Tag Archives: SD-WAN

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.

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.

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.

08 Nov

Managed SD-WAN Continues to Gain Traction

Fully managed SD‐WAN service is the choice of customers as the complete deployment and management of the end-to-end SD‐WAN solution with proactive issue resolution is taken care of by the Managed SD-WAN provider. Managed SD-WAN provides a centralized control center that actively oversees the network’s edge devices, enabling real-time detection of anomalies or performance issues. By swiftly identifying and addressing these concerns, Managed SD-WAN ensures continuous network stability, security, and optimal performance, serving as the backbone for the reliability and seamless operation of corporate infrastructures.

Managed SD-WAN services offer several key benefits across the U.S. in terms of providing proactive network monitoring and network health and performance alerting:

1.Continuous Monitoring

Ensures proactive monitoring of the network. This continuous surveillance allows for early detection of potential issues, enabling prompt resolution before they escalate and affect network performance. By actively overseeing the network, these services can identify patterns, anomalies, or deviations from the norm, helping to maintain network health.

2. Proactive Issue Resolution

Helps detect and address potential issues before they impact the network. This approach minimizes downtime and optimizes network performance, as issues can be dealt with swiftly, often before end-users notice them.

3. Enhanced Security Measures

Ensures network performance and assists in the early detection of security threats or breaches. Alerting systems signal security issues promptly, enabling immediate action to mitigate potential risks and strengthen the network’s defenses.

4. Deep Analytical Reports 

Provides deep analytical reports such as link-wise applications, data segregation, Quality of Service reports, etc. These reports are presented in easy- easy-to-understand charts and tables with associated dashboards and flexibility to summarize the report in the desired format. It also provides timely notifications and alerts and ensures that the responsible team is immediately informed of any irregularities or potential problems, enabling rapid responses to rectify issues before they affect the network’s health or performance.

5. Focus on Core Business Functions

Allows us to focus more on core business operations. With experts managing network health and performance, internal IT teams can direct their efforts toward strategic initiatives and essential business tasks rather than day-to-day network monitoring.

FatPipe Managed SD-WAN services perform proactive network monitoring and network health and performance alerting to identify and address issues in real-time promptly using cutting-edge tools like Symphony Orchestration and Enterprise View 2.0 TM. This is helpful in the detection of performance bottlenecks, security threats, or connectivity problems, enabling organizations to take immediate action, maintain network reliability, and provide a seamless user experience. Clear communication and expectation setting, equipped with robust, proactive monitoring, help in transparent engagement and manage customer expectations. Redundancy strategies and swift, responsive support mechanisms ensure reliability, a user-focused approach provides enhanced customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement underscores the commitment to overcoming external challenges.

27 Oct

Adaptive, Intelligent, and Faster Connectivity: FatPipe SD-WAN’s Pivotal Role in Traffic Management


Both small businesses and branch offices of large enterprises constantly struggle to manage network traffic for the best possible network uptime, latency, and other network key metrics’ SLAs. Efficient traffic management is a must-have for a seamless and responsive network infrastructure. FatPipe Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) offers a dynamic solution for aggregating multiple heterogeneous network links with numerous possibilities of load balancing traffic across these links for achieving higher network SLAs. It optimizes traffic flows with many techniques, ensuring critical applications get top priority while non-essential data simultaneously navigate alternative routes for enhanced end-user experience.

FatPipe SD-WAN for Seamless Link Aggregation

FatPipe SD-WAN provides flawless network link aggregation with seamless, intelligent sub-second failover from primary line to secondary line without any break or disconnection in Voice, Video, and Data traffic using the patented framework of Multi-Path Security (MPSEC TM). This network intelligence is central to routing specific types of traffic to dedicated links, allowing organizations to maintain high control and flexibility in their network operations.

FatPipe SD-WAN for Traffic Agility 

FatPipe’s patented technology dynamically places data sessions on all the lines, including multiple MPLS, DIA, broadband, 4G/LTE, and satellite (and any combination thereof) without the use of BGP or any other dynamic routing protocol to provide the highest levels of security, redundancy and speed for VPNs. This maximizes the data traffic and speeds up data transmission, resulting in better ROI. With this patented technology, FatPipe SD-WAN can intelligently manage traffic over low-cost data lines with rotating / dynamic IP addresses.

FatPipe SD-WAN for Prioritizing Different Traffics 

Organizations can be assured that essential or time-critical traffic flows without delays by providing a higher priority value. Even a relatively minor delay could lead to a prominent reduction in service quality of applications. SD-WAN manages temporary traffic by dynamically allocating network resources. It achieves this by intelligently distributing traffic across available links, prioritizing critical applications, and adapting to changing conditions to optimize bandwidth usage.

FatPipe is a leader in the industry for SD-WAN, WAN Edge solutions, and true WAN traffic management. The effective traffic management enabled by SD-WAN is crucial for network optimization, ensuring seamless connectivity, optimal resource utilization, and a responsive, reliable digital environment. FatPipe’s innovative approach is linked to its responsiveness to customer demands, ensuring it remains at the forefront of the industry. With a rich, comprehensive 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.