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Nokia’s Nuage Networks creates SD-
WAN 2.0 solution for desktop, mobile and
IoT devices and partners with Asavie
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SaaS offerings and mobile and IoT
devices. It will also provide managed
communications service providers with a
new and innovative way to deliver their
fixed and mobile broadband networks to
enterprises as a fully integrated, end-to-end
managed network service.
Ray Mota, CEO and Principal Analyst at ACG
Research, said: “Managed service providers
have had success delivering SD-WANaaS to
enterprise customers and our research shows
strong market growth in that segment. With
this extension to the Nuage SD-WAN 2.0
solution, leveraging the Asavie SD-Edge,
service providers will be able to expand
their offering to reach mobile users and IoT
devices as well as desktops in branches.
Nokia has announced a partnership
with Asavie to use its SD Edge
mobility solution to extend the reach
of the Nuage Networks SD-WAN 2.0 solution
to include enterprise mobile and IoT devices.
Mobile users will be able to seamlessly and
securely connect to enterprise clouds and
applications without the hassle of using VPN
clients on their devices. Enterprise IT teams
will benefit greatly from using the same
centralised policy and control for mobile
access as the rest of the enterprise users and
devices based in physical branch offices.
Nokia Nuage Networks SD-WAN 2.0 is
an industry leading managed network
connectivity solution for enterprises pursuing
their Digital Transformation. Nuage SD-WAN
allows enterprise IT managers to quickly
connect physical branch, public/private
cloud and SaaS services. It provides IT with
a ‘single-pane-of-glass’ from which, using
policies, they can manage security and
access to applications and data across the
enterprise network.
The solution will now integrate the Asavie SD
Edge, ensuring that mobile users will be able
to effortlessly connect with all enterprise
applications, across private and public
cloud and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).
The combined solution will ensure that
enterprise users have a consistent and secure
connectivity experience using any device,
whether in the office or on the move.
For enterprise IT managers, the integrated
Nuage and Asavie solution will provide
seamless end-to-end virtualised network
visibility and control, via centralised policy
management across physical branches,
the public and private cloud environments,
“This new solution from Nuage and
Asavie creates a much bigger addressable
market and upsell opportunities for service
providers to deliver business value to their
enterprise customers.”
Sunil Khandekar, Founder and CEO of
Nuage Networks, said: “With the rapid
increase in remote working and mobile
professionals caused by COVID-19, the
Asavie SD Edge mobile connectivity service
is a great addition to the Nuage SD-WAN
2.0 enterprise offering. It extends the power
and simplicity of SD-WAN to include mobile
devices, which means all the power of the
Nuage policy-driven approach and none of
the hassles associated with managing VPN
clients on disparate mobile and IoT devices.”
“The partnership with Nuage Networks is
an opportunity to lead a redefinition of
how mobile and network security can be
made simpler and better for enterprise CIOs
with a unified management and improved
security and user experience,” said Ralph
Shaw, CEO at Asavie. •
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