Megaport Transforming Network Edge with Development of Megaport Virtual Edge. Megaport-built Platform
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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
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