Aryaka, the Software Defined Network Platform provider, announced today the launch of its SD-WAN ULTRA service at the
NFV&SDN Expo
in Fort Lauderdale. Aryaka has built the first fully integrated SD-WAN
solution that combines a global private network, WAN Optimization and
cloud/SaaS acceleration to deliver enhanced application performance,
reduce capital expenditures and simplify network operations at branch
offices.
With these components, Aryaka's SD-WAN ULTRA addresses the
Achilles' heel of SD-WAN solutions -- inconsistent latencies and jitter,
associated with their dependence on the public Internet for transport
of mission-critical voice, video, data and application traffic that is
vital to business execution. The public Internet is a shared medium of
communication, and due to congestion and packet loss, lacks the
performance required for transferring business-critical voice, video and
data, and accessing cloud services or SaaS applications globally.
Aryaka's SD-WAN ULTRA combines its proprietary Smart Edge and
Smart Link technologies with a global private network to provide
dramatic performance improvements for voice, video and real-time
traffic. With added WAN Optimization functionality, data and application
traffic also sees massive throughput and performance improvements.
Further, due do the seamless integration and acceleration of cloud
services and SaaS applications, Aryaka has launched the first and only
SD-WAN solution that addresses application performance issues without
enterprises having to invest in legacy MPLS circuits.
"With the rapid proliferation of cloud services and SaaS
applications, existing SD-WAN solutions fall short of meeting
application performance expectations due to their reliance on the
Internet," said Ashwath Nagaraj, Founder and CTO of Aryaka Networks.
"Building our SD-WAN technology on top of a global private network and
adding WAN Optimization allows us to not only address these performance
bottlenecks but also reduce network complexity at branch offices while
keeping capital investments low."
"Businesses around the world are responding to the "digital
enterprise" imperative by exploiting the cloud as an agile platform for
applications. As with yesterday's LAN connected applications,
performance is a key consideration and as more employees use additional
applications, application performance directly becomes a business
performance issue," said Peter Christy, Research Director at 451
Research. "Whereas most SD WAN solutions are built on raw Internet
connectivity or existing MPLS WAN's, Aryaka's SD-WAN ULTRA is built on
Aryaka's purpose engineered Global Private Network that optimizes
performance based on dynamic network conditions and incorporates WAN
optimization technology and by doing so has proven to be an excellent
platform for delivering consistent performance for applications that are
used by global populations."
SD-WAN ULTRA Functionality:
- Smart Link:
This feature provides enterprises with the benefits
of Link Aggregation and enables them to use two ISP links
simultaneously at the edge, in an active-active form, to improve
reliability and network performance on the Internet links. Enterprise
locations and remote users securely connect to Aryaka's Software Defined
Network Platform within their region using Internet links for first and
last mile connectivity.
Smart Link improves the reliability and network performance
on the Internet links through load balancing, path selection, and single
and dual link packet loss recovery technologies. This results in
enhanced performance, especially for voice, video and real-time traffic.
The edge intelligence comes in the form of application classification
rules that can be set to use both these links in multiple ways. These
rules can be defined to reflect the unique requirements of the business.
- Smart Edge:
This feature converges an enterprise's WAN edge
functionality at the branch and includes cloud and VPN connectivity,
routing, firewall, QoS and application level control in a single
customer premise equipment (CPE), which is provided and fully managed by
Aryaka. This drastically simplifies network management at the customer
branch. It also minimizes or eliminates the need for distributed IT
resources.
Smart Edge eliminates the need to deploy a router, firewall
and WAN Optimization device at the edge. It also drastically simplifies
SaaS, VPN and Internet connectivity, allowing for policy-based routing
and the control and distribution of bandwidth between VPN and the
Internet.
Smart Edge also allows for link high availability and full
diversity at the edge to enhance network redundancy. Additionally, with
Smart Edge, the Aryaka CPE can split Internet traffic at the edge.
- WAN Optimization: This enables Aryaka's SD-WAN
ULTRA to deliver consistently better performance than other solutions on
the market. Aryaka's customers have realized up to 40x performance
improvements for both on-premise and cloud applications.
- Fully Managed Service: This includes end-to-end
monitoring and 24x7 CCIE Engineer-level support. Aryaka's fully managed
service delivery model results in cost savings, reduces complexity,
requires fewer IT resources, and eliminates the need to work with
multiple vendors.
- SaaS/Cloud Integration and Acceleration: This
feature permits the seamless integration of Office 365, AWS, Azure and
other cloud/SaaS services into the customer's VPN and delivers
significant performance improvements. Thus, it results in better end
user experience and higher productivity, and enables businesses to
leverage the benefits of SaaS.
- Private Global Network: Aryaka's private global
network bypasses the unreliability of the public Internet, providing
enterprises with consistent latencies and negligible packet loss to
deliver predictable application performance and user experience
globally.
Aryaka's new SD-WAN ULTRA is now available as part of its award-winning Software Defined Network Platform.