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23 Jan

Mastering the Multi-Cloud Connectivity Maze with the Right SD-WAN Partner

In today’s dynamic business landscape, enterprises are navigating an intricate maze of multi-cloud environments, seeking the perfect synergy between performance, security, and flexibility. As the digital realm evolves, the importance of a robust and strategic SD-WAN solution becomes paramount. SD-WAN simplifies and streamlines the complexities of multi-cloud connectivity, ensuring reliable, secure and efficient network performance across a spectrum of cloud platforms. One major point which cannot be ignored while selection of SD-WAN provider is the seamless integration with SASE offerings preferably from the same SD-WAN provider.

FatPipe SD-WAN for Multi-Cloud Reliable Connectivity

According to a recent annual outage analysis, cloud, Software as a Service, and digital services attributed to 80% of public outages in 2023, increasing from 66% in 2016. Reliability and quality of experience is essential as far as cloud is concerned.  Traditional networks often backhaul traffic from remote locations to a centralized data center before accessing cloud services. SD-WAN allows direct access to cloud applications and services, reducing latency and improving the user experience. This direct access enhances reliability by minimizing the dependency on a single centralized point.

FatPipe SD-WAN enables customers who utilize Azure or AWS applications to gain a better experience by overcoming the need to reconnect frequently when the sessions break, which is possible through patented FatPipe SD-WAN technology. This becomes a concern of paramount importance for customers and offices where large groups need to use cloud-hosted applications wherein a single line connection to AWS or Azure is not sufficient to address line drop issues.

FatPipe SD-WAN’s Solutions for Multi-Cloud Connectivity Challenges

Faster TCP Connection Setup Time

FatPipe SD-WAN significantly reduces the TCP connection set-up time by effectively utilizing cross-border cloud communications. This improvement ensured quicker and more efficient establishment of connections. The result is a streamlined and accelerated network experience, mitigating delays and enhancing the efficiency of data transmission across diverse geographic locations within a multi-cloud environment.

Dynamic Load Balancing for Optimal Resource Utilization

FatPipe SD-WAN solution intelligently assesses real-time conditions, directing traffic along the most efficient routes. This dynamic load balancing not only enhances network performance but also contributes to the seamless integration of multiple cloud environments. By ensuring optimal resource allocation, FatPipe SD-WAN solution fosters an agile and responsive multi-cloud connectivity framework, overcoming challenges associated with uneven workloads and diverse cloud architectures.

 Enhanced Security with End-to-End Encryption

As data traverses diverse cloud environments, FatPipe SD-WAN employs robust encryption protocols to safeguard information from potential threats and unauthorized access. This end-to-end encryption makes sure that sensitive data remains secure throughout its journey across multiple cloud platforms, addressing the inherent security challenges associated with the diverse architectures of various cloud providers.

Seamless Integration of FatPipe SD-WAN with SASE offerings

FatPipe provides myriad of SASE offerings which seamlessly integrate with our SD-WAN products providing enhanced end user experience. Customers can procure SD-WAN and SASE licenses simultaneously, or time lapse in procurement of SD-WAN and SASE is also possible.

Legacy SD-WAN solutions lack the efficiency to simplify and automate branch-to-cloud connections, hindering the seamless integration needed for an efficient cloud journey. FatPipe SD-WAN emerges as a pivotal solution, addressing the shortcomings of traditional WAN architectures and legacy SD-WAN offerings.  It supports innovative approaches including tunnel-less connectivity that involves establishing direct, site-to-site connections without the need for traditional VPN tunnels and without the need for specialized routing protocols. FatPipe SD-WAN’s application-defined focus, autonomous capabilities, and cloud-enabled approach with SASE offerings positions it as a comprehensive solution for organizations seeking a seamless and secure transition to a cloud-centric infrastructure.

11 Jan

FatPipe Networks Recognized as a Technology Leader in Quadrant’s Spark Matrix

Quadrant Knowledge Solutions, which is a global advisory and consulting firm, announced that it named FatPipe Networks a 2023 technology leader in the SPARK Matrix Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN), Q2 2023.

FatPipe is happy that our commitment to innovation and excellence has been honored. This achievement encourages us to continue excelling and delivering cutting-edge solutions to our valued customers. In the words of Quadrant Knowledge Solutions, “FatPipe Networks offers a robust SD-WAN solution that incorporates FatPipe’s patented Multi-Path security and provides agile deployment and management across the entire fleet of branch offices.. With overall strong performance across the parameters of technology excellence and customer impact, FatPipe Networks has been positioned among the 2023 technology leaders in the global SD-WAN market.”

SD-WAN Market: An Overview 

The development of the SD-WAN market highlights its increasing indispensability across diverse business verticals. Positioned beyond a technological trend, SD-WAN has evolved into a strategic necessity for enterprises of all types.

  • The SD-WAN market size is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 29.02% between 2023 and 2028.
  • The market size is predicted to increase by USD 13.66 billion.

Key Market Drivers and Insights

The SD-WAN market is driven by several key drivers, including the growing demand for cloud-based applications and services, the need for a centralized network management system, the increasing popularity of SD-WAN as a service, enhanced network visibility and security, and cost-efficiency.

SD-WAN is a must-have solution in a digital landscape where seamless connectivity is pivotal for operational efficiency. Its ongoing progress reflects the growing urgencies of contemporary business landscapes, establishing SD-WAN not as a discretionary option but as an essential enabler for organizations striving to excel in an interconnected and dynamic global environment. SD-WAN is as strong as ever, and it is appreciably addressing data, network automation, efficiency, and security demands by relying on several supporting technologies.

FatPipe Networks has always been at the forefront of technology. Its emphasis on best-of-breed products demonstrates superior performance, specialized functionality, and a competitive edge. The commitment to outstanding customer service has propelled FatPipe to be recognized as a technology leader by Quadrant Knowledge Solutions. It’s not just technological efficiency but a dedication to meeting customer needs that has placed FatPipe in this coveted position.

02 Jan

FatPipe’s Comprehensive End-to-End SD-WAN and SASE Solution

Amidst the evolving challenges of remote work and branch connectivity, enterprises benefit from SASE, which integrates SD-WAN’s networking efficiency with a plethora of cloud security features, including zero trust network. As per research reports, by 2025, at least 60% of organizations will have explicit strategies and timelines for SASE adoption covering user, branch, and edge access. FatPipe unique technical cloud security features can help you accelerate the transition to the SASE architecture with tailored implementations that align with your organization’s unique needs.

SASE’s Vital Significance: Five Enterprise Use Cases

  • A large enterprise has several employees working from home, connecting with colleagues and customers through various collaboration tools to perform their tasks. SASE ensures secure connections, enabling employees to collaborate seamlessly while protecting sensitive information to enhance productivity.
  • An IT Services company needs to ensure secure and context-aware access for diverse user roles within its network infrastructure. SASE helps in providing a comprehensive security fabric with identity-based control and context awareness. IT professionals or user groups can be seamlessly associated with specific identities, enabling the organization to grant access tailored to roles, teams, or management hierarchies.
  • Faced with the critical need to align its network with stringent financial regulations, a pharmaceutical company must enhance its security posture, particularly in adhering to data encryption standards. Leveraging the integrated security capabilities of SASE, including robust data encryption, the pharma company can achieve regulatory compliance expectations.
  • A retail chain faces security risks as employees needed remote access to the company network while working from field and client offices. SASE offers a Zero Trust-based secure access solution, enhancing security by meticulously verifying identities and permissions before granting network access to remote employees.
  • A developing tech start-up was challenged with scaling its network infrastructure after the emergence in the need of accommodating a rise in users and escalating data loads. SASE’s cloud-native architecture provides the ideal solution, enabling the start-up to effortlessly expand both its network and security capabilities in tandem with its rapid growth path.

A large organization with a complex network infrastructure can gain from the gradual deployment capability of SASE, which enables a seamless transition without disrupting ongoing operations. FatPipe SASE provides simple yet effective transformation methods with advanced blockchain type of secure data transmission, making it easier, modular, and granular to implement secure Edge. FatPipe’s comprehensive cloud security products include Secure Web Gateway, Threat Protection and Management, ZTNA, IDS/IPS, Firewall as a Service (FWaaS), etc.

FatPipe’s comprehensive end-to-end SD-WAN and SASE solution lifecycle services meticulously encompass every aspect to improve business continuity and operational efficiency with impregnable security.

12 Dec

Control, Prioritize, Shape and Optimize WAN Traffic with FatPipe Multiline QoS

In a busy corporate network, imagine a scenario where real-time voice/video and critical business applications contend with routine tasks for bandwidth. This is an unavoidable situation sometimes but it results in stakeholders’ dissatisfaction and business monetary loss. Traffic prioritization resolves this by intelligently assigning priority levels, optimizing data flow, and refining overall network efficiency. FatPipe SD-WAN employs traffic prioritization for assurance that packets are transported from a source to a destination with certain characteristics corresponding to the requirements of the service that the packet flow supports. FatPipe SD-WAN also dynamically routes traffic through the most efficient path and adjusts real-time prioritization.

FatPipe traffic prioritization ensures the user assigns a certain amount of bandwidth to each type of traffic, and it is defined by committed rate (CR) and Burst rate. Committed rate of a traffic type defines the amount of bandwidth guaranteed to be available for that type of traffic at any time the associated link is up. Burst rate is required for QoS and defines the upper limit for bandwidth that can be made available to the traffic type. This helps maintain a fair and efficient use of the company’s Internet resources.

FatPipe Traffic Prioritization using QoS

FatPipe’s traffic prioritization controls the traffic volume entering a network using Quality of Service (QoS) policies. FatPipe QoS also controls incoming network traffic by letting the user limit the rate at which the LAN receives traffic from each WAN link. While this does not help conserve bandwidth, it can help reduce unwanted connection-oriented traffic. The Inbound Policed Rate defines the limit above to which all incoming traffic that it applies will be dropped. FatPipe QoS can classify packets based on the application they belong to. FatPipe QoS can also work with application-specific information regardless of port numbers used by transport protocols. FatPipe SD-WAN also provides the capability of scheduling QoS policies for eg., if the Chairman of Company wants to have company-wide Video Conferencing on a specific date and time in the future, the QoS policies can be configured to give priority to Video traffic on that particular date and time providing peace of mind to network administrators.

Multiline QoS combined with Link Load Balancing

FatPipe’s improved Multi-line QoS technology includes application layer multi-lineQoS (layer 7) in addition to the networking layer where you can assign bandwidth by IP orport (layers 3 and 4). Unlike traditional Multi-line QoS, FatPipe Multi-line QoS is combined with link load balancing, which ensures that rules are applied to additional or secondary lines when a failure occurs to your primary WAN line, providing redundancy for your WAN infrastructure data transmissions.

20 Nov

Catch Up with Rising Intelligence on the WAN Edge

WAN Edge refers to the device deployed at the “edge of the network,” especially at the branches. Till a few years back, these devices were expected to make routing decisions without human intervention, but with the advent of SD-WAN, the Edge devices are gaining much-needed intelligence and also are capable of performing multiple functions. Imagine effortlessly managing your WAN, elevating its performance, fortifying the security, and seamlessly integrating new heterogeneous connections of different technologies – all in one powerful suite of solutions. FatPipe Networks, the inventor and multiple patents holder of SDWAN technology has been at the forefront of making the “Edge” more powerful and intelligent to exponentially enhance the network performance. It provides unique patented technology MPSEC TM to the networking industry which has given a new dimension to Edge Intelligence. It also provides solutions for improving network performance in an existing WAN, simplifying WAN management, or adding and managing additional connections with zero-touch provisioning.

WAN Redundancy with MPSEC TM

FatPipe Multi path security patented technology allows multiple heterogeneous connections to the WAN for seamless aggregation of MPLS, Internet, 4G, leased networks, and satellite networks in one single virtual link with seamless sub-second failover to enhance network SLAs.

Dynamic load balancing on multiple lines 

FatPipe’s dynamic load balancing allows the load to be distributed on a WAN connection according to several algorithms ranging from simple round-robin load balancing to complex load balancing that determines the least number of hops from start to destination.

Multiple Quality of Service

FatPipe technology supports QoS mechanisms that let organizations prioritize specific traffic over others. This will ensure that VoIP calls have priority and the availability needed to be completed.

Data traffic Optimization

The Edge is enabled with multiple WAN Optimization techniques making it more intelligent. FatPipe data compression technology can compress data by up to 8x. FatPipe’s de-duplication technology looks for data duplicates in data sets and eliminates them. By caching local copies of transmitted data, FatPipe technology reduces the strain on network resources.

Hybrid WAN

The Hybrid WAN has the public and private networks working in parallel. We can also have internet-only branches to connect to their HQ or other data centers using an on-site or cloud gateway.

Centralized control and Policy-based management 

FatPipe SD-WAN ensures data security and decision-driven traffic routing through a centralized control function with additional benefits such as application performance, user satisfaction, business efficiency, and reduced operational expenditure. Based on policies, FatPipe manages the configurations and flow of traffic.

Dynamic path selection

FatPipe SD-WAN intelligently prioritizes data and diagnoses existing network conditions to effectively map application traffic to the best-suited route.

Last-mile connectivity

FatPipe SD-WAN devices deployed at each location elevate last-mile connectivity between sites without excessively relying on service partners, as with cloud-based solutions.

Fabric and Flat Networks

While fabric networks facilitate the seamless integration of many components, improve scalability, and enhance overall network performance, flat networks can reduce complexity in WAN environments with a simplified structure. Flat networks can improve data transfer efficiency, lower latency, and simplify management by minimizing the number of network layers.

Intelligent WAN Edge Consolidation 

FatPipe Intelligent WAN Edge consolidation typically involves simplifying management processes, improving network performance, and adding or managing additional connections into a unified and intelligent solution. The objective is to provide a more cohesive and effective approach to managing and optimizing the WAN edge infrastructure.