Telco Systems launched a new open vCPE solution for managed SD-WAN services together with Silver Peak, a global leader in broadband and hybrid WAN solutions.
The joint vCPE SD-WAN solution enables service providers quickly bring new tiered, high performance, virtualized services to the market.
The two companies are demonstrating the new solution at the NFV World Congress in San Jose, California, which takes place on May 2-5, 2017. Telco Systems will be exhibiting at Booth #52 and Silver Peak will be exhibiting at Booth #38.
The joint solution integrates Silver Peak’s Unity EdgeConnect virtual SD-WAN solution with Telco Systems’ Verge platform. Verge is an open, service-ready, plug-and-play vCPE based on industry standard x86 hardware platforms and is part of Telco Systems’ new NFVTime suite.
The Silver Peak EdgeConnect virtual SD-WAN solution is a scalable, multi-tenant SD-WAN solution that provides secure and reliable virtual overlays to connect users to applications with the flexibility to use any combination of MPLS, broadband and LTE transport services without compromising network or application performance.
Centrally managed with Unity Orchestrator, enterprises can quickly configure application-driven security policies that enable direct granular internet breakout for trusted SaaS and web applications from any branch location.
The joint solution also provides zero touch provisioning and deployment, orchestration and portal integration. The integrated solution is extensible to include third party functions such as virtual firewalls and virtual SLA probes drawn from both companies extensive VNF partner ecosystem.
By adopting SD-WAN over open vCPE, telcos and managed service providers can immediately serve customers with a best-in-class SD-WAN solution and seamlessly and remotely layer on additional VNF-based network services at any time. These services may be offered with flexible pricing models, such as pay-as-you-grow, try-and-buy and other subscription models.
“The partnership underscores the value of combining a best in class CPE virtualization platform with a complete SD-WAN software solution, bringing the future of managed business services to telcos and service providers today,” said Shayne Stubbs, Vice President Service Providers and Cloud at Silver Peak.