The Lazy Networker

Silver Peak, now part of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Aruba, offers a software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) solution, EdgeConnect. This comprehensive platform enables enterprises to transform their legacy WAN architectures into a robust, secure, and efficient SD-WAN.

1. Cloud-Centric Architecture: Designed for a cloud-first world, EdgeConnect simplifies branch office and WAN deployments, empowering remote workforces and enabling cloud-connected distributed enterprises.
2. Intelligent WAN: The platform uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to optimize WAN traffic, ensuring improved application performance, network reliability, and business efficiency.
3. Security: EdgeConnect integrates advanced security features, including stateful zone-based firewalls, intrusion prevention, and web security gateways, to protect users and applications from web-based threats.
4. Centralized Management: A single, intuitive interface allows for unified management, monitoring, and troubleshooting of WAN and security services across the entire network.
5. Interoperability: EdgeConnect supports a range of transport services, including MPLS, LTE, and broadband internet services, allowing enterprises to leverage their existing infrastructure and migrate to SD-WAN at their own pace.

Benefits

1. Improved Application Performance: EdgeConnect optimizes WAN traffic to ensure fast and reliable access to cloud-based applications and services.
2. Enhanced Network Reliability: The platform’s AI-driven architecture detects and mitigates network issues, reducing downtime and improving overall network availability.
3. Increased Business Agility: With EdgeConnect, enterprises can quickly deploy new services and applications, and respond to changing business needs with greater flexibility.
4. Simplified Management: Centralized management and monitoring simplify WAN and security administration, reducing operational costs and complexity.