The Riverbed SD-WAN solution gets "significant" enhancements, including an improved core routing stack enabling support for large and complex enterprise networks demanding advanced interoperability between SD-WAN and legacy networks.
“Organisations across every industry are striving to digitally transform their business in order to stay competitive. Consequently, limitations of legacy networks have become roadblocks to truly fulfilling these digital strategies,” the company says. “By delivering a next-gen architecture with new flexible subscription pricing and enhanced routing capabilities, Riverbed has raised the bar in helping businesses accelerate their digital transformation initiatives and implement a software-defined networking approach for increased agility, greater efficiency and ultimately, better financial results. And now with 1000 SD-WAN customers worldwide, Riverbed has established itself as a true leader in the SD-WAN market.”
The Riverbed WAN Edge solution provides unified connectivity and policy-based orchestration spanning across SD-WAN, SD-LAN, datacentres and both public and private cloud, with one-click automated connectivity into Microsoft Azure and AWS. Customers can steer traffic into any network point or point of presence (PoP), and the solution also enables zero-touch provisioning for the setup of global networks.
The solution natively integrates with 3rd party network security solutions, including the Zscaler cloud security platform, streamlining networking and security. Access to an enhanced in-field upgrade allows the expansion of capabilities to include advanced SD-WAN and WAN Optimisation, while a subscription-based pricing model allows customers to pay according to specific requirements.
