VMware Named a Leader in the Gartner 2020 Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure for Third Year in a Row
October 13 2020 - 08:00AM
Business Wire
In the Gartner 2020 Critical Capabilities for WAN Edge
Infrastructure, VMware Receives Highest Product Scores in Three of
Five Use Cases and Excellent Rating in Four of Five Use Cases
VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced it has again been
positioned as a Leader in the Gartner 2020 Magic Quadrant for WAN
Edge Infrastructure(1). This is the third consecutive year VMware
has been positioned as a Leader for VMware SD-WAN in Gartner’s
evaluation for WAN Edge Infrastructure.
In the Gartner 2020 Critical Capabilities for WAN Edge
Infrastructure(2), VMware received the highest scores in three of
five (Cloud-First WAN, Small/Midsize Enterprise/Regional WAN and
Small Footprint Retail WAN) and received excellent rating (within
the 4.0 range) in four of five use cases (Cloud-First WAN, Large
Global WAN, Small/Midsize Enterprise Regional WAN and Small
Footprint Retail WAN). VMware’s rankings are driven by its
capabilities in scalability, cloud features, SD-WAN features,
operational features, small platform flexibility, app performance,
security features, and deployment flexibility capabilities.
The wide area network of today must intelligently connect users,
wherever they may be, to applications, wherever they are located,
and apply security in a consistent manner along the way based on
centrally-defined policies. This has accelerated adoption of
cloud-delivered SD-WAN and emergence of the SASE architecture.
VMware SD-WAN is a cloud-first offering that delivers the best user
experience, intrinsic security, and operational simplicity. The
solution’s unique hyperscale architecture includes a global network
of more than 2,700 cloud service nodes across 100+ points of
presence built and managed by VMware.
“Work is no longer just one place. Employees now define the
‘office’ as anywhere they have an internet connection. We believe
they should also have the same experience in a coffee shop as they
would sitting at a desk on a corporate network,” said Sanjay Uppal,
senior vice president and general manager, SD-WAN and SASE
Business, VMware. “We believe our ability to deliver a consistent
and more secure user experience for enterprises of all sizes is
validated by our position as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant
for WAN Edge Infrastructure for three consecutive years. We also
believe our position as a Leader in SD-WAN makes us an ideal
partner for accelerating customers’ transition to a modern SASE
architecture.”
VMware SD-WAN is a foundational component of the VMware SASE
Platform, which converges cloud networking, cloud security and zero
trust network access with best-in-class web security and cloud
firewalling to deliver flexibility, agility, and scalability for
enterprises of all sizes. The VMware SASE Platform helps safeguard
performance of mission-critical applications, administers web and
network security to protect against internal and external threats,
automates troubleshooting and planning to ease support
requirements, and simplifies operations through business-centric
policies.
VMware recently announced enhancements across its VMware SASE
Platform, including:
Expanded WAN/LAN
Visibility: VMware Edge Network Intelligence gives IT teams
added visibility and telemetry into the end-user experience as
applications are accessed from anywhere, and application traffic
traverses many different networks.
Best-in-Class Cloud
& Web Security: VMware Cloud Web Security service will
deliver best-in-class cloud and web security capabilities natively
into the VMware SASE solution. This will help prevent unsecured
traffic from entering the enterprise network, protect users from
accessing and being infected by malicious Web traffic, websites,
viruses, and malware, and allow the implementation and compliance
to the organization's regulatory policies.
Integrated Next-Gen
Firewall as a Service: VMware plans to integrate VMware NSX
into the VMware SASE Platform for cloud-delivered firewall as a
service in both single-tenanted and multi-tenanted deployment
options. This will complement the on-prem firewall capabilities of
the existing VMware SD-WAN solution today.
1-Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure, Jonathan
Forest, Andrew Lerner, Naresh Singh, 23rd September 2020
2-Gartner Critical Capabilities for WAN Edge Infrastructure,
Jonathan Forest, Andrew Lerner, Naresh Singh, 30th September
2020
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