Category Archives: Cloud

10 Jan

Part 3: FatPipe SD-WAN for Technology Leaders

What Technology Leaders Should Look for in a Good SD-WAN: Part 3 of Our SD-WAN Insights Series

Hope you found our previous blog “What Network Administrators Should Look for in a Good SD-WAN: Part 2 of Our SD-WAN Insights Series” informative. In the next blog on this series, we have shared the set of FatPipe SD-WAN features that technology leaders including CEOs and CIOs will find useful.

Technology leadership can be a crucial achiever with regard to an organization’s operational and strategic facets. They are vested with the objective to select technology solutions that future-proof their organizations but also reduce total cost of ownership. Join us in understanding what it takes to be a good SD-WAN solution for a CTO and CIO as well as harness the full potential your network infrastructure with FatPipe SD-WAN and cloud-based security products at much lower cost than existing network spend.

Improvement in Network Performance and SLAs

FatPipe SD-WAN provides a patent-based technique to aggregate divergent media links that improves network SLA manifold even in remotest areas. Moreover, FatPipe has the unique ability of data transmission across lines without the use of dynamic routing protocols using FatPipe MPSec TM that makes network lighter, simpler, faster and more secure. Please refer to our Intelligent WAN Edge blog for more details.

Simple Network

FatPipe SD-WAN offers another patent of single IP framework across divergent links to avoid maze and complexity of managing multiple IP addresses on the device to ensure that the network is simple to manage and operate. Centralized management platform of FatPipe offers zero touch configuration and simple single-click change management for most of the use cases. This ultimately leads to enhanced performance and unmatched reliability and has potential to reduce network management manpower as the network setup becomes less complicated.

Cost Savings of upto 50%

FatPipe being the inventor of key SD-WAN features has patented and innovative ways of network transformation for reducing network TCO by 50%. Read our blog on How FatPipe SD-WAN Reduces Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of Network Infrastructure to understand the vast SD-WAN expertise and experience, with relevant use cases for significant reduction in organizational network costs.

Total Security

FatPipe provides security that is scalable helping organizations of varied sizes with its advanced protection against a wide spectrum of threats through its blockchain level of transmission, stateful firewall, web filtering, powerful IDS and IPS, DDoS attack protection, cloud security, e-mail attachment containment, and compliance monitoring.

Deep Analytics and Dashboards

FatPipe SD-WAN protects the total infrastructure from potential risks through its focus on links, application and security reporting. It vigilantly monitors traffic patterns and identifies suspicious activities in real-time, thus placing your organization one step ahead of security breaches.  

Cloud Security aka SASE Enablement

Extending SD-WAN with the security functions of SASE ensures a holistic and robust defense against cyber threats for organizations.

Adaptability to Cloud Architecture

FatPipe SD-WAN seamlessly adapts to cloud architecture thereby simplifying operations and not negatively impacting total costs.

Our teams are just one phone call / one email away for CTOs and CIOs to provide detailed presentation along with case studies on FatPipe unique features.

01 Jul

Enhancing Business Productivity with Application Aware Routing

Traditional network architectures, while efficient at routing packets, fall short in understanding the applications being transported and hence are unaware of business priorities. This hinders businesses from achieving optimal operations as there is no real-time application-based traffic routing. Modern networks, equipped with knowledge of the applications they carry, provide multiple benefits to businesses.

Advantage of Application Aware Routing for Modern Businesses  

  • Application Path Control (Steering): When a Data Center link for a major e-commerce company’s Order Booking Application is impaired while a high-value order is being placed, the order will fail to go through. Application-aware routing, a key function, makes real-time routing decisions, redirecting the order booking to a better link ensuring successful Business closure. This involves abstracting, pooling, and assigning the transport infrastructure to applications based on software-defined policies. Application Aware Routing, a major function of Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN), steers and priorities mission-critical traffic ensuring that critical applications like voice and video sessions remain free from jitter, latency, or packet loss

  • Application Quality of Service: Imagine a customer at a bank’s priority desk trying to open an account during busy morning hours. The bank operator struggles with slow Account opening application due to bandwidth in busy hour being consumed by other employees opening large email attachments etc. An application-aware network, with appropriate policies, guarantees express bandwidth to the account opening application, preventing business loss. FatPipe SD-WAN has one of the best Application QoS modules for helping businesses increase profitability.
  • Application Portability: Users should seek solutions enabling easy application deployment across the cloud, data centers, remote premises or disaster recovery sites. The solution should offer centralized management to allow configuration and policy updates to multiple sites from a single interface. When applications move, policies should be easily updated and propagated across the network. FatPipe SD-WAN provides this functionality through user-friendly, zero-touch central orchestrator templates for specific policy directives of each Business.
  • Application Reports: In a remote factory, an employee using most of the bandwidth for personal Google downloads hinders business work. SD-WAN provides granular application reports at the user and link levels, allowing network administrators to diagnose the problem. FatPipe SD-WAN offers deep analytics, including CxO dashboards and detailed reports on top talkers, hosts, applications, and data usage by each application with user segregation enabling high quality Network Performance Management.

In summary, FatPipe SD-WAN application-aware agile and adaptive solutions for Network transformation ensure seamless and high-quality user experiences for enhancing business productivity and profitability.

01 Mar

Empowering Cloud Security: Explore FatPipe SD-WAN’s ‘Bring Your Own Firewall’ Advantage

In today’s evolving landscape of digital transformation, the path to adopting Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) varies widely depending on the organization, reflecting the unique circumstances and objectives of each entity embarking on this transformative journey. At FatPipe, we recognize the unique nature of every SASE transition. We understand that each organization starts this journey from a different starting point, which highlights the importance of a flexible approach that delivers tangible benefits at every step.

Flexibility isn’t just about incremental wins; it’s about empowering organizations to adapt and evolve on their terms. FatPipe follows a flexible approach that not only acknowledges but embraces the diverse needs and circumstances of our customers. At FatPipe, we have innovated our SD-WAN solutions with a third-party Bring Your Own Firewall (BYOF) model to provide organizations with unparalleled flexibility and choice in their security infrastructure. This approach allows organizations to leverage their preferred firewall technology within FatPipe’s SASE framework, creating a cohesive and robust security environment tailored to their specific needs.

Bring Your Own Firewall Integration

 

Benefits of FatPipe SD-WAN Bring your own Line and Bring Your Own Firewall Integration

  • The integration between FatPipe SD-WAN and third-party firewalls is developed to facilitate a smooth and efficient flow of traffic within the SASE architecture. By seamlessly integrating these elements, organizations can ensure that their network traffic is routed through their chosen firewall for inspection and enforcement of security policies. This integration streamlines security operations and ensures consistent protection across the entire network infrastructure.
  • Within the SASE framework, FatPipe’s SD-WAN acts as the foundation for connectivity, providing feature of “Bring your own line” which allows seamless aggregated connectivity across heterogeneous media types e.g., Wireless, Wireline, MPLS, Internet, 4G/5G etc. The third-party firewall, brought in by the organization under the BYOF model, serves as an additional layer of defense, augmenting the security capabilities of the SD-WAN solution. Together, these components work in tandem to safeguard against a wide spectrum of threats and vulnerabilities, ensuring comprehensive protection for the organization’s digital assets.
  • This integrated approach not only enhances security but also provides higher Network Uptimes with seamless integration of heterogeneous lines with simple administration for IT teams. By consolidating networking and security functions within a unified platform, organizations can reduce complexity, streamline operations, and improve overall efficiency. Moreover, the flexibility offered by the BYOF and BYOL model enables organizations to leverage their existing investments in security infrastructure, maximizing ROI while benefiting from the advanced capabilities of FatPipe’s SASE-enabled SD-WAN solution.
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.

01 Feb

WAN Edge and SD-WAN, what you need to know

There are plenty of articles and information on the WAN Edge.    Perhaps the question to ask is, so what? How does this affect today’s multi-line hybrid WAN?  With research suggesting there will be 50 billion devices attached to the Internet in the next 3 to 5 years, how does the corporate network manage access to their applications and information stored, both on premise, in the cloud and from WAN edge devices?

Today’s corporate WAN’s are complex, and the top issues faced by IT management are still the security of data flowing across the network, managing access, the co-mingling of on premise and cloud-based applications, and reliable, high speed connectivity.   Adding new WAN EDGE devices is simply adding new access and data flow challenges that require careful management.   But who has extra IT staff for this?   They key to success rests with the management of this data traffic.

WAN of Things

The WAN ‘edge’ is evolving into the new WAN of things.  Remember IoT?   WANoT could be how data is to be served to users, no matter where they are, and no matter what device they use.   The question then changes to how to ensure secure, reliable access to applications and information no matter what the access route.

Data can be anywhere these days, applications too.   It is the secure, reliable access to this data, the applications and information needed to be successful in today’s digital society.

WAN Edge devices have computational power

WAN Edge devices have evolved to where they now have computing power, meaning a major portion of data analysis and computational functions are being handled “at the edge”. For example, routers are WAN edge devices, as are switches, but so are weather sensors and satellite tracking devices in shipping.  The proliferation of these “smart” devices with computational power can transform the business WAN, especially if the data from these devices becomes mission critical. Instead of a device sending data only, it is now able to compute and send results of that computational analysis back to the WAN.  This data is then sent to a web property or reporting tool. The downside of all of this computational activity that it adds more traffic to the network.

Control and management of data flow is not new, but is certainly becoming more critical, especially with more and more devices attaching to networks.   WAN traffic management is the key and IT administrators are seeking solutions that automate the management of this traffic.

So, what about “SD-WAN”?   Surely this was the answer to the IT administrators desire for WAN traffic control and management?   Well, it seems that since the advent of SD-WAN, many businesses have been trying to implement a solution that supposedly promises nirvana.   But this has had mixed results at best. The problem is that SD-WAN means different things to different people. Some SD-WAN solutions are complex, some are off premise or cloud based, and some cannot deliver on the promise of true WAN traffic management.

What is True WAN Traffic Management?

Recent research with customers across the globe suggests that “true” WAN traffic management requires sophisticated software that can automatically manage any traffic type, on any type of link.   Today , businesses want to customize their data traffic that results in secure, highly reliable data flow across the WAN, with limited, if any, administration oversight. This software must have the ability to customize HOW to direct this WAN traffic, especially if it has come from a WAN Edge device, using tools that can prioritize link usage with options to customize the flow.    Requested options are, interface type, application signature, protocol, IP address or destination, port source or destination or a combination thereof. True traffic management must also have the ability to set thresholds, based on almost any criteria, allowing for complete customization of how this traffic is directed across the circuits.

Identification of WAN Edge devices then becomes much easier, and the traffic flowing to and from them, customized and optimized. Using this true traffic management,  it does not matter what type of device it is, where it is located, or how it is connecting to the network.   Providing seamless, secure, and reliable access is paramount as is ease of installation and management.

FatPipe Networks has been developing and providing WAN traffic solutions for over 20 years.  With 13 seminal patents, over 182 technical claims, FatPipe is a leader in the industry for SD-WAN, WAN Edge solutions and true WAN traffic management.

FatPipe is continuously innovating and developing to meet customer demand.  FatPipe’s Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) and SDN traffic management solutions lead the industry with a security module that is FIPS 140-2 certified.   With a rich, complete suite of software to customize application traffic on premise or in the cloud, as well as for remote users and offices, FatPipe offers true WAN traffic management.  Cloud approved, FatPipe also supports any link type including Fiber, Copper, Wireless (3G:4G:5G LTE), and satellite.

Recently, FatPipe received a rating of 4.9 out of 5 by Gartner, and 100% of customers reviewed stated they would recommend FatPipe. The nearest competitor had 4.8 and 86% respectively.

If you are adding WAN edge devices, or are wanting to manage WAN traffic securely and cost effectively, you have to consider FatPipe Networks solutions.

Contact FatPipe today – 801-683-5656 or visit www.fatpipeinc.com