lnks-benu-networks-virtual-service-edge D Description of Product: Benu Product: Benu NetworksÕ Virtual Service Edge (VSE) is a virtual network function for vCPE Residential, Small Business and SP Wi-Fi use cases. The VSE platform transforms the service provider network into a flexible and agile service delivery network. The VSE enables rapid vCPE cloud-based services deployment via service function chaining, dynamic per device service control, and increased customer care responsiveness. The VSE supports a number of virtualization environments, and open APIs for integration. Value Proposition


The VSE allows operators to create different network service slices on the same platform to enable Carrier Wi-Fi, Managed Home and Managed Business services. The Benu VSE is available in both high performance silicon and a virtualized COTS infrastructure. The VSE is an open platform supporting REST API to enable an agile service delivery architecture with better scaling economics.

Cloud Service Providers, Telecom

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Hardware appliance (COTS), Software

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Cloud-first SD-WAN

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http://www.bigleaf.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Bigleaf-CPE-RouterCancel Download And Print Datasheet.pdf D Description of Product: Bigleaf Product: Bigleaf Cloud-first SD-WAN is the best way to connect to the Cloud. We connect customers through our plug-and-play router, to gateway clusters in our dedicated Cloud Access Network backbone, providing end-to-end visibility and control. Our technology ensures that business-critical applications are prioritized and that traffic is routed over the best connection in real-time. Value Proposition


Bigleaf's dedicated Cloud Access Network and patentpending Cloud-first features like Dynamic QoS, Intelligent Load Balancing, and Same-IP Failover, provide functionality not available in other SD-WAN offerings. BGP-like Same-IP Failover ensures SLA-backed uptime for all applications, Dynamic QoS prioritizeds real-time traffic over broadband circuits with varying capacity, and Intelligent Load Balancing responds in real-time, re-routing all traffic mid-session.

Cloud Service Providers, Healthcare, Retail, Skilled Services

Form Factor As a Service in the cloud, Hardware appliance (proprietary), Managed Service



Key Customers http://www.bigleaf.net/case-studies/

B4N vCPE

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http://brain4net.com/solutions/vcpe/ D Description of Product: B4N Product: B4N vCPE is an end-to-end solution for communications service providers that helps them to extend product offerings portfolio built around Carrier Ethernet (CE) services with value-added virtual network services. The solution based on Brain4NetÕs primary product Ð B4N Service Platform. Value Proposition


Brain4NetÕs approach assumes that vCPE is not just VNF in the cloud or on-premises device. ItÕs the comprehensive CSP service that engages connectivity in metro network, physical and virtual network infrastructure within data center, cloud environment, and lifecycle service orchestration.


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Cato Cloud



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http://go.catonetworks.com/rs/245-RJK-441/images/Cato-SolutionCancel Download And Print Brief.pdf D Description of Product: Cato Product: Cato Cloud is a cloud-based SD-WAN connecting and securing all locations, mobile users, and cloud resources. CatoÕs SLA-backed global backbone delivers consistent network performance. WAN and Internet traffic is secured through CatoÕs built-in advanced security services, such as NGFW, SWG, and IPS. Unified policy management and detailed analytics are available through a single console. Cato experts continuously update Cato Cloud with new capabilities and protection against emerging threats. Value Proposition


Cato Cloud can not only augment MPLS with Internet but also offers:

Cloud Service Providers, Healthcare, Retail, Manufacturing

Target Market ¥¥A global backbone that provides affordable, SLA-backed connectivity that is superior to the unmanaged public Internet, and can replace expensive global MPLS services. ¥¥Secure direct internet access from remote locations without additional security appliances or third-party security s ervices. ¥¥Seamless cloud and mobile WAN integration to securely and optimally connect mobile users and cloud data centers to the enterprise network.

Form Factor

Business


Key Customers https://www.catonetworks.com/library/

As a Service in the cloud, Hardware appliance (proprietary)

Cisco Virtual Managed Services

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http://www.cisco.com/go/vms D Description of Product: Cisco Product: Cisco Virtual Managed Services (VMS) is a cloud native solution solution for service providers. With VMS you can easily deliver new SD-WAN services to business customers. You can simplify your operations and reduce risks with automation and zero-touch CPE provisioning. The self-service portal gives your customers a personalized experience. You can offer next-gen firewall and intrusion prevention prevention services along with web content security. security. Site-tosite and remote access VPN services are also available. Value Proposition


CiscoÕs VMS and service packages deliver a turn-key solution that allows network operators to rapidly and cost effectively deliver new services to business customers. VMS enables service providers to onboard new customers in minutes vs weeks, or months. It includes a suite of service-level packages, such as SD-WAN, and provides an open architecture for easy integration into existing systems. These service packages can be customized and new ones created using the VMS Software Development Kit.

Cloud Service Providers, Financials, Government & Education, Healthcare, Telecom




Key Customers Telstra, Deutsche Telekom, Ooredoo.


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CloudGenix ION



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http://www.cloudgenix.com/wpCancel Download And Print D content/uploads/2015/04/CloudGenix_Solution_Brief.pdf Description of Product: The Product: The CloudGenix ION solution is designed to provide secure, lightweight SD-WAN branch connectivity, enabling integration of heterogeneous WAN transports, confident deployment of cloud and SaaS, improved application performance performance and WAN availability, and reduced branch office costs. Powered by AppFabric, CloudGenix SD-WAN is built with deep understanding of applications rather than relying on low-level networking characteristics, yielding optimal user experience. Value Proposition


Most SD-WAN solutions are limited due to their packetcentered architecture, which provides practically no insight into app performance or behavior, meaning enforcement functions are limited to link reachability and basic classification. CloudGenix AppFabric AppFabric is fundamentally fundamentally different. While AppFabric is packet and flow aware, it understands application sessions - collections of transactions - allowing CloudGenix to utilize a unique set of key performance indicators that other platforms can't.

Cloud Service Providers, Financials, Retail, Telecom

Form Factor Hardware appliance (COTS), Hardware appliance (proprietary), Managed Service, Software



Key Customers https://www.cloudgenix.com/category/press-releases/

Cradlepoint NetCloud

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https://cradlepoint.com/white-paper/next-gen-wan-0 D Description of Product: Cradlepoint Product: Cradlepoint NetCloud is a unified cloud and software platform that enables customers to rapidly deploy and simply manage a software-defined WAN over wired and wireless LTE broadbandÑall from a single pane of glass. The NetCloud platform includes cloud-based management and SD-Perimeter networking, best-in-class LTE integration, SD-WAN, and edge routing, security and computing functions. NetCloud leverages Cradlepoint's Linuxbased appliances for branch, mobile/in-vehicle and M2M/IoT networks. Value Proposition


Cradlepoint NetCloud provides a secure and unified WAN for fixed branch sites, mobile sites (e.g. mobile command centers, vehicles, ships, trains, etc) and M2M/IoT devices (e.g. kiosks, digital signage, sensors, PLCs, etc) over dedicated or hybrid LTE access and leveraging SD-WAN and SD-Perimeter technology. NetCloud Manager provides a cloud-based "single pane of glass" f or orchestration, policy and management.

Government & Education, Healthcare, Retail, Public Safety

Form Factor As a Service in the cloud, Hardware appliance (COTS), Hardware appliance (proprietary), Software




Key Customers https://cradlepoint.com/success_stories

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Description of Product: Mercury Product: Mercury is ECIÕs Edge NFV platform. It encompasses infrastructure (NFVi), MANO, and bestof-breed VNFÕs geared towards edge computing and providing end-users with the best low-latency service experience. ECIÕs vCPE framework enables the modernization and virtualization of business services with uCPE and MEC platforms. Service providers can offer their business customers innovative new services, generating new revenues streams while driving costs down and improving customer experience. Value Proposition


Mercury is ECIÕs Edge NFV platform. It encompasses infrastructure (NFVi), MANO, and best-of-breed VNFÕs geared towards edge computing and providing end-users with the best low-latency s ervice experience. ECIÕs vCPE framework enables the modernization and virtualization of business services with uCPE and MEC platforms. Service providers can offer their business customers innovative new services, generating new revenues streams while driving costs down and improving customer experience.

Telecom

Form Factor Hardware appliance (COTS), Hardware appliance (proprietary), Managed Service, Software



Key Customers None publicly listed.

Enea NFV Access

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https://www.enea.com/globalassets/downloads/nfv-platforms/enea-nfvaccess/enea-nfv-access-flyer.pdf D Description of Product: Enea Product: Enea NFV Access is a lightweight virtualization software platform uniquely uniquely designed for deployment on edge devices at customer premise. It is streamlined for high networking performance and minimal footprints for both platform and VNFs, resulting in very high compute density. Enea NFV Access provides a foundation for vCPE agility and innovation, reducing cost and complexity for computing at the network edge. Value Proposition


Enea NFV Access is a lightweight virtualization software platform uniquely designed for deployment on edge devices at customer premise. It is streamlined for high networking performance and minimal footprints for both platform and VNFs, resulting in very high compute density. Enea NFV Access provides a foundation for vCPE agility and innovation, reducing cost and complexity for computing at the network edge.

Telecom




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FatPipe Symphony

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Description of Product: FatPipe Product: FatPipe Symphony SD-WAN Product Family simplifies the management of a wide area network using SD-WAN. It provides load balancing for Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks; eliminating the need for complex routers. It fully integrates SDN at the data center, with the SD-WAN at the branch level providing the first seamless, scalable SDN + SD-WAN product in the world with superior capabilities. These products scale to meet any cost, size, or feature requirements. Value Proposition


FatPipeÕs real world experience provides a real competitive difference for FatPipe. Unlike competitors, FatPipe has been put to the test for several years in demanding networks, like call centers, and works flawlessly. The maturity of FatPipe's technology allows our customer benefit from a robust & feature rich field tested product. FatPipe products allow customers simplify management of the WAN & provide a secure way to make the WAN more agile f or today's changing network requirements.

Cloud Service Providers, Financials, Government & Education, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail

Form Factor As a Service in the cloud, Hardware appliance (COTS), Hardware appliance (proprietary), Managed Service, Software



Key Customers FatPipe has numerous Fortune 1000 customers, Professional Sports Franchises, Bank & Financial Institutions, as well as Government Customers.

Gluware IT Automation and Orchestration Solution (Click to View More Details Online)

Gluware PUBLIC | PRIVATE http://www.gluware.com

http://gluware.com/solution-sd-wan/ D Description of Product: Gluware Product: Gluware offers the industryÕs first multi-vendor, multi-domain IT automation and orchestration solutions to automate the mundane. With an evolution to packaged solutions, solutions, Gluware is able to deliver specific business value to customers with a portfolio of automation solutions that are easy to use and easy to consume. Gluware solutions have extended beyond the Cisco IWAN orchestration for SD-WAN to include LAN Switching, Routing, Config Drift and more. Value Proposition


Gluware is SaaS or on-prem software with pre-packaged solutions including a ÒSupercharged Cisco IWANÓ orchestration in addition to solutions for multi-vendor LAN, WAN and Data Center networks. Gluware technology is based on an intent-driven, intelligent orchestration engine which performs discovery, analysis, validation, and deterministic provisioning of network features.

Financials, Government & Education, Healthcare, Retail, Telecom

Form Factor As a Service in the cloud, Software





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Application Aware

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Description of Product: Ipanema, Product: Ipanema, the Application Aware SDWAN, certified by the Tolly Group, applies session-level application QoS for optimal quality of experience of business-critical applications while dynamically migrating application sessions to best-performing links. VistaInsight, our cloud-ready Service Assurance solution, provides network & application performance management, capacity planning & performance troubleshooting solutions for physical & virtual networks & can be deployed on-premise or via public cloud Value Proposition


InfoVista's Ipanema, the Application Aware SDWAN, ensures business critical applications are delivered with the most robust performance over any WAN & maximizes digital transformation with application QoS at the session-level. Our future-proof Service Assurance solution allows Enterprise IT to monitor SLAs & challenge third-party network providers. CSPs gain the opportunity to differentiate their services & improve service quality with end to end visualization across physical & virtual networks.

Financials, Government & Education, Retail, Telecom, Manufacturing and Logistics




Key Customers http://www.infovista.com/Library/Application-PerformanceOrchestration-over-SD-WAN

Xpedition

Lavelle Networks PUBLIC | PRIVATE http://www.lavellenetworks.com


http://lavellenetworks.com/products_ln.php D Description of Product: At Product: At Lavelle Networks, we build Software Defined Networking platforms for enterprises, delivered as cloud subscription subscription services. Xpedition offers Uniform Network Network Security across your applications in branches, data centres, cloud networks. Xpedition will deploy, manage and monitor your hybrid WAN with the simplest user interface, while protecting and accelerating your network. Value Proposition


At Lavelle Networks, we build Software Defined Networking platforms for enterprises, delivered as cloud subscription services.We make it simple to deploy, manage and monitor your hybrid WAN with the worldÕs simplest user interface. We make the WAN secure with Uniform Network Security across enterprise applications in branches, data centers, and cloud networks.We make the Internet necessary and sufficient network for high performance, resilient access to enterprise applications.

Cloud Service Providers, Financials, Healthcare, Retail, Telecom





Key Customers Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail, Max Life Insurance Company, Flipkart, Barbeque Nation Hospitality, Jubilant Motors

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CORD (Central

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Description of Project: CORD Project: CORD provides a complete integrated platform, integrating everything needed to create a complete operational edge datacenter with built-in service capabilities, all built on commodity hardware using the latest in cloud-native design principles. principles. The project is intent on transforming transforming the edge into an agile service delivery platform enabling the operator to deliver the best end-user experience along with innovative next-generation services. Value Proposition


CORD is CORD is a project intent on transforming this edge into an agile service delivery platform enabling the operator to deliver the best end-user experience along with innovative next-generation services. CORD's platform leverages SDN, NFV and Cloud technologies to build datacenters for the network edge. Integrating multiple open source projects, CORD delivers a cloud-native, open, programmable platform for network operators to create innovative services.





Key Customers https://www.opennetworking.org/member-listing/

Unity EdgeConnect SD-WAN

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https://www.silver-peak.com/sites/default/files/infoctr/unity-edgeconnectsd-wan-solution.pdf D Description of Product: EdgeConnect Product: EdgeConnect liberates enterprises from the cost and complexity of legacy router-based WAN architectures. Integrating routing, routing, WAN opt, firewall and SD-WAN in a single solution, EdgeConnect powers a thin branch WAN edge. EdgeConnect enables SLAs over any combination of transport. First-packet application identification provides visibility and control of apps running in the cloud and across the WAN. EdgeConnect improves business productivity and customer responsiveness while lowering costs. Value Proposition


Silver Peak Systems' EdgeConnect enables application SLAs over any combination of transport improving application performance and availability. Customers achieve application availability and nonstop operations. Secure local internetbreakout delivers the highest level of SaaS performance. With integrated routing, WAN opt, firewall, and SD-WAN, EdgeConnect simplifies and consolidates WAN edge infrastructure. Centralized orchestration accelerates deployment and enhances operational efficiency.


Form Factor Hardware appliance (COTS), Software



Key Customers Radial, Inc., Bentley Systems, Aramex, Fruit of the Loom, Interroll


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HIPswitch Series



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http://www.temperednetworks.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/product_inform Download And Print ation/briefs/HIPswitch-Platforms.pdf D Cancel Description of Product: Tempered Product: Tempered NetworksÕ Identity-Defined Network (IDN) platform provides a unified secure networking fabric that can span any resource, location, and communications medium with no modification of your underlying network. Policies are distributed by the Conductor, our intuitive orchestration engine, and enforced by HIP Services endpoints. Our HIPswitch appliances provide IDN enforcement and support a variety of form factors including physical hardware, virtual, or cloud environments. Value Proposition


HIPswitch hardware appliances come in a range of sizes and throughput to accommodate a variety of environments. Configuration options include built-in Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Cellular connections. HIPswitches virtualize a deviceÕs IP address and binds it to a unique cryptoidentity. The Conductor automatically provisions identities in real-time, based on device whitelisting, allowing you to move devices without IP conflicts and create full mesh-encrypted networks in seconds.

Cloud Service Providers, Financials, Government & Education, Healthcare, Retail, Telecom, Industrial



Form Factor

Enterprises

As a Service in the cloud, Hardware appliance (COTS)


VeloCloud Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN

VeloCloud Networks PUBLIC | PRIVATE http://www.velocloud.com/


http://www.velocloud.com/sd-wan-resources/briefs/ D Description of Product: VeloCloud Product: VeloCloud Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN aggregates WAN links for optimized and secure connectivity to enterprise and directly to cloud data centers, assuring performance for demanding real-time applications even over broadband Internet. SD-WAN dramatically simplifies and increases the agility of the WAN with policy-based insertion and orchestration of vCPE and cloud services. VeloCloud Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN incorporates outcome driven networking to further simplify network management and control. Value Proposition


VeloCloud Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN enables Enterprises to securely support application growth, network agility, and simplified branch implementations while delivering optimized access to cloud s ervices and enterprise applications. Service Providers are able to increase revenue, deliver advanced services and increase flexibility by delivering elastic transport, and performance for cloud applications.

Cloud Service Providers, Healthcare, Retail, Telecom



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Enterprises

As a Service in the cloud

Key Customers http://www.velocloud.com/customers/


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Titanium Cloud

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The Titanium Cloud portfolio includes the industry's only f ully integrated, ultra reliable, and deployment-ready virtualization platforms that enable service providers to deploy virtualized services faster, at lower cost and with guaranteed uptime. When service uptime is critical for profitability, Titanium Cloud products ensure virtualized services run when, where and how they need to.

Financials, Healthcare, Telecom, Industrial Automation



Form Factor


Software

Key Customers https://www.windriver.com/products/titaniumcloud/telco/#featured_customers

vCPE

Wipro Limited PUBLIC | PUBLIC | PRIVATE http://www.wipro.com/


http://www.wipro.com/services/product-engineering/capabilities/internetof-things/ D Description of Product: vCPE Product: vCPE Software Stack: A Software defined virtualization platform for realizing diverse networking use-cases like branch routing and IoT gateway with a click of a button, powered by open source software. Value Proposition


WiproÕs vCPE solution is a software deÞned virtualization platform for realizing diverse networking functions, such as branch routing and IoT gateway, with the click of a button. It is powered by open source software that is optimized for running on standard x86 hardware.


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ZTE Elastic SD-WAN

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http://www.zte.com.cn/global/products/bearer/data_communication/route Cancel Download And Print r_bmsg/MCG5300 D Description of Product: On Product: On the basis of deep understanding of ICT integration, with ICT integrated product architecture and strong integrated management platform, ZTE proposed Elastic SD-WAN solution providing bandwidth-on-demand to create a strong intelligent pipeline for carriers. Besides, it also provides WAN acceleration, security, cache, and various flexibly customized vVAS (virtualized Value-Added Services) to help the operators build an intelligent pipeline with low cost. Value Proposition


Branches of enterprises need to connect their own logistics and financial systems, with guaranteed critical traffic bandwidth and priority. Meanwhile, they may lease networks from different operators, resulting in high maintenance cost. ItÕs vital for them to simplify the O&M, solve the differences between different operators, implement the network connections, and save cost. Specially designed for enterprises, ZTE Elastic SD-WAN solution can help them perfectly solve all the above problems.

Financials, Healthcare, Retail, Telecom

Form Factor Hardware appliance (proprietary), Managed Service, Software




Key Customers China (Nanjing) Software Valley

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FWA-1010VC

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Advantech PUBLIC | PUBLIC | PRIVATE http://www.advantech.com/nc

http://www.advantech.com.tw/products/6e5d3cbf-5420-4e95-9a4a-9a Cancel Download And Print 51d929623b/fwa-1010vc/mod_1fbf5ef4-7748-4625-9b30-e4c443ea86dc D Description of Product: The Product: The FWA-1010VC is an off-the-shelf uCPE based on the I ntel Atom C2000 processor offering a rich set of LAN, WAN, WiFI and LTE options. Tested and certified by key NFV software vendors, the FWA-1010VC meets the needs of largescale vE-CPE and SD-WAN deployments. Available as an Advantech or customer branded box, Advantech offers extensive integration and test services prior to packaging and labelling, all according to CSP specifications and software options. Value Proposition


The FWA-1010VC is a uCPE device based on the Intel Atom Processor C2000. Intel QuickAssist and DPDK provide the technology needed for up to 10x accelerated packet handling as well as encryption and compression offload. With up to 8 Atom cores the platform offers 500 to 1500Mbps of IPSec encrypted traffic throughput, depending on configuration, and is ideal for entry to mid-range vCPE deployment. Advantech global services offer customization, branding, drop ship and advanced replacement options

Telecom

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Key Customers Cannot provide key customer names for branded box business.

Ciena 3906mvi Service Virtualization Switch (Click to View More Details Online)

Ciena PUBLIC | PUBLIC | PRIVATE http://www.ciena.com

http://www.ciena.com/products/3906mvi/ D Description of Product: Addressing Product: Addressing the increasingly popular use-case for vCPE, the Ciena 3906mvi allows easy deployment in a variety of business service applications requiring edge functions such as virtual routing, WAN optimization, SD-WAN, encryption and firewalls. Value Proposition


The 3906mvi is intended as a premium business service host. Deployed at the edge of the network, it can host functions like virtual routers, WAN optimizers, load balancers, encryption engines, firewalls and more. The powerful Intel processor modules have sufficient horsepower to host multiple functions and can be upgraded, enabling s mall, medium or large bundles of VNFs to be supported via a single infrastructure.

Financials, Government & Education, Healthcare, Retail, Telecom



Form Factor


Hardware appliance (COTS), Hardware appliance (proprietary), Software

Key Customers 10 non-public customers to date.


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Description of Product: The Product: The NFX250 delivers a flexible, secure, on-demand network services platform. This highperformance vCPE platform helps service providers improve overall operational efficiency and service agility, delivering a platform to the enterprise for virtualized network services operated and delivered from the cloud. The NFX250 enables dynamic SD-WAN functionality and sophisticated routing services, while simultaneously supporting multiple Juniper and third-party VNFs on a single device. Value Proposition


The NFX250 eliminates the complexities of managing stacks of appliances to meet a myriad of customer service needs. Customers can deploy network and security services side by side with enterprise applications on a reliable and highperformance platform. Reduce operational complexity and drive down your TCO with automated service lifecycle management across all your facilities. Founded an open framework, consolidate all your VNFs and consume them as on-demand services delivered from the cloud.

Cloud Service Providers, Financials, Government & Education, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail

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Key Customers Verizon, AT&T, IBM, ActivePort

Truffle

Mushroom Networks PUBLIC | PRIVATE https://www.mushroomnetworks.com


https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/mushroomnetworksweb/wpcontent/brochure+Truffle.pdf D Description of Product: Truffle Product: Truffle provides a way to add additional bandwidth to your network, when you need it. Simply plug in additional broadband lines to increase your network capacity in a cost effective manner. Truffle works by aggregating service providers to build your own, best-in-class bandwidth, leveraging cable modems bandwidth, DSL's dedicated last-mile transport and low latency of MPLS all packaged together. Value Proposition


Truffle is a broadband bonding appliance that combines and intelligently manages multiple broadband connections simultaneously. Truffle is a proactive router that can monitor, detect and adapt against the fluctuations in your ISP performance as well as your changing traffic profile. By aggregating service providers,Truffle's dynamic QoS and smart overlay tunnels allow users to incorporate with or replace MPLS with broadband based tunnels that provide better value without sacrificing performance.

Cloud Service Providers, Financials, Government & Education, Healthcare, Retail

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Key Customers https://www.mushroomnetworks.com/case-studies


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RAD PUBLIC | PRIVATE http://www.rad.com

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Description of Product: RAD Product: RAD offers cost-optimized vCPE Toolbox for business services, from security to routing, SDWAN to IT services, and more. An open carrier-grade vCPE-OS operating system combines networking and virtualization on any vCPE device or white box. The Whitebox+ platform delivers wire-speed uCPE performance while preserving CPU resources for additional VNFs. Pluggable physical network functions enhance any white box with capabilities such as: MEF 2.0, PM, PDH/SDH/SONET, TDM user interface, 1588 GM, etc. Value Proposition


RADÕs vCPE Toolbox helps s ervice providers preserve established network operations procedures and avoid extra boxes. Zero-touch and call-home provisioning allow fast and easy deployment of value added services, while the open architecture of the vCPE-OS operating system is running on third-party white box platforms. Lastly, the pluggable devices enhance white boxes at carrier edge environments and enable deployment of uCPE over Ethernet, WiFi, LTE, DSL, GPON, TDM.


Form Factor Hardware appliance (COTS), Hardware appliance (proprietary), Software




Talari SD-WAN Solutions

Talari Networks PUBLIC | PRIVATE https://www.talari.com/


https://www.talari.com/solutions/sd-wan/ D Description of Product: Talari Product: Talari SD-WAN enables an open and extensible wide-area network that supports enterprise data centers, remote offices, and cloud services with a new paradigm in which packets are routed based on bandwidth suitability for the packetÕs protocol. Talari embeds this capability in the packet header to allow low latency applications that are less business-critical to be subordinated in favor of business-critical applications. Value Proposition


Talari, original innovator of SD-WAN technology, assists multi-site organizations transform their remote & branchoffice networks by intelligently allocating bandwidth at less cost, while delivering superior QoS f or greater continuity, operational agility & application control. Talari provides the most resilient & responsive edge network, delivering stable and redundant packet-level performance across hybrid-cloud IT infrastructures, regardless of the underlying application architecture.

Financials, Government & Education, Healthcare, Retail

Form Factor Hardware appliance (proprietary), Managed Service, Software




Key Customers https://www.talari.com/sd-wan-resources/case-studies/

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SmartCONNECT


Aryaka Networks PUBLIC | PRIVATE http://www.aryaka.com


http://info.aryaka.com/rs/477-WNL-836/images/smartconnect-wanCancel Download And Print optimization-as-a-service-aag.pdf D Description of Product: A Product: A Global Connectivity and Application Acceleration Service. It is the only global SD-WAN with a private WAN, and offers fast, stable and predictable performance for data, infrastructure, applications and other IT assets hosted in IaaS/PaaS environments. Gain an end-to-end, transparent view into the performance of your network and applications using the MyAryaka customer portal. Value Proposition


SmartCONNECT is the Only SD-WAN with a Global Private WAN.

Cloud Service Providers, Financials, Government & Education, Healthcare, Retail, Telecom, Manufacturing, Logistics and Transportation, Engineering Firms, Automotive, Airlines, Consumer Goods




Key Customers http://www.aryaka.com/proven-success/

SD-WAN-as-a-Service SD-WAN-as-a-Service (SD-WAN Managed Service) (Click to View More Details Online)

Fujitsu PUBLIC | PUBLIC | PRIVATE http://www.fujitsu.com/global/

http://www.fujitsu.com/us/products/network/services-support/noc/ D Description of Product: FujitsuÕs Product: FujitsuÕs SD-WAN-as-a-Service is a fully managed SD-WAN service which allows service providers to quickly go to market without capital outlay and start generating revenue fast by offering an SD-WAN service to their enterprise customers. The service offers zero-touch provisioning, application-based QoS, security and business intent policies and WAN optimization. Fujitsu integrates the SD-WAN solution into the providerÕs systems and provides 24x7x365 lifecycle management from their U.S. based NOC. Value Proposition


FujitsuÕs SD-WAN-as-a-Service is offered to service providers as monthly subscription based, white-labeled service, enabling them to bring an SD-WAN s ervice to market quickly rather than spend months developing it. The service can be delivered over any WAN type (Internet, MPLS VPNs, CE, WiFi, and LTE) and enterprises can use their existing WAN connections from any service provider. Our award-winning SDN/NFV consulting practice helps customize the service for each service provider.

Government & Education, Retail, Telecom, Utilities

Form Factor As a Service in the cloud, Hardware appliance (COTS), Hardware appliance (proprietary), Managed Service




Key Customers Not publicly available.

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SD-WAN Pro and

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Description of Product: Masergy Product: Masergy offers two fully Managed SD-WAN options: SD-WAN Go and SD-WAN Pro, and handles all design, deployment, maintenance, and ongoing 24x7 monitoring to mitigate unanticipated risks that can accompany implementation and new technology use. The two solutions provide unparalleled flexibility for unique application environments. Value Proposition


The two solutions provide unparalleled flexibility when designing networks for unique application environments. SDWAN Go is ideal for clients that want a cost effective and secure way to use Internet access to their global private WANs for some or all locations. SD-WAN Pro is ideal for clients that want to deploy SD-WAN throughout their network and leverage Internet access as the primary transport and for multi-active path designs that ensure resiliency.


Form Factor As a Service in the cloud, Managed Service



Key Customers https://www.masergy.com/reviews-and-testimonials/

Virtualized Overlay Networking

Virtela Technology Services Inc. PUBLIC | PRIVATE http://www.virtela.net


http://www.virtela.net/platforms/virtualized-overlay-networking/ D Description of Product: VirtelaÕs Product: VirtelaÕs Virtualized Overlay Networking platform integrates more than 1,000 of the bestperforming local, regional and global providers, giving you greater flexibility, greater resiliency, and greater geographic reach than any traditional network provider. Value Proposition


Virtela's Virtualized Overlay Network platform, with Local Cloud Centers (LCCs) strategically located around the world, eliminates the complexity and expense of having multiple networking devices at each customer branch office by enabling the transition of branch office IT services to the cloud. Virtela gives enterprises the benefit of an Òasset-lightÓ software-defined networking model that integrates 1,000+ local and regional network providers, giving companies greater flexibility.

Financials, Government & Education, Healthcare, Retail

Form Factor As a Service in the cloud, Managed Service




Key Customers http://www.virtela.net/category/customer-stories/

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