Cisco is unifying its security and softwaredefined wide area network (SDWAN) technologies to help organisations embrace the cloud faster with choice and confidence.
The WAN is undergoing a radical transformation. Today, organisations host their applications in multiple clouds – public, private and SaaS. The way people work has also changed; employees connect from coffee shops and airport lounges, instead of just the office. Now, organisations must rely on the Internet to connect users to businesscritical applications. This has resulted in a new Cloud Edge – the intersection of networking and security.
Until now, SDWAN solutions have forced IT to choose between application experience or security. By evolving its SDWAN portfolio, Cisco is addressing the new realities of the Cloud Edge. Cisco SDWAN
can help IT deliver better application experiences and make users more productive with unmatched simplicity and scale. And now, bestofbreed security can be easily enabled anywhere it is needed, from the branch to the cloud.
“The emergence of the new Cloud Edge is disrupting our customers’ network and security architectures. Today, every WAN device must become software defined and secure,” said Scott Harrell, senior vice president and general manager, Enterprise Networking at Cisco. “Cisco’s SDWAN makes it easy for customers to get the very best of networking and security. We are building a bridge to a new business world that speeds our customers’ ability to unlock the power of the cloud — faster with less risk.”
Cisco SDWAN: Simple, Secure, Scalable
Cisco SDWAN is built to address today’s most pressing issues, yet flexible enough to tackle the challenges of tomorrow. New innovations include:
- Fusing Security with SDWAN: From applicationaware enterprise firewall and intrusion prevention, to URL filtering, advanced security is now integrated into Cisco SDWAN devices and managed through a single pane of glass. And Cisco SDWAN is all powered by Talos, the industry’s most powerful cyber threat intelligence solution.
- Simplifying Cloud Security Deployments: By integrating Cisco SDWAN with Cisco Umbrella, access to malicious destinations can be blocked before a connection is ever established.
- Applications Experience: Cisco has partnered with Microsoft to enhance the Office 365 application experience for users. Unlike other vendors, Cisco SDWAN monitors in realtime all available paths to the Microsoft Office 365 cloud. Using Microsoft Office URLs, Cisco is also able to determine the closest cloud, resulting in up to 40 percent faster performance for users.
- Open and Programmable: With open APIs, Cisco SDWAN provides service providers and partners the opportunity to create unique new services. To help developers and network engineers innovate, Cisco DevNet has created new SDWAN learning labs and sandboxes.
- New SDWAN Infrastructure: With the world’s broadest SDWAN portfolio powered by Viptela and Meraki, Cisco is offering even more options for customers with two new Integrated Services Routers (ISR) designed for small and large branch offices.
- Quick Start Service: Cisco is also helping customers accelerate SDWAN deployments and decrease risk via a new SDWAN Quick Start Service. For a fixedprice, customers get access to remote implementation and knowledge transfer capabilities to streamline projects.
- Easy to Buy and Manage: Cisco has made it easier to consume and manage the new solution. Both the network and security can be purchased through a single license model and managed through a single interface.
Availability
- Cisco SDWAN Security and Microsoft Office 365 software: beginning Q4CY2018
- Cisco ISR 1111X8P and 4461 are available now
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