Verizon Business has mixed in a new flavor of SD-WAN with the addition of Silver Peak s Unity EdgeConnect platform.
Amit Kapoor, director of Virtual Network Services for Verizon Business, says the service provider initially launched SD-WAN services with Cisco IWAN in 2015, and later added Cisco Viptela and Versa SD-WAN services as options for enterprise customers.
Kapoor says what s appealing about Silver Peak is that it delivers an integrated SD-WAN and WAN optimization solution, and has maintained a growing leadership position in the SD-WAN space. Silver Peak has a number of other features that Verizon hopes will appeal to customers, including improved management and access to cloud applications, SaaS-based cloud control capabilities, and service-chained security features, adds Kapoor.