Orange Business Services and Riverbed Bring SD-WAN to Hybrid Networks
March 15 2017 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
- Developing virtual network function
(VNF) of Riverbed SteelConnect solution
- Key milestone on the Orange
network-as-a-service roadmap
Orange Business Services is strengthening its hybrid network
offering with software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN)
technology from its partner Riverbed Technology. The new solution will enable Orange
customers to simplify the management of their hybrid networks and
optimize the performance of both corporate and cloud applications.
This launch is a key part of the Orange network-as-a-service
strategy, and the solution will be available globally.
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To deliver this SD-WAN service, Orange will integrate Riverbed
SteelConnect technology into its hybrid network portfolio. The two
companies are working together to develop a virtual network
function (VNF) that customers will be able to deploy on universal
customer premise equipment (uCPE) at their site. Full compatibility
will be maintained with existing services as enterprises transition
applications to the cloud.
Riverbed’s SD-WAN offering, SteelConnect, provides an
intelligent and simplified approach to designing, deploying and
managing hybrid networks. Application performance is improved by
real-time routing using the optimum links available between
different networks. SteelConnect also enables zero-touch
provisioning, allowing enterprises to set-up global networks
quickly with easy management, providing a cost effective and
superior end user experience.
The first Orange pilot customers will be connected during the
second quarter 2017 using managed SteelConnect appliances. The VNF
of the service is scheduled to be available at the end of 2017.
This will provide full virtualization and orchestration managed
through an easy-to-use ‘self-care’ portal to administer and
prioritize applications.
This new solution builds upon the acceleration provided by
Riverbed Enterprise Application Management (EAM) for cloud
applications on Orange Business VPN Galerie. New features will
enhance the management of cloud access services together with the
ability to mix connectivity between private and public
networks.
“Historically, Orange and Riverbed have a strong relationship
with joint innovation commitments to support developments in the
network and cloud. Riverbed is a key partner, and we are working
closely with them to integrate their SD-WAN technology into our
network. This will provide our customers with yet more choice and
simplicity in how they manage their infrastructure,” says
Pierre-Louis Biaggi, vice president, Connectivity Business Unit,
Orange Business Services.
“With the launch of our SD-WAN solution SteelConnect integrated
into Orange’s hybrid network portfolio, Orange and Riverbed
continue their journey of co-development aimed at rapidly
introducing new services to the market in response to customers’
changing needs as they move more apps and services to the cloud. We
look forward to even greater market acceleration as we leverage
more of our joint portfolio and explore new options like the
Service Delivery Platform announced at Mobile World Congress this
year,” said Phil Harris, senior vice president and General Manager,
Service Provider Vertical at Riverbed.
About RiverbedRiverbed enables organizations to modernize
their networks and applications with industry-leading SD-WAN,
application acceleration, and visibility solutions. Riverbed’s
platform allows enterprises to transform application and cloud
performance into a competitive advantage by maximizing employee
productivity and leveraging IT to create new forms of operational
agility. At more than $1 billion in annual revenue, Riverbed’s
28,000+ customers include 97% of the Fortune 100 and 98% of the
Forbes Global 100. Learn more at www.riverbed.com.
Riverbed and any Riverbed product or service name or logo used
herein are trademarks of Riverbed Technology, Inc. All other
trademarks used herein belong to their respective owners.
About Orange Business ServicesOrange Business Services,
the B2B branch of the Orange Group, and its 21,000 employees, is
focused on supporting the digital transformation of multinational
enterprises and French SMEs across five continents. Orange Business
Services is not only an infrastructure operator, but also a
technology integrator and a value-added service provider. It offers
companies digital solutions that help foster collaboration within
their teams (collaborative workspaces and mobile workspaces),
better serve their customers (enriched customer relations and
business innovation), and support their projects (enriched
connectivity, flexible IT and cyberdefense). The integrated
technologies that Orange Business Services offer range from
Software Defined Networks (SDN/NFV), Big Data and IoT, to cloud
computing, unified communications and collaboration, as well as
cybersecurity. Orange Business Services customers include over
3,000 renowned multinational corporations at an international level
and over two million professionals, companies and local communities
in France.
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Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications
operators with annual sales of 40.9 billion euros in 2016 and has
263 million customers in 29 countries at 31 December 2016. Orange
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Press Contacts:Orange Business ServicesElizabeth Mayeri, +1 212
251 2086elizabeth.mayeri@orange.comorRiverbed Technology,Lela
Gradman, +1 415 527 4163lela.gradman@riverbed.com
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