ADDING MULTI-CLOUD DESTINATIONS TO YOUR SD-WAN JOURNEY – SIMPLIFIED

SDWAN Solutions is 100% focused on SD-WAN technology, and as trusted experts in all things SD-WAN we are here to help and advise you on how to make best use of the latest technologies to deliver a wide area network foundation tailored to your specific requirements, and get it right first time.

SD-WAN adoption is already mainstream and is recognised as the only intelligent network technology choice to support your move to the Cloud. SD-WAN facilitates constant network evolution and forward-thinking organisations are starting to look at combinations of on-premise, private and public Cloud instances when investigating potential fit for purpose and flexible SD-WAN solutions.

ADDING CLOUD & MULTI-CLOUD TO YOUR SD-WAN SOLUTION DESIGN

Traditional network design based on the services & solutions of a single provider or vendor are a thing of the past. A properly designed SD-WAN solution incorporates modular components covering all aspects of the solution – SD-WAN software, hardware, connectivity, security, IaaS, SaaS, private cloud and management options. You have 1000’s of options available to use. You select what is needed and where it’s needed and work with SDWAN Solutions to design and implement your perfect fit network, without being limited by a single provider, vendor product or solution. Bad news for traditional Telcos – good news for you!

CURRENT CLOUD CONNECTION OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR SD-WAN NETWORK DESIGN

SD-WAN facilitates hosted Cloud application access direct from each local branch without the need to route traffic back through a central hub or Data Centre. The current trend is for SD-WAN suppliers to partner with leading IaaS and SaaS providers, and to make available virtual instances of their SD-WAN software in each cloud. Most SD-WAN platforms recognise traffic destined for Cloud providers using IP Addressing and automatically apply routing, compliance and security settings.

AWS permits 3^rd party SD-WAN vendor software to run within customers Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) instances. Azure Virtual WAN service enables SD-WAN connections to Microsoft cloud networking services.

Let’s look at a few SD-WAN vendors and investigate their current Cloud strategy:

1. Citrix: Integrated with MS Azure
2. Cisco: Cloud Onramp is a setting on the cisco router that scores SaaS bound traffic & selects the best path to the SaaS provider. Cisco recently launched Colo-Bundling – offering colocation hosting facilities for customer’s SD-WAN instances so that their SD-WAN devices are situated closer to the Clouds in which their business applications are hosted.
3. CloudGenix: Branch edge devices have application identification and autopath selection to access Cloud based apps – standard SD-WAN practice.
4. Riverbed: offers one click VPNs to AWS and Azure.
5. Oracle: Cloud Connect – Places multi-tenant instances of their software within individual partner ecosystems to deliver traffic closest to the Cloud applications. RingCentral and Mode are current live Cloud Connect partners. Virtual instances of Oracle Talari can be installed in AWS & Azure.
6. Versa: facilitates virtual instances of their software within public and private clouds.
7. Velocloud: Makes use of cloud gateways hosted in facilities globally to route traffic to the main IaaS providers. Establishing gateways closer to the main Cloud provider instances is on the VeloCloud 5-year roadmap (as of April 2019)

OUR OBSERVATIONS ON THE CURRENT SD-WAN CLOUD CONNECTION OPTIONS AVAILABLE

1. Traditional SD-WAN customers using any private or 3rd party cloud provider, including Google, AWS, Microsoft Azure etc. will need to install, manage and pay for a separate virtual SD-WAN instance in every cloud provider accessed. Example: 3 Cloud environments = 3 additional SD-WAN instances.
2. Most SD-WAN vendor solutions send traffic destined for IaaS or SaaS Cloud environments directly from the branch edge device. This traffic is usually sent over the public Internet and is not SD-WAN shaped or enhanced.
3. Not all public clouds and providers are readily available, dependant on the SD-WAN provider. Oracle (Talari SD-WAN) currently has no plans to integrate with Google cloud, as an example.
4. SD-WAN providers recognise the advantage of delivering traffic as close as possible to the public Clouds.
5. Customers operate multiple systems and providers to control individual cloud application access.

SDWAN CLOUD AND HOW IT DIFFERS

Adding SDWAN CLOUD as another site on your SD-WAN network allows connection to every cloud provider, IaaS & SaaS instance from branch edge and to over 465 DC locations globally.

SDWAN CLOUD by SD-WAN Solutions is an innovative world first approach to simplifying multi-cloud environment access within an SD-WAN network solution. SDWAN CLOUD becomes a site on customer’s SD-WAN network and allows access to every IaaS and SaaS Cloud provider (including Talari access to Google Cloud) directly from all of the branch edge devices, thereby reducing management & cost while delivering SD-WAN traffic as close as physically possible to multiple cloud environments.

Branch edge traffic destined for Cloud environments is delivered to the very edge of the Public cloud network and is SD-WAN shaped and enhanced from the edge device to SDWAN CLOUD, thereby reducing latency and improving application access.

SDWAN CLOUD is connected to every IaaS and SaaS instance via customer controlled virtual X connects (VXC). Customers can spin up and spin down the VXCs via an online portal in less than 60 seconds, allowing IT departments to activate or change Cloud environments almost instantly. These connections can also be automated and can be billed monthly or on a per usage / consumption basis, giving customers complete control over their Cloud application access.

ADDITIONAL USES FOR SDWAN CLOUD

1.  International connectivity: A connection to SDWAN CLOUD facilitates connectivity to over 465 Data Centre locations globally, available on a pay as you use basis – you only pay for traffic when used. Ideal as a replacement to current expensive International dedicated point to point circuits that have strategic importance but perhaps not constantly in use 24×7.
2. Supports SD-WAN Multi-vendor solutions: Customers can seamlessly operate multiple SD-WAN vendors (Talari, Silver Peak and Velocloud) within a single solution. Different regions / departments or companies undergoing mergers can run different SD-WAN network solutions, share Cloud environments and communicate seamlessly via SDWAN CLOUD.
3. Disaster recovery and Business continuity: Customers have full control over Cloud access and can switch to alternative cloud environments in under 60 seconds, all via an online portal.
4. Storage and Backup: SDWAN Cloud can X-connect to dedicated storage and back-up facilities within the same environment, reducing latency and taking full advantage of SD-WAN traffic enhancements from every branch edge device to the back-up environment.
5. Perimeter-As-A-Service: SDWAN CLOUD can include connection to Meta Networks PaaS to facilitate secure and compliant remote user connections directly into your private network
6. Every aspect of the solution roll-out is project managed:  the SD-WAN hardware, software, onsite installations, connectivity orders and installs, man-in-a-van, engineering teams and all suppliers and vendors are carefully coordinated and managed by the SDWAN Solutions team.

SUMMARY – SMARTER CONNECTION TO MULTI-CLOUD ONLY VIA SDWAN CLOUD.

With a single instance of SDWAN CLOUD as part of their SD-WAN Network, customers have controlled access to every IaaS provider, SaaS provider and access to over 465 International data centres, with flexible billing options to suit specific requirements. All Head Offices, Data centres, branches and private cloud infrastructures are connected via a bespoke SD-WAN network, and all have direct & secure access to SDWAN CLOUD giving a complete solution – SDWAN CLOUD simplifies design, reduces cost & management, increases control and provides SD-WAN enhanced connectivity access direct to Cloud hosted applications.

SDWAN CLOUD is only available from SDWAN Solutions – for more information please visit:

https://www.sdwan-solutions.co.uk/sdwan-cloud

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