{"id":13637,"date":"2016-12-08T07:55:43","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T07:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/?p=13637"},"modified":"2016-12-08T07:55:43","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T07:55:43","slug":"riverbed-teams-up-with-verizon-to-deliver-aws-direct-connect-bundle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/2016\/12\/08\/riverbed-teams-up-with-verizon-to-deliver-aws-direct-connect-bundle\/","title":{"rendered":"Riverbed teams up with Verizon to deliver AWS Direct Connect Bundle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Riverbed Technology \u00a0is joining forces with Verizon Enterprise Solutions to deliver an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect Bundle solution to support hybrid architecture deployments. With this solution, enterprise customers can connect their branch offices and data centres to AWS environments through managed network services.<\/span><\/p>\n

Announced at AWS re:Invent 2016 in Las Vegas, this AWS Direct Connect Bundle combines Riverbed\u2019s SteelHead WAN optimisation solution, Verizon\u2019s Secure Cloud Interconnect and Virtual Network Services solutions, and AWS Direct Connect solution into a single offering. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As enterprises continue to drive cloud-first strategies, organisations with multiple locations ranging from headquarters to branch offices need to ensure that all of their employees have secure, fast, consistent network access, regardless of their location and device. The increasing mobility of employees, combined with the rise of the hybrid architectures, where applications and data are hosted in both the data centre and the cloud, has complicated network traffic and application delivery, adding strain to the traditional network.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result, more businesses are transitioning to the cloud to leverage the capacity and cost economics of Internet broadband and complement highly reliable multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) based networks.\u00a0According to a recent\u00a0IDC study,\u00a0wide area networking (WAN) optimisation is an increasingly critical element in the realisation\u00a0of hybrid architecture environments for enterprises worldwide. This provides high performance for all\u00a0applications, whether hosted on-premises or in the cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRiverbed has a long history of teaming with service providers such as Verizon to provide highly-scalable networking solutions for our joint enterprise customers,\u201d said Phil Harris, senior vice president and general manager, Service Provider Segment Vertical and Strategy at Riverbed. \u201cWorking with cloud services providers like AWS is a natural extension of these solutions and meets the needs of today\u2019s hybrid networking environments, allowing businesses to support their digital transformation initiatives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Verizon\u2019s Virtual Network Services (VNS) and Secure Cloud Interconnect solution enable enterprise customers to leverage universal customer premises equipment (uCPE) to provide managed connectivity to their employees over a secure, efficient and high performance network. Implemented as a virtual network function (VNF) within Verizon\u2019s VNS and Secure Cloud Interconnect environments, Riverbed\u2019s SteelHead\u00d4 WAN optimisation accelerates application performance in the cloud, addressing both bandwidth and latency issues, to help improve end-user experience and productivity. SteelHead accelerates access for users from virtually any location and speeds up the migration to the cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith this offering, Verizon and Riverbed are furthering their collaboration to deliver joint solutions that businesses require to realise the full potential of digital transformation through better cost economics, agility and flexibility,\u201d said Shawn Hakl, vice president of networking and innovation, Verizon. \u201cWith our new solution set, enterprises will be able to balance agility, performance, cost and security necessitated by the growth of mobile-to-cloud applications and the Internet of Things.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information on the Direct Connect Bundle solution, visit https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/directconnect\/directconnectbundles\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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