NetFoundry today announced its
NetFoundry AppWANs
is available as an integrated on-ramp to Microsoft Azure. The
NetFoundry AppWAN solution makes it simple, secure and cost-effective to
connect to Azure, enabling businesses to connect with an all-software
solution in minutes. NetFoundry is available to pilot customers today,
starting as a free trial. Azure Virtual WAN functions as a managed
site-to-site and site-to-VNET networking solution.
NetFoundry
has worked with Microsoft to ensure simple, integrated provisioning
between Azure Virtual WAN and NetFoundry AppWANs. As a result, AppWANs
provides enterprise-grade security, improves performance and simplifies
network management.
Combined,
the NetFoundry AppWAN and Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN provides
customers with an on-demand solution capable of functioning as a global
WAN with optimized Azure connectivity. Businesses run NetFoundry AppWAN
endpoints directly on user devices, in branch offices and in private
data centers. The endpoints then connect as a global overlay network,
using existing Internet connections.
"The
Azure Virtual WAN service provides optimized branch and VNET
networking. NetFoundry enables customers to realize the Azure Virtual
WAN benefits, automating the on-premises connectivity to Azure with
secure, software-only NetFoundry AppWANs," said Mike Kochanik, Vice
President of Alliances, for NetFoundry.
NetFoundry
now offers Azure cloud-native agility, instant connectivity, and simple
deployment and scalability through its first-of-its kind Application
Specific Networking (ASN) approach. NetFoundry propels enterprises to
their goal of a modern and dynamic network that erases the problems of
legacy technologies: outmoded and complex network models including VPN
and MPLS, that cannot support secure, distributed, cloud-based
applications. NetFoundry enables ASNs by allowing its customers to use
its global network control platform to spin up connectivity instantly.
The result is instant and secure connectivity for IoT deployments,
Virtual WANs, and custom secure application connectivity between
organizations, partners and end users.
"We're
pleased that customers looking to simplify branch connectivity and
extend application workloads on Microsoft Azure now have access to the
NetFoundry AppWAN integrated Azure WAN solution," said Reshmi
Yandapalli, principal program manager, Azure networking, Microsoft. "The
seamless integration between Azure Virtual WAN and NetFoundry AppWANs
provide ease of use and simplification of connectivity and configuration
management hence providing optimized and automated branch-to-branch
connectivity through Azure."