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FatPipe Updates, Simplifies
SD-WAN Platform
FatPipe Networks recently unveiled its Next Gen Version
SD-WAN platform, designed to further simplify the manage-
ment of a wide-area network in an SD-WAN world. Version
9 of the platform eliminates the need for complex routers,
providing load balancing for Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks.
Virtual versions are available for Amazon and Azure plat-
forms, along with VMware and other common platforms.
The solution enables a company to integrate its SDN at
the data center with the SD-WAN at the branch level, says
FatPipe. It includes Layer 2 and Layer 3 support for routed
and switched topologies in a global SDN deployment, bridg-
ing the LAN and WAN chasm, says the company. New auto-
configuration functionality reduces complexity in configuring
multiple appliances; MPSec, VPN and policy routing rules
are propagated to remote/branch devices automatically
from a central location. Adding BGP & OSPF support into
the platform improves support for legacy routing protocols,
says Fatpipe. A web-based interface automatically scales
for all screens: desktop, mobile and tablets.
FatPipe’s “branch in a box” SD-WAN product, mean-
while, combines aspects of a branch’s requirements, such
as multi-line load balancing, firewall, VPN, QoS, local Smart
DNS and other features, for a single
solution at a branch, making a branch
network very simple to deploy.
“This upgrade represents a unified
management approach that can be deliv-
ered as a comprehensive SDN + SD-WAN
architecture − regardless of location, ap-
pliances, data center network, routing
protocols, types of applications, devices
used and configurations, including private,
public and hybrid cloud models – and
eliminates the need for complex routers,”
said FatPipe’s CTO Sanch Datta.
MegaPath Expands
Business SD-WAN
MegaPath announced the expansion
of its managed SD-WAN offerings for
SMB and enterprise customers. SD-WAN
Pro and SD-WAN Enterprise give busi-
nesses the flexibility to build a solution
that is the right fit for their needs, size
and budget, said the company. SD-WAN
packages start at $57 per month.
The SD-WAN Pro package is designed
to eliminate the complexity and cost of
supporting a private network at the branch
level. SD-WAN Enterprise combines the
ease of multi-location networking with al-
ways-on WAN connectivity in order to sup-
port mission-critical, cloud-based services
such as voice and video. Both offerings in-
clude IPsec VPN, application performance
monitoring and load balancing and failover.
The Enterprise version also provides real-
time application failover with guaranteed
zero downtime, bi-directional priority rout-
ing and true bandwidth aggregation.
SD-WAN Pro supports two WAN links
while SD-WAN Enterprise supports up to six
WAN links. Optional Managed WiFi provides
an end-to-end managed wireless LAN.
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