Verizon Business, Cisco bolster enterprise agility with managed service offerings
01 Dezember 2021 - 2:00PM
Verizon Business is enhancing its Network as a Service
(NaaS) digitization strategy with the addition of
Cisco managed SD WAN services, including options
for 4G/5G connectivity. Automation, artificial
intelligence, 5G and Real Time Enterprise
(RTE)1 present new requirements and complexities, which
test the limits of legacy information technology
(IT) infrastructures. With these new solutions, enterprises
can leverage Verizon’s 4G and 5G networks, as well as
the network as a service strategy, giving them the ability to
scale, adopt the latest technology and remain agile to meet
ever-changing customer demands.
“Organizations are challenged with finding flexible and secure
networking solutions that enable the rapid transition to hybrid
cloud and hybrid work while maximizing application performance for
their users,” said Massimo Peselli, senior vice president,
Global Enterprise, Verizon Business. “The addition of these Cisco
solutions builds on our longstanding history
of co-innovation and provides customers with the
agility and scalability to meet today’s needs while future-proofing
their operations.”
Besides enabling hybrid connectivity,
Verizon’s NaaS with Cisco SD WAN
solutions helps simplify operations, employ an
asset light model, optimize resources, allow network
and security convergence, improve user experience from
application-aware routing, and increase business
agility.
The new solutions include:
- Managed Cisco SD WAN for the Cisco Catalyst
8000 Edge Platforms Family, and Integrated Services
Router (ISR) 1000 and 4000 series, including
management of the Cisco cellular Pluggable Interface
Modules (PIM), and Cisco Catalyst Cellular
Gateways. This new offer supports 4G
and 5G cellular for gigabit connectivity
to distributed cloud workloads. For a limited
time, Verizon will provide
customers one free Cisco Catalyst Cellular
Gateway with each new Cisco SD WAN 3-year device license
purchase.
- Verizon is delivering a Cisco SD
WAN performance suite
including Cisco Umbrella for cloud
security, Duo for zero trust application access,
and Thousand Eyes for network observability. This
suite delivers the protection and visibility
to enhance SD WAN security and performance
while reducing customer costs.
- Cloud collaboration services with carrier-grade quality,
reliability and security via Verizon’s fully private connection to
Cisco Webex Calling and Webex Contact Center.
Customers can capitalize on this private integration through
wireline and wireless networks with Verizon Private IP and Verizon
Wireless Private Network Traffic Management.
"In a hybrid work world, application performance
and security are critical. We are committed to making it simpler
for IT teams to deliver the best customer experiences,” said Todd
Nightingale, EVP and GM, Enterprise Networking and Cloud, Cisco.
“Verizon’s new Cisco managed SD WAN offer delivers cloud security
and 5G capabilities, reduces complexity for customers, and enables
private network connections to Cisco's Webex service cloud."
Verizon was positioned as a Leader in the
IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Managed SD WAN 2020 Vendor
Assessment (doc #US45837420, August 2020) and was recognized as the
Global Managed Services Partner of the Year at Cisco’s 2020 Partner
Summit, reflecting Verizon’s status as a leading Cisco managed
services partner. Verizon is also deploying Cisco 4G ISR routers to
1,700 Verizon Wireless stores.
Visit the Verizon Business NaaS landing page to
learn more.
1 The advent of 5G, the Internet of Things (IoT), along with
SDN, video, security telematics, and edge computing, will expand to
become a foundational enabler of the real-time enterprise (RTE), in
which businesses can exploit information, actions and events the
moment they occur.
About Verizon Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq:
VZ) was formed on June 30, 2000 and is one of the world’s
leading providers of technology and communications services.
Headquartered in New York City and with a presence around the
world, Verizon generated revenues of $128.3 billion in 2020. The
company offers data, video and voice services and solutions on
its award-winning networks and platforms, delivering on customers’
demand for mobility, reliable network connectivity, security and
control.
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