SD-WAN Comparison Guide The following TBI chart is an aid to quickly understand our best-of-breed SD-WAN vendors, differences,

SD-WAN vendors, differences, and positioning. SMB: 1-100 employees Mid-Market: 101-1,000 employees Small Enterprise: 1,001-3,000 employees Mid Enterprise: 3,001-10,000 employees Large Enterprise: 10,001+ employees

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Airespring Aryaka AT&T BCN BigLeaf CenturyLink Cloudgenix Coeo CPI Telecom Ecessa Expereo Fusion GTT Hypercore Masergy MetTel Netrio Nitel NTT Tata Telesystem Telstra TPx Verizon Windstream Zayo
Business Communications
VERSA FORTINET CISCO VERSA VERSA VERSA CISCO VERSA FORTINET SD- VERSA VERSA CISCO VERSA VERSA VERSA CISCO VERSA
Platform VELOCLOUD ARYAKA VELOCLOUD CISCO VIPTELA SILVERPEAK VELOCLOUD BIGLEAF MERAKI SD-WAN CLOUDGENIX MAKO NETWORKS VELOCLOUD ECESSA SILVERPEAK VELOCLOUD CISCO VIPTELA VELOCLOUD VELOCLOUD VELOCLOUD VELOCLOUD SILVERPEAK VELOCLOUD VELOCLOUD SILVERPEAK CATO NETWORKS CISCO VIPTELA CISCO MERAKI VELOCLOUD VELOCLOUD CISCO IWAN CISCO VIPTELA VELOCLOUD
NETWORKS SD-WAN MERAKI SD-WAN NETWORKS NETWORKS NETWORKS* MERAKI SD-WAN NETWORKS WAN NETWORKS NETWORKS MERAKI SD-WAN NETWORKS NETWORKS NETWORKS MERAKI SD-WAN NETWORKS
Fully Managed or Co- Last mile carrier Fully Managed, Fully Managed, Fully Managed, Fully Managed, Fully Managed, Fully Managed, Fully Managed primarily. Carrier agnostic. ISP Managed service,
Carrier agnostic - Fully Managed or Co- Carrier agnostic - Carrier agnostic - Carrier agnostic - Carrier agnostic - Carrier agnostic - Carrier agnostic - Carrier agnostic - Carrier agnostic - Carrier agnostic - Fully-Managed, Co- Carrier agnostic - Carrier agnostic - Carrier agnostic - Full Managed Service, Carrier agnostic - Managed service, option Fully Managed or Co- Fully Managed or Co- Fully Managed or Co- Carrier agnostic - Carrier agnostic - Managed service, option Carrier agnostic - Carrier agnostic -
Carrier Requirements Managed Service up to agnostic - Managed Co-Managed, or Self Co-Managed, or Self Co-Managed, or Self Co-Managed, or Self Co-Managed, or Self Co-Managed, or Self Self managed optional Managed Service Managed Service Fully Managed Service Customer managed Carrier agnostic Carrier agnostic Managed Service Managed Service Monitoring and ticketing Managed Service Managed Service Managed Service Managed Service Managed Service Managed Service Managed Managed Service Managed Service Full Managed Service Full Managed Service Managed Service Co-Managed Service Full Managed Service Full Managed Service Full Managed Service Managed Service for MSP to self- manage Managed Service Managed Service Managed service Managed service Managed service Managed Service circuit not required but Managed Service for MSP to self- manage Managed Service Managed Service NA
WRITE access Service Managed Service Managed Service Managed Service Managed Service Managed Service Managed Service by request with customer LOA encouraged

Multi-Site. Other Multi-Site. Other Multi-Site. Other

solutions are more solutions are more solutions are more
Minimum Site Requirement 1+ Site Multi-site 1+ Site Multi-site Multi-site Multi-site Multi-site Multi-site 1+ Site 1+ Site 1+ Site 1+ Site Multi-site 1+ Site Multi-site Multi-site 1+ Site Multi-site Multi-site Multi-site Multi-site 1+ Site 1+ Site 1+ Site 2+ Sites 1+ Site Multi-site 1+ Site Multi-site 1+ Site 1+ Site 1+ Site 1+ Site 1+ Site Multi-site 1+ Site Multi-site Multi-site optimal for single-site optimal for single-site optimal for single-site 1+ Site Multi-site Multi-site Multi-site Multi-site Multi-site Multi-site
scenarios. scenarios. scenarios.

Domestic Yes ICB Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ICB ICB ICB Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

S. America No ICB Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ICB No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No ICB ICB ICB ICB ICB ICB ICB ICB No Yes

Geographical Europe Yes ICB Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ICB No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes ICB Yes Yes No ICB ICB ICB ICB ICB ICB ICB ICB No Yes
Deployment APAC Yes ICB Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ICB No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes ICB Yes Yes No ICB ICB Yes ICB ICB ICB ICB ICB No Yes

Global Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ICB No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes ICB Yes Yes No ICB ICB ICB ICB ICB ICB ICB ICB No Yes

MIxed Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ICB No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes ICB Yes Yes No ICB ICB ICB ICB ICB ICB ICB ICB No Yes
Physical (SMB & Mid- Standard Expereo Standard Expereo Standard Expereo Professional Fusion Professional Fusion
Deployment Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Physical Physical Physcial Physical Market) or Virtual Physical Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Physical Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Deployment for SD-WAN Deployment for SD-WAN Deployment for SD-WAN Physical or Virtual Technician Technician Physical Physical Physical Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Physical (MX Series) Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Physical (MX Series) Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual Physical or Virtual

We have local presence

in nearly every market
within the domestic Flexibility on application
United States that Zero Touch Deployment, We have 2,000 PoPs in
Full turn-key solution steering with easy to
This solution includes Active/Active path can physically turn Single link remediation, Seamless Forward Error more than Fully managed
Each customer location including dashboard PCI DSS certified in a Hybrid WAN, WAN manage groups and
multi-tenant, managed selection per session for the gear up. We also active-active packet Pure over-the-top, Correction, Dynamic Leverage Cisco routers, 200 countries and implementation (white-
Active/Active in US, with is connected to two configuration and on site manner extensible to Failover, Vendor/ Circuit Dedicated Sales and Dedicated Sales and can rate limit specific Originally a WAN Several NNIs to offer
implementation with the same application. have a team of our level bonding, seamless customer must Path Selection, Link Versa Networks built either existing or new Leverage Meraki territories glove), ability to provide
Ability to size SD-WAN MPLS Replacement, Cold Spare appliance Active/Active in US, with Active/Active in US, with Active/Active in US, with SD-WAN license free Leveraging Windstreams BigLeaf gateways for installation. Additionally the merchant using the Agnostic. MPLS/ Private Design Engineer, Project Design Engineer, Project applications. Can do High focus on security optimization company. hybrid MPLS/ Broadband Multi-tenant controller VeloCloud differentiator Verizon network. Leverage Cisco routers,
Optional network bundle a customer-facing Can deploy in monitor own local engineers transition between provide bandwidth; Steering remediation, Gateways all sit on the Multi-tenant, managed into the Telesystem deployments. Solutions security appliances, worldwide. Solutions 10G SD-WAN box a hybrid SD-WAN White glove installation
Deployment Differentiator solution on in-tunnel Global Private network in 51 countries.                      Cold
        Spare
           appliance
                 in    Cold Spare appliance in Cold Spare appliance in when purchasing available VeloCloud gateways for redundancy. management portal, we can provide all new only mode for rich service. Massively that can work on the IP underlay support various networks 24/7 Support to help None None None active-active packet Manager, 5 years of Manager, 5 years of GTT backbone. both hub and spoke and leveraging a best of Forward error correction, deployments; 4 SD-WAN Netrio Managed Netrio Managed Netrio Managed Netrio Managed implementation. Carrier / circuit agnostic. deployed at strategic network. With built in available to include either existing or new available can include - Internet Gateways, Multi-tenant, managed either existing or new Carrier / circuit agnostic. available. and MPLS network from Zayo
traffic only CDN provider SD-WAN Now package 51 countries. 51 countries. 51 countries. Fortinet firewall points of presense Customer freedom to equipment or perform a scalable WANs In-built built on a true SDN experience in deploying experience in deploying mesh vpn networks. breed firewall solution. Tunnel bonding gateways in North aggregation points. Packet Duplication. implementation. deployments.
extensive work on network / application design and physically including Cellular, only customer manage level bonding, seamless DDoS protection.  MPLS and/or internet deployments. MPLS and/or internet design. 7 geo diverse
available in the lower 48 set their own encryption Walk In Take Over (WITO) failover. orchestration and and supporting SD-WAN and supporting SD-WAN Allows for backhauling technology. America.
building profiles per analytics without pick up the phone / Shoretel approved implementation. transition between connectivity. connectivity through Gateways with layered
from own firewall. of a customer's existing 100% cloud managed. partner neutral platform. traffic based on
customer requirements. affecting traffic. have a conversation. SDWAN provider various networks the SD-WAN Connect Redundancy
Meraki infrastructure. applications back to a
Additionally, our core including 4G/LTE. program.
hub location.
level engineers are also
available for network
design calls.
MPLS, Ethernet, Any transport (MPLS,
Any transport (MPLS, Any transport (MPLS,
Any transport (MPLS, Any transport (MPLS, Any transport (MPLS, Broadband, 3G/4G/ Any transport (MPLS, Any transport (MPLS, Any transport up to Any transport up to Any transport up to Any transport up to Any transport (MPLS, Any transport (MPLS, Any transport (MPLS, Any transport (MPLS, Any transport (MPLS, Any transport (MPLS, Any transport (MPLS, Any transport (MPLS, Ethernet, Broadband,
MPLS, Ethernet, Ethernet, Broadband, Ethernet, Broadband, Any transport (MPLS, MPLS, Ethernet,
Ethernet, Broadband, MPLS, Ethernet, MPLS, Ethernet, MPLS, Ethernet, MPLS, Ethernet, MPLS, Ethernet, MPLS, Ethernet, MPLS, Ethernet, Ethernet, Broadband, MPLS, Ethernet, MPLS, Ethernet, Ethernet, Broadband, MPLS/Private IP, MPLS, Ethernet, MPLS, Ethernet, MPLS, Ethernet, Ethernet, Broadband, MPLS, Ethernet, MPLS, Ethernet, LTE. GTT has over 3500 Ethernet, Broadband, MPLS, Ethernet, MPLS, Ethernet, MPLS, Ethernet, Ethernet, Broadband, 40G (MPLS, Ethernet, 40G (MPLS, Ethernet, 5G (MPLS, Ethernet, 1G (MPLS, Ethernet, Ethernet, Broadband, MPLS, Ethernet, MPLS, Ethernet, Ethernet, Broadband, Ethernet, Broadband, MPLS, Broadband, Ethernet, Broadband, Ethernet, Broadband, Ethernet, Broadband, Ethernet, Broadband, MPLS, Ethernet, Ethernet, Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE, Satellite, Zayo IPVPN, DIA, LTE
Access Options Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE, 3G/4G/LTE, Satellite, etc. Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE Broadband, 4G/LTE Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE 3G/4G/LTE, Satellite, Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE 3G/4G/LTE, Satellite, 3G/4G/LTE, Satellite, 3G/4G/LTE, Satellite, Internet/ Broadband P2P, MOE, TLS, Ethernet, Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE, Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE 3G/4G/LTE, Satellite, Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE NNI's so we can provide 3G/4G/LTE, Satellite, Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE 3G/4G/LTE, Satellite, Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE, Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE, Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE, Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE, 3G/4G/LTE, Satellite, Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE Broadband 3G/4G/LTE, Satellite, 3G/4G/LTE, Satellite, 3G/4G/LTE, Satellite, etc. 3G/4G/LTE, Satellite, 3G/4G/LTE, Satellite, 3G/4G/LTE, Satellite, 3G/4G/LTE, Satellite, Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE 3G/4G/LTE, Satellite, etc.) – To included and BYOA
any public/private circuit etc.) Multi-carrier LTE, etc.) Multi-carrier LTE, Broadband, 3G/4G/LTE) Satellite
etc.) etc.) etc.) diverse dual access at etc.) etc.) Satellite, etc.) Satellite, etc.) Satellite, etc.) Satellite, etc.) etc.) etc.) etc.) etc.) etc.) etc.) etc.) etc.) Customer Provided /
xDSL depends on model. xDSL depends on model. most locations globally. Over the Top
We offer real time
voice fail over on Multiple geographically
Branch and DC HA Multiple geographically
Completely dependent hosted PBX or SIP (the Internet Gateways, redundant Fusion- Active/Active for
Tradional models for scale out and Internet Gateways, redundant Cisco cloud Performance routing to Performance routing to
Internet Gateways on customer conversation will not Application based traffic Packet Deduplication, Packet Duplication Link owned Gateways and Internet Gateways Two Geo-redundant performance
Internet Gateways Redundant appliances firewall failover Warm spare and HA redundancy, Packet Duplication, Link orchestration platforms. Carrier agnostic - Performance routing to avoid dropping traffic, Standard failover Leveraging the avoid dropping traffic, Performance routing to
deployed globablly. requirements; from drop). We also offer the steering with customer link aggregation, Aggregation cloud orchestration deployed Globablly. Internet Gateways, Internet Gateways, At customer site, based switching platforms Internet Gateways, monitoring based on Internet Gateways, Link Aggregation and
Packet Duplication Link 26 gateways across the available. Link Redundant appliances Tradional firewall between circuits.                   8   Gateways
   throughout options available,   Same Link aggregation, Link aggregation, Application specific Circuit and Hardware HA Circuit and Hardware HA Circuit and Hardware HA Aggregation, Same IP Supports HA hot Managed Service. ON Carrier agnostic - Link Aggregation Link Aggregation avoid dropping traffic WAN links running in between circuits when VeloCloud Infrastructure. Link Aggregation, High WAN links running in avoid dropping traffic
Resiliency & Failover Aggregation Micro- globe Packet Duplication, Link Aggregation with sub available. Sub second failover failover between circuits Cloud Management for the US IP failover, Redundant appliances. Redundant appliances. brownout detection at simple and low cost standard active, active defined failover Active/Active and per Ports will fail open/ available available available failover, Warm spare and platforms. Supports spare MX deployment. Packet Duplication, Link demand remediation for Managed Service Sub-second failover Sub-second failover Packet Duplication, Link High availability option Packet Duplication, Link High availability optional High availability optional High availability option HSRP to allow for on design selected or housed in two privately Active/Active, HSRP specified parameters are Available redundant Packet Duplication, Link availibilty option Active/Active, HSRP HSRP to allow for the application profile, Packet Duplication, Link redundant appliances
Segmentation OTT IP's Aggregation, sub second second failover. an ease of management High-Availablity option Layer 7, Seamless through to hardware, or active, passive while scenarios. Active/Active application/per path closed based on High-Availability options HA hot spare VCE Supports 2 WAN circuits Aggregation, sub-second jitter and packet loss Aggregation Aggregation redundant devices built in at POP owned data centers. 39 to allow for redundant exceeded. appliances Aggregation to allow for redundant redundant devices Active performance Aggregation available
failover circuit and geographic maintaining static traffic dual CPE config available performance testing and configuration deployment. Supports Failover POPs and 22 NNIs testing per application
and troubleshooting failover for network path available. plus 4G/LTE wireless devices devices
redundancy. carving and QOS. Can path selection 2-6 WAN circuits plus class, per path
down scenarios failover.
also dynamically route 4G/LTE wireless failover.
based on application.
WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, Application,
WAN, Application, QoS, Performance based WAN optimization, WAN, Source, Traffic Shaping, Policy, WAN, Application, QoS, OSPF, BGP, Packet WAN, Application, basic
WAN, Application, QOS, WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, Application, Traffic WAN, Application WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, Application, QOS, WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, Application, QoS, QoS, Traffic Shaping, Hub and Spoke, Full Hub and Spoke, Full WAN, Application, QOS<, WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, Application, QOS, WAN, QoS, Traffic WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, Application, QOS, WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, QoS, Traffic WAN, Application, QoS, WAN, Application, QoS, Static, OSPF, BGP, BFD
Routing Capabilities Traffic Shaping, BGP, Load Balancing Traffic Shaping Traffic Shaping routing, WAN, Application, QoS, Traffic Shaping steering Traffic Shaping Load Balancing Traffic Shaping Traffic Shaping Traffic Shaping Destination, Custom, Traffic Shaping Traffic Shaping Load Balancing and OSPF, Bridge modee, BGP, OSPF, Static BGP, OSPF, Static BGP, OSPF, Static Traffic Shaping WAN, Mesh Mesh, Remote User VPN Traffic Shaping Steering, specify routes Traffic Shaping Traffic Shaping Traffic Shaping Traffic Shaping Traffic Shaping Traffic Shaping Traffic Shaping Traffic Shaping Load Balancing Shaping Traffic Shaping Traffic Shaping Traffic Shaping routing and traffic- Load Balancing Traffic Shaping Load Balancing Load Balancing Shaping Load Balancing Traffic Shaping etc.
OSPF Application, QoS Shaping BGP Bonding, Static, OSPF, Application, QOS, on an application level shaping
translucent mode
BGP
"Yes (AES-256 and AES- Yes (IPSEC, AES-256 and
Encryption Yes AES128/256 Yes (IPSec) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes 128 for countries that Yes Yes AES-128) Yes Yes (IPSec/SSL) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (SSL and IPSec) Yes Yes
require)"
Premise-based Meraki
Zone Based Fully integrated stateful Application-aware bi- MX firewall integrated
Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes network firewall Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
firewall directional firewall into SD-WAN edge
integrated into uCPE device
No, Fusion adds Fortinet
Yes via external Fortigate to provide
Security Next Gen. Sonicwall Firewall with No - Need to leverage full next gen firewall
Need to leverage a Need to leverage a
Firewall DPI-SSL (encrypted Yes, with optional Yes, with optional 3rd party or a separate and UTM including SSL Yes, plus AV, IP filtering,
separate AT&T firewall Yes, optional security No, optional managed Yes - IPS is based on Available with optional Available with optional including IDS/IPS: Q2 separate GTT firewall Yes Add-on Palo Alto Available with optional Available with optional Available with optional Yes - IPS is based on Yes, with additonal
traffic which is >70% No Managed Firewall Managed Firewall Yes Yes No Optional No No No No No No firewall solution, either inspection when clients Yes No Optional Yes No No No No Yes File Filtering, DNS No Yes No No No No No
including IPD/ solution, either on- license available firewall service available open source signatures. license license 2019 solution, either on- DOS, UTM, and AV Firewall available license license license open source signatures license
of all traffic in 2019) solution solution on premise or cloud- request our Advanced Security, DNS Filtering
IPS premise or cloud-based premise or cloud-based
& Capture ATP (0 day based. Security. Clients may
threats) also provide their own
security.
No, but can easily
AT&T Netbond available AT&T Netbond available AT&T Netbond available AT&T Netbond available AT&T Netbond available We access Cloud
add on Comcast Cloud AWS, Microsoft
AWS, Azure, Blue Jeans, as additional option - as additional option - as additional option - as additional option - as additional option - Connect Primarily Yes, addtional cloud
O365, Azure, AWS, No, can leverage any No, can leverage any No, can leverage any No, can leverage any No, can leverage any Connect services. No, can leverage any No but virtual instance No, can leverage any No, can leverage any Equinix Marketplace (i.e., No, can leverage any No, can leverage any No, can leverage any No, can leverage any ExpressRoute, Azure, Yes, offer secure cloud
Box, Cisco, Google, HP AWS, Azure, Blue Jeans, AWS, Azure, Blue Jeans, AWS, Azure, Blue Jeans, AWS, Azure, Blue Jeans, AWS, Azure, Blue Jeans, Yes. Leverages SaaS Yes. Leverages Yes. Leverages Cloud through Equinix Cloud connectivity due
Cloud Connect Yes Salesforce, Box, SAP, Helion, IBM, Salesforce, Box, Cisco, Google, HP Box, Cisco, Google, HP Box, Cisco, Google, HP Box, Cisco, Google, HP Box, Cisco, Google, HP Yes Yes cloud connect services cloud connect services cloud connect services cloud connect services cloud connect services Extensive cloud Yes cloud connect services optimization feature Velocloud Gateway Onramp feature AWS, Azure, Office 365 Yes in AWS and Azure is Exchange, we have Yes cloud connect services cloud connect services Azure, AWS, SoftLayer, to partnership with Yes Yes Yes Yes cloud connect services cloud connect services cloud connect services cloud connect services Various options available Various options available Various options available Yes Verizon SCI Verizon SCI Verizon SCI Verizon SCI IBM Cloud, Oracle Cloud, connections with Zayo's
Autodesk AutoCAD supplied by carriers supplied by carriers supplied by carriers supplied by carriers supplied by carriers connectivity including supplied by carriers possible supplied by carriers supplied by carriers DataPipe, etc.) supplied by carriers supplied by carriers supplied by carriers supplied by carriers Salesforce and Google Cloudlink.
Sunguard, VMware Helion, IBM, Salesforce, Helion, IBM, Salesforce, Helion, IBM, Salesforce, Helion, IBM, Salesforce, Helion, IBM, Salesforce, access to AWS, Azure, Megaport
presence at over 580 Cloud
Sunguard, VMware Sunguard, VMware Sunguard, VMware Sunguard, VMware Sunguard, VMware Google, IBM, Oracle etc.
data centers
All verticals from
financial to retail and
Customers with long everything in between.
Significant portion Significant portion Significant portion Significant portion Cloud App customers, 5 or more sites, Sweet spot is a
distances between Customers with a Multi-site with US-based Mid Market to Large Requires deep visibility Focus on Midwest, but Multi-site with US-based Prefer customers that fit
of sites within AT&T of sites within AT&T of sites within AT&T of sites within AT&T Customers looking to Adopting a hybrid cloud customer that is looking Equinix Marketplace (i.e., Existing Meraki Global companies Existing Meraki Healthcare, Financial,
International customers. sites, looking for WAN security first approach. HQ Multi-site with US-based Mid-Market Small Enterprise accounts with & analytics into network. Construction, Energy, can deploy domestically. Retail, HQ Existing Cisco customers the Zayo global footprint
territory territory. territory. territory. keep existing firewall/ strategy for existing and Distributed retail for a true voice fail over Multi-site with US Based 15-20 sites Mid-Market Needs WAN optimization High level of Small to medium Small to medium Small to medium Azure, AWS, Multi-site with US-based customers, Small Enterprise APAC-heavy customers, APAC-heavy customers, APAC-heavy customers, customers Mid-Enterprise Retail, Hospitality,
Customer Sweet Spot Any size Customers using Cloud Mid-Market Small Mid-Market Small Mid-Market Small Optimization. Mid-Market Small Mid-Market Small security and not change Significant portion of locations with low new apps enterprise solution that maintains Enterprise Mid- HQ Small Enterprise and file acceleration Does not want Cisco customization available business Distributed Enterprise Distributed Enterprise geographic diversity business business SoftLayer, DataPipe, Small Enterprise Finance, Healthcare, SMB to Large Enterprise SMB to Small Enterprise Enterprise SMB to Small Enterprise HQ SMB, Mid-Enterprise Biggest verticals - Australia, International Australia, International Australia, International SMB - Mid Market, At least 60% of Mid-Enterprise SMB Enterprise Mid-Market, Small in the US, Canada and
providers Mid-Market Small Enterprise Mid- sites within CenturyLink bandwidth needs Enterprise both domestic and Mid-Enterprise Large Manufacturing, Retail Education, Healthcare, Small Enterprise locations within Verizon Enterprise UK.
Enterprise Mid- Enterprise Mid- Enterprise Mid- Enterprise Mid- configuration, Adopting cloud services the conversation in the etc.) Mid-Market Large-Enterprise Mid-Market Enterprise
Enterprise Mid- Enterprise territory International. Enterprise Government. footprint Zayo can also reach
Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise SMB to Mid-Market (SaaS, UCaaS) event of a fail over.
Enterprise into global hubs in
Europe, APAC and South
America.
GTT’s SD-WAN leverages
their global, Tier 1
IP backbone, which Best Value. Cost
transports client traffic effective options
Supports up to 25 WAN VeloCloud is probably CATO solution is primed A recent IDG Market
Unlike other SDWAN Customer must have between locations, for the most basic
Utilizes application- connections. the most recogized for globally distributed Pulse survey showed
vendors, Airespring a firewall or router in to any destination of deployments (i.e.
specific performance Installed, maintained, Three upgrade options. SD-WAN solution in the clients. They provide that when it comes to
can deliver OTT public place to create VPN *Product is named on the internet or to retail) all the way to IPV6 Support Flexible IPV6 Support Flexible
Fully managed service metrics and reachability supported on site Self managed, optional Silverpeak is ideal for Complete managed Masergy built their own market and has matrued Silver Peak is typically a unique solution that SD-WAN, 80 percent
Internet IP's that never connections. Comcast Business any of their securely most complex (i.e. deployment - deployment -
with support if the Available in 52 into path selection logic; Customer WANs are anywhere in the Ecessa Managed service customers who want Ideal for existing service offering that is SD-WAN solution based quite a bit with the consumed by the larger includes a managed of enterprises opt to
change to the back Support team 24/7 ActiveCoreSM SDN interconnected cloud large Enterprise data Appliance, Bare metal, Appliance, Bare metal,
customer uses the countries. 100% SLA only available Deployed globally on 6 point to point and do US and proactively available to leveral SP "Boost" t Cisco shops. Widely Installed, maintained on Fortinet for a security Management and VMWare acquistion. Enterprise clients that layer 2 Gigabit network augment (rather than
of the SDWAN box; Well known for WAN available. Leverages existing Platform service providers around center). The ability to Virtual, Cloud. Leverages existing Virtual, Cloud Leverages existing Unique expertise in
Aryaka edge device Does not require Strong security Ideal for customers Ideal for customers Using Windstream with CenturyLink WiFi continents. not go through a shared monitored by a NOC get WAN optimization Any customer that available worldwide and supported on site or foundation.      aggregation of all If a client is already are interested in WAN that connects their 40+ 40+ physical POPs. Built Currently only supports replace) their existing
integration with private/ Optmization. This option Provides switches for Meraki orchestrator. Part of ActiveCoreSM the world. SD-WAN displace your routing Very robust firewall Meraki orchestrator. Gartner Magic Quadrant Very robust firewall Replaced by Cisco Meraki orchestrator. retail vertical.
Notes public circuits is a (ANAP). Application network from AT&T. performance rivaling top is ideal for customers looking for an entry into looking for an entry into gateways. 8 gateways high availability back-up. Does NOT include Cloud based controller, central private network. SDN orchestration 24x7 with immediate 10 Gbps routers all and file acceleration. wants an alternative to with Cisco distribution. in the cloud. Proactively offering is available circuits by MetTel; one and security appliances running VMWare in its Optimization and SD- POPs across the globe. feature set includes Does NOT include leader 4 years running. in DDoS protection on up to two WAN circuits feature set includes Viptela Does NOT include SD-WAN product is network infrastructure.
Acceleration Site-to- Available over the top, tier Firewall OEMs SD-WAN SD-WAN spread across the US highly scalable. PCI DSS certification is notification of issues. support High Aailability. Ideal for customers with Cisco. Very configurable with monitored by a NOC 2019 Gartner Magic of the first VeloCloud environment today, WAN. The cost of the This helps reduce latecy Telesystem circuits.  per appliance. Zayo can augment
breeze; Layer2/Layer3 sharing data globally. deployments to avoid application optimization. platform, allowing worldwide, with a range and add SD-WAN is what malware protection, application optimization. Malware protection, application optimization. legacy EarthLink.
site/Site-to- cloud as a carrier agnostic Cisco IWAN on roadmap. Allows access to the unique in the industry. Automated carrier Supports up to 25 WAN expensive bandwidth, numerous customization 24x7 with immediate Quadrant for Network partners. many of these clients solution generally makes and jitter across long exisiting MPLS networks
traffic segmentaiton of mis-configuration. additional services to be of access options per makes this offering so DDoS prevention, IPS, DoS prevention, IPS, AV,
Last mile management solution underlying networks Built-in Gb Ethernet. ticketing, escalation and connections. Three and file transfer options notification of issues. Services Global - tend to gravitate it too expensive for the distances. CATO also (either Zayo's or other
corporate, voice, emp- integrated from a variety country. Complete attractive. Versa gives AV, DNS security, and DNS security, and URL
and procurement. making integration and resolution (optional). upgrade options. Self requirements. Full SLA for all services. Visionary towards Velo for their SMB and Mid-Market. provides an Advanced carriers) and also
wifi, guest-wifi, digital Not strong with of technology partners. visibility through client the client the control URL filtering. filtering.
migrations easier and Full SLA for all services. managed, optional SD-WAN by having a Security offering that support the best access
signage, point-of-sale customers in a dual portal. and visbility into all
more robust. Ecessa Managed service centralized management compliments their SD- and the best price for
& more MPLS environment. Insight into performance aspects of their network
available console. WAN solution. locations (BYOA).
and comprehensive and applications through
analytics single pane of glass.
Manage business and
security policies