Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN Enhanced to Support Branch Network Simplification and Expanded Security
October 11 2016 - 08:00AM
Business Wire
NetScaler SD-WAN Helps Enterprises Says Yes to
Network Revolution, Enhances Secure, Reliable Application Delivery
and Lowers Networking Costs
As organizations embrace digital transformation, IT departments
are increasingly modernizing and streamlining their internal
networks. Software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) is an
important technology that IT is deploying to achieve this
transformation ensuring local and remote office locations have the
most secure, reliable access to mission critical data and
applications. SD-WAN represents a $6 billion market opportunity for
networking vendors and service providers by 20201 according to IDC,
as this technology drives increased flexibility, reliability, and
security that enterprise applications now require, while also
lowering both capital costs and simplifying operations. Citrix, a
leader in the SD-WAN market, today announced enhancements to its
NetScaler SD-WAN platform offering features to enhance reliable and
secure application delivery combined with intelligent branch
routing technology.
With NetScaler SD-WAN, Citrix offers enterprises a simple yet
sophisticated solution to quickly and cost-effectively begin
wide-scale deployments of SD-WAN, reduce network complexity and set
up their branch to consume applications from the cloud in a
seamless and more secure manner. NetScaler SD-WAN is a
comprehensive software-defined WAN solution that is easy to deploy
and use in a single affordable appliance with integrated visibility
and control. The turnkey solution incorporates application-aware
virtualized WAN connectivity, dynamic routing, separate routing
domains, WAN optimization, end-to-end visibility, support for the
newest Citrix HDX protocols and secure internet breakout. To
simplify and reduce cost of deployments, Citrix is introducing a
new level of affordability for enterprise branches through new
appliance options and its new cloud-based, secure Zero Touch
Deployment services. Zero Touch Deployment eliminates the need for
local technical staff by automating the deployment process and
offers a tool to prevent rogue devices from accessing the network –
a risk present in many existing solutions in the market.
The new features of NetScaler SD-WAN 9.1 address the many
challenges enterprises currently face as they modernize their
corporate networks with SD-WAN, including:
- Multiple Deployment Modes –
NetScaler SD-WAN provides an alternative to the legacy branch
router while also enabling customers to take a hybrid approach
across their locations, using existing routers where appropriate
and migrating to NetScaler SD-WAN, with its full built-in routing
capabilities, without disrupting operations.
- Application Separation –
Provides enterprises with the ability to build multiple virtual
networks that separate, such as guest Wi-Fi, point-of-sale
information and patient records, or across lines of business. This
capability enables customers to enhance the overall security of
applications while applying distinct policies to each end-to-end
network.
- Attractive Branch Service Economics
– Lowers the barrier for entry for customers to start with a
SD-WAN solution by providing a highly affordable branch appliance,
the NetScaler SD-WAN 410. This appliance is specifically engineered
for customers with a highly distributed business and provides is
able to scale up to 7X higher bandwidth without needing to swap in
new hardware.
- Rapid, Low Cost Deployments –
The new cloud-based, secure Zero Touch Deployment service frees up
IT staff from the complex logistics typically associated with
branch office installations by automating the deployment process.
The ZTD service provides a granular level of security with features
to verify that only the appliances purchased or assigned to a
customer are deployed, at the designated branch, using the correct
configuration.
- Efficient and Secure Web and Cloud
Connectivity – Enables secure internet breakout from the branch
through simplified connectivity to cloud security services by
companies like ZScaler. Internet traffic leaving the branch can be
directed via a secure tunnel to the cloud security platform, which
provides Secure Web Gateway (SWG), cloud firewall, sandboxing, and
other branch security needs. Similarly, NetScaler SD-WAN supports
secure connectivity to major cloud service providers such as Amazon
Web Services and Microsoft Azure.
(1) IDC Research - Cloud and Drive for WAN Efficiencies Power
Move to SD-WAN, Page 5, March 2016 #US41101416
Quotes
Boris Kotevski, National IT Manager at Rehab
Management
“Citrix delivered on its promise of a more reliable WAN and
higher application quality with the NetScaler SD-WAN solution. The
additional enhancements in the latest release of the NetScaler
SD-WAN platform are compelling and the zero touch service with the
new lower cost appliance will allow us to expand quickly as we add
additional locations within our network.”
Chalan Aras, Vice President and General Manager, NetScaler
SD-WAN at Citrix
“Today’s market includes solutions that are simply ‘a collection
of technologies’ that require multiple appliances, complex
integrations and assorted management systems. NetScaler SD-WAN is a
simple, yet sophisticated solution that helps customers implement
SD-WAN in a quick, cost-effective manner, reduce network
complexity, and enable employees to seamlessly consume applications
from the datacenter or cloud.”
Rohit Mehra, Vice President, Network Infrastructure at
IDC
“SD-WAN has rapidly garnered interest from enterprises
and service providers alike as we continue on our journey to the
cloud and embrace SaaS applications, coupled with our insatiable
desire for more bandwidth across distributed locations. Because of
the associated complexity with this ongoing transition to
cloud-based applications and services and related concerns around
security, existing WAN architectures and deployment models are
under pressure to cost-effectively adapt and deliver new
capabilities and services.”
Availability
NetScaler SD-WAN 9.1 is available today. The NetScaler SD-WAN
410 appliance will be available in November 2016, and the NetScaler
SD-WAN Zero Touch Deployment service will be available as a Tech
Preview in November 2016.
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