Published: 20 September 2021
Summary
Infrastructure and operations leaders responsible for networking evaluate WAN edge solutions to connect branches and workers to cloud applications and other enterprise locations. Vendors’ capabilities vary widely, so use this research to identify which vendors best address your specific use cases.
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Strategic Planning Assumptions
- Barracuda
- Cisco (Meraki)
- Cisco (Viptela)
- Citrix
- Cradlepoint
- FatPipe Networks
- Fortinet
- HPE (Aruba EdgeConnect)
- HPE (Aruba SD-Branch)
- Huawei
- Juniper Networks
- Nuage Networks
- Palo Alto Networks
- Peplink
- Riverbed
- Versa Networks (VOS)
- Versa Networks (VOS with Titan)
- VMware
- SD-WAN Features
- Security Features
- App Performance Optimization
- Operational Features
- Deployment Flexibility
- Small Platform Flexibility
- Scalability
- Cloud Features
- Remote Worker
- Small Branch WAN
- Large Global WAN
- Security-Sensitive WAN
- Cloud-First WAN
- Remote Worker
Gartner Recommended Reading
Critical Capabilities Methodology