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Nitel Augments Sd-Wan Strategy With Announcement Of Cisco Secure Sd- Wan Managed Service
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New Ecosystem Partnerships: Prior to
the launch of its Wi-Fi 6 access points, Cisco completed interoperability testing with Broadcom, Intel and Samsung to address the inevitable gaps that come with a new standard. Samsung, Boingo, GlobalReach Technology, Presidio and others are expected to join the Cisco OpenRoaming project to solve one of today’s biggest wireless pain points.
The Cisco OpenRoaming project aims to make it easier to seamlessly and securely hop between Wi-Fi and LTE networks and onboard public Wi-Fi.
“Every leap in connectivity enables the next wave of profound innovation. 5G and Wi-Fi 6 represent a new era of connectivity,” said David Goeckeler, EVP and General Manager, Networking and Security Business at Cisco. “Developers are already creating the next generation of wireless-first, immersive experiences. With billions of things connecting to
the network, this growth will create unprecedented complexity for IT. Cisco is building a multi-domain network architecture to simplify complexity for IT, allowing CIOs to deliver against their innovation agenda.”
Wireless-first, cloud-driven, data- optimized
Wi-Fi 6 and 5G represent an enormous opportunity but require businesses
to tackle big challenges. Today, the workplace is wherever we work.
Users are more dependent on mobile experiences and have no tolerance for downtime. To meet these demands, the network must be:
Wireless-first: Today, mobile technologies are fueling economic growth — making it easier for workers to collaborate, shoppers to purchase, students to learn — from anywhere.
To deliver a great wireless experience, IT needs to look beyond the Wi-Fi and solve for the full end-to-end experience — driving consistent security, reliability and performance.
Cloud-driven: The cloud enables unprecedented scale. Cisco uses the cloud to deliver new innovations faster. The cloud also helps IT move from reactive to proactive by taking global insights and delivering best practices to help address problems before they impact users.
Data-optimized: The network offers millions of data points, providing context on users, their experience, and their vulnerabilities. Using powerful analytics, we can unlock new solutions that optimize IT operations, support better business decisions, provide innovative security solutions and engage customers in more effective ways.
Over the past two years, Cisco has built out its intent-based networking portfolio to prepare customers for tomorrow’s challenges. Cisco’s new access points and campus switch are purpose- built for intent-based networking and represent the culmination of Cisco’s efforts to reinvent its entire access portfolio. n
Leverages the Nitel Connect SD-WAN Platform to Eliminate Inconsistencies of the Middle Mile
CHICAGO, IL - Nitel, a leading nationwide next-generation technology services provider, has announced that
it is expanding its SD-WAN offerings to include Cisco Secure SD-WAN managed service. The new service offering leverages the Nitel Connect SD-WAN platform to more efficiently route select traffic and improve the predictability of the network’s middle mile.
The integration of Cisco Secure SD-WAN technology augments Nitel’s already-robust multi-platform SD-WAN strategy. The new offering gives Nitel partners an industry-leading solution with several key advantages:
Powerful VPN segmentation for secure IoT and guest network use-cases
Intelligent pathing to multiple cloud access points
Holistic “single pane-of-glass” management environment with deep analytics
Compatibility with millions of Cisco ISR and ASR series routers
Cisco was positioned in the Leaders quadrant of Gartner’s 2018 Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure
for its SD-WAN offering.*
“Cisco SD-WAN and the Nitel network
provide businesses with the valuable combination of private-network reliability, cloud optimization, and integrated security,” said Gordon Thomson, vice president, Global Enterprise Networking Sales at Cisco.
“As a managed service, this offering will deliver cost-effectiveness and application performance by monitoring, maintaining, and managing the network continuously. It makes embracing a hybrid multi-cloud WAN strategy extremely simple.”
Nitel SD-WAN customers will be able to take advantage of the Nitel Connect SD- WAN Platform for select internet traffic. As a private nationwide backbone, the platform will:
Eliminate middle-mile inconsistencies of sending traffic over the public internet
Enable direct connection to leading UCaaS and cloud providers via Nitel peering and fabric interconnections
Allow for virtualization of firewalls and other network functions
According to Nitel’s VP of product, Todd Miller, “The Nitel Connect SD- WAN Platform is a key component of our vision for SD-WAN moving forward. It will enable customers to bring together
all network functions – from routing and optimization to security and connection to cloud partners – under
a single platform,” He continued, “The platform solves significant performance issues found in internet-only SD-WAN deployments. Enabling the flow of traffic over our network will allow us to create predictability within the middle mile, ensuring performance, reliability and security.”
*Source: Gartner, Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure, Joe Skorupa, Andrew Lerner, Christian Canales, Mike Toussaint, 18 October 2018.
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Officer, Dimension Data. “By creating
a deeper collaboration environment, we will share and leverage our intellectual property, including products and code, allowing us to move faster with a focus on applied innovation to challenge the art of the possible, which will result in some exciting innovations for our clients.”
Cisco’s Chief Technology Officer,
Dave Ward added, “Innovation doesn’t happen in a vacuum; it requires
diverse skill sets and multiple points
of view. Co-innovation as a formal, structured process with our ecosystem, including partners and customers is part of our foundation simply because the market demands it. It’s a way to speed the innovation , allowing us to move at the speed of digital and adopt startup methodologies to bring products and solutions into being.”
Cisco and Dimension Data have over 28 years of experience working together, bringing to market a technology portfolio that offer solutions from the cloud to
the data centre, and all the way out to the edge. The focus remains delivering new customer experiences, transforming processes and business models, and empowering workforce innovation.
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Cisco and Dimension Data Announce Co- Innovation Partnership
San Jose, Calif. / Johannesburg,
South Africa - Cisco and Dimension Data have announced a new co- innovation agreement, to develop a deeper collaboration environment
and framework to jointly solve clients’ business needs. Drawing on their respective core strengths, competencies, and technologies, Cisco and Dimension Data are coming together to provide the scale and market-reach to transform ideas into viable, deployable solutions.
As part of the multi-year agreement, both companies plan to utilize Cisco’s global network of Co-Innovation Centres to drive collaboration in
key areas such as 5G, Internet of Things, and Blockchain. Additionally, the two companies will continue to enrich and expand their Connected
Conservation program that is leveraging sophisticated solutions to protect and better the planet, endangered animals, and their communities.
Working closely to innovate beyond traditional products to solve business and operational challenges will allow both companies to drive more ambitious projects and outcomes. They share a vision of tapping into their deep pools of existing technology and co-innovating with customers and the broader ecosystem to meet client needs as they arise and deliver enhanced capabilities in an agile fashion.
“This partnership means we’re in a stronger position to research, test and develop new offerings at a speed beyond the traditional market cycle,” said Ettienne Reinecke, Chief Technology
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