Aruba Automates Branch Office Connectivity to AWS with Support for AWS Transit Gateway Connect
December 10 2020 - 12:30PM
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New Capabilities Assure Trusted Connections
over AWS’s Global Network
Today at AWS re:Invent 2020, Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise
company (NYSE: HPE), announced new capabilities for its SD-WAN
portfolio – comprised of the Aruba SD-Branch and the recently
acquired Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect™ solutions – designed to
centrally monitor, manage, and automate connectivity from branch
locations to Amazon Web Services (AWS). The Aruba SD-WAN portfolio
integration with the new AWS Transit Gateway Connect greatly
simplifies network operations and management and enables customers
to apply consistent quality of service and security policies across
branch sites when connecting to Amazon Virtual Private Clouds
(Amazon VPCs). Branch office users benefit from consistent
performance and a high quality of experience.
As organizations look to modernize their networks to meet the
dynamic needs of distributed office locations, mobile and Internet
of Things (IoT) environments, they need a simple way to deploy,
manage and monitor branch networks across geographies in order to
ensure security, compliance and application availability to users.
The new AWS Transit Gateway Connect enables tighter, more
streamlined integration between the Aruba SD-WAN portfolio,
resulting in faster deployment, reduced operational costs and ready
access to performance metrics and network telemetry data.
“When it comes to managing pathways to AWS, enterprises have a
range of choices and can best balance their needs based on the
types of applications used and where users are located,” said
Mayumi Hiramatsu, vice president of Amazon EC2 Networking at Amazon
Web Services, Inc. “Today’s announcement of Aruba’s integration
with AWS Transit Gateway Connect represents a continuation of the
work we’ve been doing with the Aruba team in the quest to further
streamline IT and enable our shared customers to focus their
attention on growth and digital transformation in the cloud
era.”
Speed, security and simplicity are all benefits of using native
integration between Aruba with AWS Transit Gateway. The new
capabilities built into AWS Transit Gateway Connect deliver a range
of benefits, including:
- Enabling IT to do more with less: Because the new AWS
Transit Gateway Connect enables automated branch connectivity –
automatically connecting to the nearest AWS Transit Gateway from
each branch site – IT teams no longer have to manually configure
routing for individual VPCs and have more flexibility in managing
traffic and workflows. As a result, users experience improved
application performance and availability and ultimately, higher
levels of productivity.
- Automated branch-to-cloud connectivity at scale:
Enterprise-class SD-WAN features, automation and orchestration
deliver a consistent operational experience between VPCs when using
the AWS Transit Gateway as the hub, saving time and resources. In
addition, the AWS Transit Gateway serves as a cloud-to-cloud
interconnect across the AWS global network to reach multiple Amazon
VPCs across AWS Regions, and optimizes the middle-mile for branch
connectivity.
- Reduced set-up time of branch networks with lifecycle
workflows and advanced visibility: Both Aruba Virtual Gateways
and Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect virtual appliances along with
centralized SD-WAN orchestration allows customers to easily extend
their SD-WAN fabrics to AWS.
Verisk Analytics, Inc., a leading data analytics provider
serving global customers in the insurance, energy and financial
services markets, is a prime example of an innovative company
embracing an all-cloud vision. Verisk has architected its
enterprise infrastructure to embody a unified, cloud-native
approach to deliver seamless, modern user experiences to its
employees and customers. Using the Aruba SD-Branch solution with
AWS Transit Gateway, Verisk has been able to consolidate its
networking infrastructure technologies into a single integrated,
automated SD-WAN platform and migrate all of its applications and
workloads to AWS. This has resulted in simplified management,
greater visibility across the network and has enabled Verisk to
achieve significant cost savings by decommissioning their physical
data centers over time.
“Our IT infrastructure has had to evolve to support our rapidly
growing business, and the transition to a cloud-based
infrastructure has proven to be a huge step in the right
direction,” said Sophie Twu, network engineering manager at Verisk.
“Reliable connectivity, redundancy and centralized management of
all gateways, switches and access points with the ability to deploy
equipment at remote sites are all benefits of an integrated AWS and
Aruba solution. We’re excited about the latest integration that
combines Aruba technology with the new AWS Transit Gateway Connect
feature and feel that it holds potential for further simplifying
the deployment and management of our network and how we connect our
remote branch locations to AWS.”
The acquisition of Silver Peak earlier this year presents
additional options for customers seeking to or who are in the midst
of transitioning to a cloud-first architecture. The Silver Peak
Unity EdgeConnect SD-WAN edge platform also integrates with AWS
Transit Gateway Network Manager, giving network managers the
ability to create a single consolidated global view of all sites
and connections between AWS and their on-premise locations, gaining
visibility into network changes, events, and health telemetry to
deliver the highest quality of experience for users.
“Today’s modern enterprises require speed, flexibility, and
simplicity at scale to adapt to rapidly changing business needs
and, for many, the cloud is the answer,” said Alan Weckel, founder
and lead analyst at 650 Group. “Aruba’s ongoing collaboration with
AWS – and now with the addition of Silver Peak – provides a
tremendous opportunity for AWS customers who want to harness the
power of the cloud, while ensuring secure high-performance branch
connectivity, without the complexity normally associated with
running and managing multiple, geographically dispersed VPCs.”
The new AWS Transit Gateway Connect capabilities for Aruba
SD-WAN solutions are available now. For more information, please
visit https://www.arubanetworks.com/products/networking/sd-wan/
Additional resources:
- Blog: Aruba SD-Branch Fully Automates Integration with AWS
- Website: Aruba SD-WAN and AWS Transit Gateway
- Website: Silver Peak EdgeConnect and AWS
- Solution Brief: Unity EdgeConnect Simplifies and Automates
Connectivity to AWS Transit Gateway Network Manager
About Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, is the global
leader in secure, intelligent edge-to-cloud networking solutions
that use AI to automate the network, while harnessing data to drive
powerful business outcomes. With Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform)
and as-a-service options, Aruba takes a cloud-native approach to
helping customers meet their connectivity, security, and financial
requirements across campus, branch, data center, and remote worker
environments, covering all aspects of wired, wireless LAN, and wide
area networking (WAN).
To learn more, visit Aruba at www.arubanetworks.com. For
real-time news updates, follow Aruba on Twitter and Facebook, and
for the latest technical discussions on mobility and Aruba
products, visit the Airheads Community at
community.arubanetworks.com.
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