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VMware SD-WAN

Shape your future infrastructure with a flexible and dynamic cloud-delivered SD-WAN solution from VMware and BT.

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What is VMware SD-WAN?

Shape your future infrastructure with BT and VMware SD-WAN

Recent events have transformed how businesses work and think, driving fundamental change in what their networks need to deliver. Most organisations need an agile network that can evolve at speed and scale, and cope with a complex backdrop of changing business models and customer needs, optimising and securing user experiences across all locations – from the corporate office to the home office, data centre to the cloud.

VMware SD-WAN combines market leading technology, our world-class network portfolio, and extensive infrastructure and experience to deliver flexible, agile, scalable, and secure networking to support a more flexible workforce.

With VMware SD-WAN at the heart of your network, you can support new application growth, achieve IT and network agility, simplify WAN operations, and optimise access from branch to cloud and SaaS applications.

Why invest in VMware SD-WAN?

BT and VMware: industry leading SD-WAN

Our partnership with VMware makes it quick and easy to connect with public clouds like AWS and Azure, using their unique cloud gateway infrastructure. And with the VMware SASE Platform, a fully cloud-native secure access service edge platform, you can get all the benefits of public cloud with scalable security services, including SD-WAN gateway, secure remote access, and next generation cloud firewall, managed through a single solution.

Benefits like application aware routing mean you can prioritise performance for those that need it most. And VMware Secure Access Service Edge Platform lets you protect your users against emerging security threats, delivering the most optimal and secure cloud application access experience no matter where your users or applications are located.

With simple to deploy, cost-effective edge devices, VMware SD-WAN supports the evolving needs of your changing workforce. And, as part of our fully managed service, we’ll take care of everything for you from set-up to maintenance.

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Flexible, agile, secure SD-WAN for a demanding world
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What is VMware SD-WAN?

Shape your future infrastructure with BT and VMware SD-WAN

Recent events have transformed how businesses work and think, driving fundamental change in what their networks need to deliver. Most organisations need an agile network that can evolve at speed and scale, and cope with a complex backdrop of changing business models and customer needs, optimising and securing user experiences across all locations – from the corporate office to the home office, data centre to the cloud.

VMware SD-WAN combines market leading technology, our world-class network portfolio, and extensive infrastructure and experience to deliver flexible, agile, scalable, and secure networking to support a more flexible workforce.

With VMware SD-WAN at the heart of your network, you can support new application growth, achieve IT and network agility, simplify WAN operations, and optimise access from branch to cloud and SaaS applications.

Why invest in VMware SD-WAN?

BT and VMware: industry leading SD-WAN

Our partnership with VMware makes it quick and easy to connect with public clouds like AWS and Azure, using their unique cloud gateway infrastructure. And with the VMware SASE Platform, a fully cloud-native secure access service edge platform, you can get all the benefits of public cloud with scalable security services, including SD-WAN gateway, secure remote access, and next generation cloud firewall, managed through a single solution.

Benefits like application aware routing mean you can prioritise performance for those that need it most. And VMware Secure Access Service Edge Platform lets you protect your users against emerging security threats, delivering the most optimal and secure cloud application access experience no matter where your users or applications are located.

With simple to deploy, cost-effective edge devices, VMware SD-WAN supports the evolving needs of your changing workforce. And, as part of our fully managed service, we’ll take care of everything for you from set-up to maintenance.

VMware SD-WAN features

We’re committed to delivering the best SD-WAN solutions* on the market. VMware SD-WAN features include:

  • a fully-managed solution – we’ll take care of everything from set-up to maintenance, leaving you free to focus on business-critical tasks
  • Dynamic Multipath Optimization (DMPO) – with VMware’s Dynamic Multipath Optimization technology, we ensure optimal SD-WAN performance for even the most demanding applications
  • end-to-end visibility – using VMware’s centralised orchestration and automation, we simplify end-user device management and provide complete visibility so you can demonstrate the benefits of your investment to key stakeholders and customers
  • Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) – our range of VNFs, including next-generation firewalls, optimisers, and accelerators, complement our solution to optimise and secure connectivity and performance – including for home workers
  • VMware SASE Platform – we can extend security boundaries beyond your data centre and cloud to applications and users, minimising the attack service and protecting users, networks, applications, and data against threats
  • VMware SD-WAN Client – with SD-WAN Client technology, we provide enterprise IT with an easy and secure remote access solution for remote workers that boosts productivity by optimizing connections for speed and quality
  • Edge Network Intelligence (ENI) – with AI powered performance monitoring tool, we improve user experience by providing end to end insight into the network and every edge connected device.

VMware SD-WAN benefits

What benefits will VMware SD-WAN bring to your business?

  • SD-WAN your way our service is optimised to meet your needs and we have experience maximising outcomes for businesses in all sectors
  • Support for the cloud we help with visibility and performance as you migrate to the cloud. And unlike other SD-WAN offerings, VMware’s unique cloud gateway infrastructure is situated in the same locations as main cloud providers including AWS, Azure, and Google – so it’s quick and easy to on-board
  • Greater edge security – we make your security work with SD-WAN, whatever your strategy. VMware’s technology works seamlessly along all third-party security vendors
  • Support for homeworkers VMware makes it easy to extend SD-WAN benefits to homeworkers, giving them the same experience as if they were in the office.

Why choose VMware SD-WAN with BT?

It’s not just the service that makes the difference, but who you choose it with. Why choose VMware SD-WAN from BT?

  • Our experience – we design, build, and deliver solutions to the world’s largest MNCs. We use that heritage, experience, and expertise to make sure your solution works for you
  • Our security credentials – we have 70 years’ experience protecting countries, governments, and the world’s largest multinational organisations, and we’ll use this to make sure your solution is secure
  • Our heritage – our partnership with VMware lets us optimise end-to-end experiences in a new software-defined world, extending visibility into the LAN, data centre, and edge compute, providing a flexible NFV, and ensuring future innovation
  • We're trusted – VMware is widely trusted by governments and police forces around the world and are fully accredited through our rigorous security testing.

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