{"id":43108,"date":"2019-11-06T12:11:30","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T12:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/?p=43108"},"modified":"2019-11-12T09:34:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T09:34:43","slug":"riverbed-announces-launch-of-steelconnect-ex-sd-wan-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/2019\/11\/06\/riverbed-announces-launch-of-steelconnect-ex-sd-wan-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Riverbed announces launch of SteelConnect EX SD-WAN solution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Riverbed has announced the launch of its SteelConnect EX solution, an enterprise-class and carrier-grade WAN Edge Infrastructure solution with best-of-breed SD-WAN, integrated application acceleration and advanced network security services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The challenge it solves:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite\nits obvious benefits, adoption of SD-WAN amongst larger enterprises has been\nquite limited to date, due in large part to the inability for SD-WAN solutions\nto interface directly with legacy networks during a phased SD-WAN rollout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How SteelConnect EX solves this:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Riverbed SteelConnect EX sets a new standard for SD-WAN, enabling its mainstream adoption across enterprises and organisations of any size. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An enterprise-class and carrier-grade routing stack ensures that Riverbed\u2019s SD-WAN solution can seamlessly co-exist and interoperate with legacy networks, while best-in-class SD-WAN services enable organisations to adopt hybrid and Internet-based topologies without compromise to operational efficiency or WAN reliability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, industry-leading application acceleration offers the ability to optimise user experiences by boosting app performance by up to 33x or more for on-premises, cloud and SaaS-based applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Technical details:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SteelConnect EX solutions include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>SteelConnect EX SD-WAN<\/strong> enables enterprises to cost-effectively expand WAN capacity, accelerate the roll-out of new sites and applications and streamline operations for hybrid and Internet-based WAN topologies<\/li><li><strong>SteelConnect EX App Acceleration<\/strong> provides industry-leading application acceleration and optimisation capabilities to boost app performance and end-user experience by up to 33x or more for on-premises, cloud and SaaS-based applications. SteelConnect EX interoperates directly with SteelHead physical and virtual appliances today. And with the availability of SteelConnect EX, Riverbed also announces plans to further integrate Riverbed&#8217;s industry-leading application acceleration and optimisation capabilities into the SteelConnect EX platform in Q1 2020 for a converged SD-WAN Edge solution.<\/li><li><strong>SteelConnect EX Security<\/strong> enables fully integrated and layered security services to deepen and simplify branch security. Provides a broad set of security functions, including Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW), Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Antivirus (AV), and Intrusion Detection and Protection Services (IDS\/IPS).<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riverbed has announced the launch of its SteelConnect EX solution, an enterprise-class and carrier-grade WAN Edge Infrastructure solution with best-of-breed SD-WAN, integrated application acceleration and advanced network security services. 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