AT&T Expands its SD-WAN Offering with Cisco to Help Businesses with
Distributed Workforces Digitize Faster, with Advanced Security
New Globally Available Managed AT&T SD-WAN Service Integrated with Cisco
Security Capabilities Helps to Protect Cloud, Internet and WAN Traffic
DALLAS, July 8, 2020 – AT&T* has expanded its
AT&T SD-WAN solutions with a new service offering based on Cisco Secure SD-WAN technology. Available to
customers around the world, the new service includes natively integrated security capabilities to provide threat
protection that is consistently maintained across branch offices and clouds, without compromising
performance.
The SD-WAN offering is powered by Cisco’s ISR and ASR routers and Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS) and
managed through a single cloud-based dashboard. Integrated security features include an application-aware
enterprise firewall, intrusion prevention, URL filtering and advanced malware protection.
“Successful network and digital transformation requires effective security management,” said Mo Katibeh,
Executive Vice President, Chief Product & Platform Officer, AT&T Business. “AT&T SD-WAN with Cisco
combines connectivity, SD-WAN and security, which allows businesses to expand and scale without worrying about
the security of their branch locations."
AT&T Managed Services will collaborate with AT&T Cybersecurity to support and manage the new service
using Cisco’s vManage controller, which reduces complexity through a single management interface for both the
network and security.
“As customers move their workloads to multiple clouds, they require fast, highly secure access to applications
hosted anywhere, whether applications are hosted in the datacenter, public cloud or a private SaaS platform,”
said Ravi Chandrasekaran, Senior Vice President, Intent-Based Networking Group, Cisco. "The new AT&T managed service based on Cisco Secure SD-WAN addresses this by
providing businesses with the application optimization, integrated security and consistent intent-based
networking policies for their hybrid, multicloud environments.”
AT&T SD-WAN with Cisco provides the full range of SD-WAN functionality, including intelligent dynamic
routing, optimized cloud connectivity and visibility into applications and performance. This level of control
allows for optimal application performance, flexible deployment options and improved total cost of
ownership.
AT&T can simplify the migration to SD-WAN by combining SD-WAN with AT&T WAN options, including AT&T
Virtual Private Network MPLS service, Dedicated or Shared Internet or LTE – all of which are under the umbrella
of AT&T management.
Enterprises often turn to managed service providers to reduce the burden of provisioning, managing and
troubleshooting services. Managed SD-WAN can help to lower costs, offer highly secure and direct access to
private or public clouds, support multiple types of connectivity and improve control.
Learn more about AT&T’s SD-WAN managed service here.
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