Coevolve’s Telco-Independent SD-WAN Solutions provide enterprises with a true end-to-end SD-WAN solution that can deliver material benefits in performance, functionality and visibility, while achieving cost savings. There are four key components to our Telco-Independent SD-WAN Solutions:
ISP Lifecycle Management
A successful SD-WAN implementation starts with a strong foundation of ISP services. The optimum mix of connectivity providers at each site is essential to building a successful business case and delivering a high-performance technical solution. We provide the following capabilities at the transport layer:
- Research of ISP options at each site, leveraging our strong network of global partners
- Sourcing management, including negotiating agreements with ISPs and aligning rates with benchmarks
- Project management services for implementing ISP services
- Ongoing operational vendor management and commercial governance services – a single point of contact for all ISP components in the SD-WAN
SD-WAN Overlay
In our Integrated SD-WAN solution, we provide an SD-WAN overlay using technology from VeloCloud by VMware. This is an industry-leading “pure-play” SD-WAN product, and our team has extensive experience deploying it for clients. We provide the following components:
- SD-WAN subscriptions for each location, sized to the enterprise’s requirements
- High availability and clustering options to increase availability and performance
- Virtual appliances for deployment in Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure or other virtualized environments
Cloud-Based Security
The Cloud Security layer of our Integrated SD-WAN Solution leverages technology from Zscaler to seamlessly and securely connect users to the public Internet. Our solution includes the following:
- Zscaler Internet Access subscriptions to provide secure Internet gateway functionality for all locations on the SD-WAN
- Service chaining to tightly integrate the security solution with the SD-WAN, including flexible business policies to manage traffic flows
- Integration with existing identity providers, including Active Directory, Okta, and others
- Zscaler Private Access solution to securely connect mobile users to the enterprise WAN
Management and Analytics
We provide a comprehensive management service that covers all components of our Integrated SD-WAN Solution, led by the Coevolve Response Center. Our service includes:
- Proactive management of all components of the solution, with advanced tools to track availability, performance and notable trends
- Flexible change management models, including fully managed and co-managed offerings
- Customized API-based reporting to collect data from each layer of the solution and provide consolidated views to the enterprise
- Advanced network performance reporting using technology from our partner ThousandEyes, providing end to end performance visibility