Joel Stradling, Research Director, Business Network & IT Services, Current Analysis,
he services offered as part of Connect Intelligence IWAN also help customers reap the business benefits of the Cloud-of-Clouds by taking advantage of broader virtualized functions such as application performance management and security.
“BT has been leading the research into emerging virtualization technologies from the beginning. For years, we have also been adding ‘intelligence’ to the network services we provide to our customers. NFV and SDN are part of that drive, and aim at making those services more dynamic and automated. They pave the way for a new generation of services that are quicker and easier to set up and change”, says Keith Langridge, Vice President, Network Services, BT Global Services. “BT Connect Intelligence IWAN leverages the Cisco IWAN solution to bring an important new building block in that virtualization effort. It will help our customers all over the world deal much more effectively with ever increasing bandwidth and traffic optimization demands”, adds Langridge.
Joel Stradling, Research Director, Business Network & IT Services, Current Analysis, says, “The integration of Cisco IWAN into BT Global Services’ Connect range advances the service provider’s SD-WAN message. BT can leverage new management features built into Cisco IWAN that blend compelling functions, such as dynamic traffic routing on hybrid VPNs, intelligent path control, agility in layering on virtualized network functions, and cost-savings on Internet bandwidth. Offering Cisco IWAN globally gives BT a head start over its rivals”.
Walgreens Boots Alliance’s businesses in the UK and in around 20 other countries are set to be some of the first BT Connect Intelligence IWAN customers, taking advantage of the service’s reach and scalability to support their international operations.
The benefits at a glance
• The Connect Intelligence IWAN enables organizations to reduce costs by securely interconnecting remote sites over hybrid network options, such as MPLS VPNs, private and public internet, and mobile, and to transfer information using powerful encryption technology.
• Applications are routed across the best path in the customer’s hybrid network, based on real-time network performance.
• Faster performance for applications, which will improve productivity and user experience. It will also identify underperforming business processes. This includes acceleration of web based traffic such as online catalogues shown to customers in retail stores, or access to employee training videos.
• Enhanced application visibility and analytics, available via centralised, user friendly reporting, which gives customers deep insight into their application and network performance. This will also allow BT to enhance its monitoring and incident management service to customers.
BT’s Connect Intelligence IWAN service helps customers reap the business benefits of the Cloud-of-Clouds by taking advantage of broader virtualized functions such as application performance management and security
he services offered as part of Connect Intelligence IWAN also help customers reap the business benefits of the Cloud-of-Clouds by taking advantage of broader virtualized functions such as application performance management and security.
“BT has been leading the research into emerging virtualization technologies from the beginning. For years, we have also been adding ‘intelligence’ to the network services we provide to our customers. NFV and SDN are part of that drive, and aim at making those services more dynamic and automated. They pave the way for a new generation of services that are quicker and easier to set up and change”, says Keith Langridge, Vice President, Network Services, BT Global Services. “BT Connect Intelligence IWAN leverages the Cisco IWAN solution to bring an important new building block in that virtualization effort. It will help our customers all over the world deal much more effectively with ever increasing bandwidth and traffic optimization demands”, adds Langridge.
Joel Stradling, Research Director, Business Network & IT Services, Current Analysis, says, “The integration of Cisco IWAN into BT Global Services’ Connect range advances the service provider’s SD-WAN message. BT can leverage new management features built into Cisco IWAN that blend compelling functions, such as dynamic traffic routing on hybrid VPNs, intelligent path control, agility in layering on virtualized network functions, and cost-savings on Internet bandwidth. Offering Cisco IWAN globally gives BT a head start over its rivals”.
Walgreens Boots Alliance’s businesses in the UK and in around 20 other countries are set to be some of the first BT Connect Intelligence IWAN customers, taking advantage of the service’s reach and scalability to support their international operations.
The benefits at a glance
• The Connect Intelligence IWAN enables organizations to reduce costs by securely interconnecting remote sites over hybrid network options, such as MPLS VPNs, private and public internet, and mobile, and to transfer information using powerful encryption technology.
• Applications are routed across the best path in the customer’s hybrid network, based on real-time network performance.
• Faster performance for applications, which will improve productivity and user experience. It will also identify underperforming business processes. This includes acceleration of web based traffic such as online catalogues shown to customers in retail stores, or access to employee training videos.
• Enhanced application visibility and analytics, available via centralised, user friendly reporting, which gives customers deep insight into their application and network performance. This will also allow BT to enhance its monitoring and incident management service to customers.
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