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For the third year SD-WAN adoption continues to grow with an ever-increasing interest in managed and co-managed offerings to navigate through the complexities of an integrated network and security solution, Masergy reveals. Converging the network and security into a single strategy is also important today, as is having a managed service provider for assistance.
Windstream Enterprise released a new security feature to protect businesses from increasingly sophisticated threats to their network and their data. Offered as part of its managed SD-WAN service, Windstream Enterprise's new Virtual Network Function Next-Generation Firewall gives businesses peace of mind that their networks are safe from attacks, out to the network edge, while also reducing the complexity associated with implementing a large-scale network security solution.
Cisco has released another batch of critical security updates for flaws in Cisco Data Center Network Manager and the Cisco SD-WAN Solution software. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is the network management platform for all NX-OS-enabled deployments, spanning new fabric architectures, IP Fabric for Media, and storage networking deployments for the Cisco Nexus-powered data center.
"We began offering SD-WAN solutions with Fortinet technology in 2019, and our customers have responded positively to the network experience and the security that solution provides," said Mike Flannery, chief marketing officer at Windstream Enterprise. Customers that choose Windstream Enterprise SD-WAN with Fortinet technology benefit from integrated security and SD-WAN in a single device, supported by Fortinet's industry-leading, next-generation firewall.
Barracuda announced a new secure SD-WAN service built natively on Microsoft Azure. The new Barracuda CloudGen WAN service is the first SD-WAN solution that runs inside Azure Virtual WAN Hubs.
The mandate to implement new public and private cloud networks, extend WAN connectivity to branch offices, support new IoT and privately-owned end-user devices, and develop aggressive application advancement strategies can often conflict directly with the need to secure the entire expanding network. Internal segmentation strategies-solutions that go well beyond simple VLANs-play a critical role in ensuring that agile connectivity strategies such as SD-WAN can be safely integrated into a traditional network.
They came from organizations of all sizes and across a broad range of sectors, in EMEA, APAC and the US. Secure SD-WAN fully integrated into public cloud is the solution of choice 23% of respondents have already deployed SD-WAN, with another 51% either in the process of deploying or expecting to deploy within the next 12 months. SD-WAN is being used by more than half of those who have added security to their public cloud.
In response to customers' needs, StarHub is now a one-stop service provider partner to enterprise customers seeking an innovative digital network management solution. Delivering the Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect SD-WAN edge platform, StarHub offers an end-to-end smart solution to help customers gain centralised control and full visibility over their entire network operations across distributed locations.
"Small and midsize organizations without adequate security resources require the best of both worlds. With leading throughput levels, layered security services, zero-touch SD-WAN capabilities and many other benefits, our new line of tabletop security appliances provides just that." WatchGuard's new tabletop security appliances are built to provide the advanced throughput and improved HTTPS traffic processing today's organizations need to keep up with the ever-increasing velocity of business, along with a comprehensive set of security services.
Enea, a global supplier of innovative software components for telecommunications and cybersecurity, and Videns IT Services, a network independent service provider delivering fully managed SD-WAN and Secure Access Service Edge services, announced that they have entered into a partnership enabling Videns to deliver second-generation SD-WAN solutions and services to customers worldwide. The services will be based on Enea NFV Access, a virtualization platform for universal Customer Premise Equipment.