Fujitsu and Silver Peak Accelerate Delivery of SD-WAN Services

Fujitsu Network Communications launched its SD-WAN-as-a-Service developed for service providers to offer to their enterprise customers. The comprehensive solution combines the Fujitsu SDN/NFV Consulting Service and Managed Network Service with the Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect SD-WAN solution. Instead of spending months designing and implementing their own solution, the Fujitsu offering allows service providers to quickly deliver SD-WAN-as-a-Service to their enterprise customers. The net result is that service providers can now focus on acquiring customers and generating revenue using the benefits of this disruptive technology.

The Fujitsu service uses a subscription based, pay-as-you-grow model minimizing the service provider’s investment and operational costs. It is managed by the Fujitsu Network Operations Center (NOC) and complies with service provider’s requirements for security, reliability, availability and scalability.

SD-WAN-as-a-Service is delivered using Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect SD-WAN appliances which interconnect subscriber locations, data centers and cloud applications and is defined by MEF Forum as an SD-WAN Edge. The service also supports WAN optimization as well as zero-touch provisioning of physical or virtual SD-WAN Edges, eliminating service provider truck rolls.

The Fujitsu NOC provides 24x7x365 lifecycle management as well as streamlined, multi-tenant subscriber management using the Silver Peak Unity Orchestrator.

“Time to market is critical in today’s highly competitive market. The Fujitsu SD-WAN-as-a-Service enables service providers to focus their efforts on winning customers now with the ability to integrate the service into their operations and support methodologies later.” – Greg Manganello, SVP & Head of Services, Fujitsu Network Communications.

“Together with Fujitsu, we can liberate service providers from the quagmire of having to evaluate a myriad of SD-WAN vendors and offerings to arrive at a solution that addresses their immediate and longer-term requirements for robust SD-WAN service offerings.”– Shayne Stubbs, VP Service Provider and Cloud, Silver Peak.