ePlus Announces ePlus Intelligent Branch, an SD-WAN ‘As a Service’ Solution
October 11 2016 - 8:30AM
ePlus inc. (NASDAQ:PLUS) today announced that businesses which need
secure WAN transport for cloud environments and branch locations
can tap ePlus’ new Intelligent Branch solution, which is ideal for
organizations with 10 or more branches. This new service allows
customers to deliver as much as 20 times more bandwidth to branches
while reducing connectivity costs by up to 60% and facilitating
business continuity.
“Customer experience is the new competitive
competency in today’s digital economy,” said Mike Trojecki, ePlus
vice president for Business Transformation. “A vast majority of
customer experiences take place in branch locations but many
organizations struggle to balance the rapidly evolving needs of
these offices, stores, campuses or other facilities against
flattening WAN budgets. ePlus Intelligent Branch enables
customers to securely expand their WAN with Internet connectivity
and dynamically route traffic for each business application with an
‘As a Service’ model that pairs financial flexibility with ePlus
Managed Services.”
As video, cloud-based applications, and mobile
devices grow in influence, clients are exploring ways to maximize
the user experience across their organizations without compromising
security and business continuity for business-critical
applications. With annual global IP traffic predicted to reach 1.1
ZB (zettabyte) by end of 20161 and one hour of a critical
application failure estimated at $16 million each year2, the risks
are higher than ever. Application performance is
critical—especially as WAN environments evolve to support cloud
computing.
ePlus Intelligent Branch provides visible WAN
transport at the branch edge with security and application
visibility that pinpoints the location, scale, and scope of user
experience issues. This feature baselines the network and
applications for performance and monitors quality of service to
accelerate troubleshooting and avoid network brownouts.
“ePlus Intelligent Branch does not take a
one-size-fits-all approach to SD-WAN, but is customized to the
client’s needs,” says Kevin Detsch, senior vice president for
Business Development at ePlus. “For example, we can offer
service-provider connectivity at a competitive price or adjust
levels of support and financing so clients aren’t locked into a
narrow product that won’t meet their needs over time.”
ePlus Intelligent Branch is supported by ePlus
Managed Services for business continuity and simplifies day-to-day
IT management for clients. “Alternative networking technologies
such as MPLS do not provide consistent uptime,” said Dan
Farrell, ePlus senior vice president of Services. “By delivering
ePlus Intelligent Branch as a managed solution, we can monitor,
control, and proactively manage the solution to help mitigate risk.
This should allow clients to accelerate time to market for their
business initiatives, reduce costs, and improve their overall
customer experience with SD-WAN technology.”
1 Cisco, “Cisco® Visual Networking Index (VNI),” Global IP
Traffic to Reach 1.1 ZB Per Year By End 2016, June 2, 2016,
(U.S.)
2 Veeam, “2016 Veeam Availability Report,” Application
Downtime Costing Enterprises $16M Each Year, February 17, 2016
(U.S.)
About ePlus Managed
Services
ePlus Managed Services help enterprises
cost-effectively monitor, control, and proactively manage their IT
infrastructure, and off-load a significant burden of day-to-day IT
tasks to optimize internal IT operations and mitigate risk.
ePlus has delivered Managed Services for more than 10 years to a
wide range of customers across multiple industry verticals through
its 24/7/365 Managed Services Centers. Visit
www.ePlus.com/ManagedServices/Pages/default.aspx for more
information.
To read more information on ePlus Intelligent
Branch, please visit
http://www.eplus.com/infrastructure/Pages/Intelligent-Branch.aspx
About ePlus inc.
ePlus is an engineering-centric technology
solutions provider that helps organizations imagine, implement, and
achieve more from their technology. With the highest
certifications from top technology partners and expertise in key
technologies from data center to security, cloud, and
collaboration, ePlus transforms IT from a cost center to a business
enabler. Founded in 1990, ePlus has more than 1,000
associates serving a diverse set of customers nationally, and in
Europe. The Company is headquartered at 13595 Dulles
Technology Drive, Herndon, VA, 20171. For more information,
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