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Megaport Transforming Network Edge with Development of Megaport Virtual Edge. Megaport-built Platform to Enable SD-WAN Capabilities Through Strategic Collaboration.

BRISBANE, Australia, Aug. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

-Megaport Virtual Edge will enable businesses to host on demand network

functions natively on Megaport's global Software Defined Network.

Megaport Limited (ASX: MP1) ("Megaport"), a global leading Network as a Service

(NaaS) provider, today announces the upcoming release of Megaport Virtual Edge

(MVE), a product innovation that will enable the hosting of Network Function

Virtualization (NFV), such as SD-WAN capabilities, directly on Megaport's

global Software Defined Network (SDN). With MVE, customers will tap into

Megaport's extensive platform reach to deploy and extend their network

functions closer to the edge, in real time, and without the need to deploy

hardware. Megaport and Cisco are collaborating (

https://www.megaport.com/blog/transforming-the-network-edge/) to enable Cisco

SD-WAN as the first use case on MVE.

"As enterprises and service providers begin to fully understand the benefits of

SD-WAN, the ability for Megaport customers to easily, and in minutes, 'spin up'

SD-WAN virtual appliances around the world on our platform is a big enabler for

global organisations," said Vincent English, CEO of Megaport. "Having these

virtual appliances fully integrated into the Megaport Interconnection Platform

leveraging our multicloud connectivity takes this to another level."

The highly-distributed MVE footprint will align with global centres of commerce

to support traffic localisation for low-latency networking and will provide an

interconnection gateway to securely manage multicloud and multi-location

interconnection. MVE includes gateway functionality to connect with Megaport's

SDN in a platform-neutral and technology-agnostic manner, allowing customers to

move beyond legacy networking models and take a unified approach to managing

their network.

SD-WAN on MVE

SD-WAN, the first network use case supported on MVE, enables customers to take

advantage of Megaport's secure, on-demand network from any internet-connected

SD-WAN location around the world. This empowers customers to build a unified,

multicloud network architecture that scales as their business needs grow — in a

matter of minutes.

Customers will host and fully manage instances of SD-WAN devices on MVE to

connect Megaport's global interconnection fabric with SD-WAN enabled locations.

Setup and maintenance of SD-WAN instances is enabled through an API and soon

will be available through Megaport's point-and-click portal. Once connected,

SD-WAN enabled locations can provision on demand connections to Megaport's

leading ecosystem of cloud, IT service providers, and more than 700 enabled

data centres.

Megaport is integrated with more than 200 cloud onramps — the most of any

neutral elastic interconnection platform —  and has an ecosystem of over 360

service providers including Alibaba Cloud, AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure,

IBM Cloud, Oracle Cloud, and Salesforce, among others. MVE unlocks the power of

Megaport's ecosystem and makes it available regardless of location.

The Megaport SDN provides carrier-grade, private connectivity that scales and

secures traffic to vital locations and service providers to address performance

and security requirements for mission critical applications. More than 1850

customers rely on Megaport to power their digital businesses.

SD-WAN on MVE Highlights:

-IP-enabled connections to Megaport's industry-first elastic interconnection

platform.

-Bring your own SD-WAN license.

-Highly-distributed for localised connections.

-Point-and-click network provisioning to support interconnection between branch

locations, data centres, cloud providers, and IT services.

-Real-time provisioning of virtual network infrastructure and interconnections.

-No hardware to ship, install, or manage.

-Pay-as-you-go (PAYG) consumption model.

-Unified end-to-end network provisioning and management to transform legacy

networks.

-Secure, multicloud connections to more than 360 service providers and 700+

enabled data centres.

Cisco SD-WAN Collaboration

Megaport and Cisco (

https://blogs.cisco.com/networking/cisco-expands-cloud-connectivity-with-megaport)

have an initiative to integrate Megaport Virtual Edge with Cisco's secure

SD-WAN, powered by Viptela, to enable interoperation of Megaport's SDN and

Cisco's SD-WAN fabric technology. Megaport and Cisco have invited a select list

of customers to participate in the MVE beta program. General availability of

the Cisco SD-WAN platform on MVE is planned for the first quarter of 2021.

"The development of Megaport Virtual Edge marks a transformation point for

Megaport," said Bevan Slattery, Founder and Chairman of Megaport. "By creating

a platform that will bridge various network access types directly to Megaport's

SDN, we have effectively made it possible to connect to our leading ecosystem

of service providers and data centres from anywhere in the world. This will put

the power of elastic interconnection in the hands of more businesses around the

globe. We are excited to work with Cisco to integrate their SD-WAN services on

MVE so customers can gain full control over how they connect to the vital

services that power their business."

For more information about Megaport Virtual Edge, or to express interest in the

beta program, please visit megaport.com/mve

(https://www.megaport.com/megaport-virtual-edge/).

About Megaport

Megaport is the global leading provider of Elastic Interconnection services.

Using Software Defined Networking (SDN), the Company's global platform enables

customers to rapidly connect their network to other services across the

Megaport Network. Services can be directly controlled by customers via mobile

devices, their computer, or our open API. Megaport connects more than 1,850

customers in over 700 enabled data centres globally. Megaport is an Alibaba

Cloud Technology Partner, AWS Technology Partner, AWS Networking Competency

Partner, Cloudflare Network Interconnect Partner, Google Cloud Interconnect

Partner, IBM Direct Link Cloud Exchange provider, Microsoft Azure Express Route

Partner, Nutanix Direct Connect Partner, Oracle Cloud Partner, Rackspace

RackConnect Partner, Salesforce Express Connect Partner, and SAP PartnerEdge

Open Ecosystem Partner.

Source: Megaport Limited