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____Ecessa SD-WAN and Failover Products zzzzzEcessa SD-WAN and Failover Products

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A quick guide to Ecessa SD-WAN and Failover products with case study links. Product comparison chart helps you and your clients select the ...

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____State of The Industry zzzzzState of The Industry

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2 jplist-folder-All-Posts-4768 jplist-folder-Featured-4771 jplist-folder-Blog-4769 Blog jplist-topic-Ai jplist-topic-Artificial-Intelligence jplist-topic-Internet-Of-Things jplist-topic-Iot jplist-topic-Sdwan 1 99999292688 0.292688 By Mike Siegler, CEO, Ecessa Corporation Over the past several months I’ve attended conferences, spoken with industry leaders and listened to a lot of partners, all in an effort to get the pulse of our industry and the technology we rely on. As the CEO of Ecessa, this information helps me understand industry trends, customer realities and how best to meet future needs, not just those pain points of today. It is my pleasure to share my observations with you. The Network Edge Of the myriad topics covered, including the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies, one thing is clear: businesses need to rethink the network edge. Security concerns, new bandwidth, opportunities to reduce costs of MPLS and legacy connections, and the ever-increasing need for resilience all factor into the need for improved network architecture at the edge. SD-WAN is one component of that edge architecture gaining acceptance and a richer set of features. It has moved from the domain of innovators and early adopters and has crossed Geoffrey Moore’s chasm to mainstream adoption. It used to be the cool, new technology understood by few, and now it’s part of most enterprise network discussions. From the core benefit of eliminating network outages to maintaining control of the WAN, to securely integrating new bandwidth and replacing or augmenting MPLS, SD-WAN has solidly proven its value in the marketplace. In a recent interview with ChannelPro, I emphasized that it all starts with getting world class resiliency so your network is never down, that you always have connectivity to the internet and your cloud services. This is vitally important for channel partners and managed service providers to offer to their clients as they migrate business critical applications to the cloud. You can listen to the podcast here. Security, Security, Security Security is paramount. Every conversation, every keynote speech this spring included the importance of enhanced network security — at the edge, at the end points, and at the core. We’ve seen new services offered, companies updating firewalls, implementing security with SD-WAN and planning for security with IoT. When touching a network, security must be top of mind. We’re seeing virtually all SD-WAN vendors include security of some kind in their offerings, some more mature than others. For many organizations, particularly those in regulated industries like banking and healthcare, specific aspects of SD-WAN architecture matter for the sake of compliance. Fortune magazine included a feature on SD-WAN deployments in its May edition. In it, I’m quoted as saying, “Ecessa’s full-service, midmarket, premises-based SD-WAN solution avoids reliance on third-party cloud services, gateways, or controllers, ensuring maximum security and control for a Never Down® network that’s regulatory compliant.” We can point to many banks who rely on Ecessa SD-WAN technology to improve network performance, eliminate outages and achieve required compliance, specifically PCI. You can read about them here. The Future There has been a lot of futuristic talk about Artificial Intelligent or Augmented Intelligence (both referred to as AI). It may seem visionary at this point, but like IoT, AI will insert itself into our lives and the business networks we recommend and support. There will be opportunities emerging with the maturity of this new technology, but like anything new, it will take time and demonstrated value to show a clear path for broader adoption. When thinking about AI and future business impacts, go back one section and think “Security.” It’s something to keep an eye on. IoT is gaining more traction and the prominence of smart sensors, devices and integrated systems makes implementing IoT more real today than ever. Deployment and support of these systems beyond DIYers will take more focus, but has a bright future as businesses will want to take advantage of the visibility, ease and convenience these systems provide. Like SD-WAN, this technology is quickly moving from “Prove it to me,” to, “Deploy it for me.” The common thread here? While many of these technologies are still in their infancy, networking professionals and trusted technology partners must ask themselves, “Am I future proofing my network for security, for resilience, for IoT and AI?” The good news is, they can look to SD-WAN and the maturing network edge for help. Ecessa will be driving more intelligence into the network edge to meet the needs of today and tomorrow. I’d like to know your opinions on this. Send me your thoughts. Mike Siegler, CEO of Ecessa Corporation holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics, a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, and a Master of Science degree in the Management of Technology (MoT). He has worked in engineering and technology development for the last 20 years at firms such as Digi International, Seagate Technology, Medtronic, General Electric and United Technologies. Mike welcomes your comments.

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Ecessa SD-WAN Webinar - Part 3: Use Cases.. → Ecessa SD-WAN Webinar - Part 3: Use Cases and Selling Tips

In Part 3 of the 2019 channel partner webinar series, Ecessa CEO Mike Siegler illustrates the benefits of SD-WAN technology through real ...

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3 jplist-folder-All-Posts-4768 Video-Video jplist-topic-Ecessa jplist-topic-Sdwan jplist-topic-Webinar 0 279187 279187 In Part 3 of the 2019 channel partner webinar series, Ecessa CEO Mike Siegler illustrates the benefits of SD-WAN technology through real customer stories. He also recommends selling tips to qualify and close more SD-WAN sales.

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Ecessa SD-WAN Webinar - Part 2: SD-WAN Value.. → Ecessa SD-WAN Webinar - Part 2: SD-WAN Value Propositions

Part 2 of Ecessa's 2019 Partner webinar series on SD-WAN features value propositions for channel partners and their clients. Great tutorial ...

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4 jplist-folder-All-Posts-4768 Webinar--Recorded--Webinar--Recorded- jplist-topic-Ecessa jplist-topic-Sdwan 0 272114 272114 Part 2 of Ecessa's 2019 Partner webinar series on SD-WAN features value propositions for channel partners and their clients. Great tutorial for telecom agents and network technology sales teams.

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Ecessa SD-WAN Webinar - Part 1: SD-WAN in.. → Ecessa SD-WAN Webinar - Part 1: SD-WAN in 2019

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5 jplist-folder-All-Posts-4768 Webinar--Recorded--Webinar--Recorded- jplist-topic-Ecessa jplist-topic-Sdwan 0 271480 271480 In part one of this three-part series for Ecessa partners, CEO Mike Siegler comments on the current state of SD-WAN, market trends fueling the adoption of SD-WAN (like hosted VoIP, cloud apps and more), advantages of the Ecessa approach and products, where SD-WAN fits in a technology reseller's portfolio, and fields audience questions.

Ecessa SD-WAN Webinar - Part 1: SD-WAN in 2019

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Authoritative DNS - The Ecessa Advantage Authoritative DNS - The Ecessa Advantage

Authoritative DNS is a must for any organization hosting web services for remote employees, subscribers or application users. Here are a ...

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6 jplist-folder-All-Posts-4768 Video-Video jplist-topic-DNS jplist-topic-Ecessa 0 267921 267921 Authoritative DNS is a must for any organization hosting web services for remote employees, subscribers or application users. Here are a couple of tips to ensure your customers' network resources are always available: Provision redundant ISP links (because any given ISP will suffer outages) Deploy an Ecessa device to handle external DNS requests and direct them to an active link For an explanation of how authoritative DNS works to keep apps and data always available, please take 2 minutes to watch this video.

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How Credit Unions Benefit from Ecessa SD-WAN.. → How Credit Unions Benefit from Ecessa SD-WAN Solutions

PARDA Federal Credit Union

PARDA Federal Credit Union, headquartered in Michigan, upgraded its network with Ecessa secure SD-WAN technology. PARDA uses virtual ...

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7 jplist-folder-All-Posts-4768 Case-Study-Case-Study jplist-topic-Bank jplist-topic-Credit-Union jplist-topic-Finance jplist-topic-Sdwan 0 260308 260308 PARDA Federal Credit Union, headquartered in Michigan, upgraded its network with Ecessa secure SD-WAN technology. PARDA uses virtual desktops and VoIP applications in its day-to-day operations, which were performing poorly on their MPLS network due to high latency. The new network configuration, using Ecessa's WANworX products, solved the latency issue by providing automatic failover and proactive congestion prevention for its traffic. Download the case study for details.

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PARDA Federal Credit Union, headquartered in Michigan, upgraded its network with Ecessa secure SD-WAN technology. PARDA uses virtual desktops and ...

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Secure SD-WAN: Pricey or Priceless? Secure SD-WAN: Pricey or Priceless?

Our answer: Priceless! Any way you look at it, security – or lack thereof – has a price tag. Your clients need to secure multiple parts ...

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8 jplist-folder-All-Posts-4768 jplist-folder-Blog-4769 Blog jplist-topic-Firewall jplist-topic-Network-Security jplist-topic-Sdwan 0 238656 238656 Our answer: Priceless! Any way you look at it, security – or lack thereof – has a price tag. Your clients need to secure multiple parts of their networks. Here's how. Securing Content Traditionally, Next Generation Firewalls (NGFW) are deployed as the primary security appliance for a corporate network – providing a fierce barrier to the outside world. Over the years, this solution has evolved and more robust features have been added to keep up with emerging threats. But, ask any security expert and they will tell you a standalone firewall is not adequate for securing your network, especially in regulated industries. You need additional security components at other critical points in your network. Banking and healthcare IT managers are well aware of the need for robust security to meet compliance requirements. Because of highly publicized data breaches, many other companies are waking up to the need as well. Securing Transport Security can also be achieved by making communication paths private. Carrier services like Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) and traditional T1 connections provide more secure connections from remote sites to a headquarters or Co-Lo site. MPLS is expensive when you factor the cost per megabit and T1s are an aging technology with similar bandwidth restrictions and availability. Businesses today are rapidly adopting low-cost, high-bandwidth carrier services that leverage the public Internet. These services are easy to integrate into an existing network and are often available with incentives to boot. The challenge is providing a good level of security over the public Internet, easily. Securing a Wide Area Network with SD-WAN Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) technology is relatively new, but it employs many tried and true components, providing a secure transport path between corporate sites and the cloud using any WAN carrier services. Think MPLS-like security with fiber broadband throughput. How? It uses encrypted, encapsulated tunnels that traverse any type of connections you have in your business network, even wireless. Think automatically managed VPNs across public connections – secure connections for any traffic, over any connection. For SD-WAN, the equipment cost and network engineering time to architect a system are not insignificant. However, the potential cost of lost revenues with downtime, diminished productivity, fines, penalties and a tarnished reputation from a data breach can be the highest price to pay. Using SD-WAN with an existing firewall provides multiple layers of security for the network – Secure SD-WAN. These days, every line of defense is welcome. How Does Ecessa’s Secure SD-WAN Work? Ecessa premises-based controllers allow organizations to combine up to 25 connections of any service types (MPLS, DSL, broadband, satellite, microwave, 4G/LTE, etc.) from any providers, to create an affordable, resilient network with as much bandwidth as needed. Multiple, diverse links are recommended to protect against network outages in the event of a carrier service issue, whether the issue is spotty service, or a damaged line from a construction mishap. Often, an expensive MPLS connection can be replaced or augmented by low-cost broadband services, increasing bandwidth exponentially. The Ecessa SD-WAN solution allows your clients to keep their IP addresses and not change their network architecture – fitting seamlessly into their existing or desired architecture. Ecessa SD-WAN is the easiest solution for you to sell and deploy. Ecessa SD-WAN solutions are purpose-built to optimize wide area network connections and create a Never Down™ network – never experience an outage again. The best-in-class, enterprise-grade features include the ability to control traffic down to the packet level and allow different routing options for different kinds of traffic. In addition to giving network administrators flexibility to set specific criteria for failover and failback, load balancing, authoritative DNS and other customizations, advanced features such as generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunneling, encapsulation and encryption allow organizations to create private networks over public broadband connections. You can even fold MPLS into the mix. Ecessa’s solutions also include a stateful firewall that provides additive security at the network edge. The embedded basic firewall features may provide enough security for smaller branch offices. Other organizations may elect to backhaul traffic that needs to be scrutinized to their central office or head end for processing through a best-in-class firewall with advanced features. NGFW and Unified Threat Management (UTM) features included in those highly specialized appliances are great at inspecting large amounts of data, detecting the latest malware and email threats, alerting against DDoS attacks and more. Ecessa SD-WAN products and purpose-built firewalls work well together to create robust, resilient and secure enterprise networks. Our Recommendation Can a single appliance provide the best firewall protection and the best SD-WAN features? It depends on what your client wants. To be honest, most firewall manufacturers who claim they integrate SD-WAN are light on network control features, and most SD-WAN providers who integrate firewalls capabilities are light on security features. Why? It’s a matter of specialization, and we rarely see a single manufacturer deliver best-in-class coverage in both areas. That’s why we recommend businesses deploy each technology using the best solution in each class for their network architecture. To learn more about the difference between Ecessa solutions and firewalls, read the attached technology brief. Please call us with questions! 800.669.6242

Secure SD-WAN: Pricey or Priceless?

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9 jplist-folder-All-Posts-4768 jplist-folder-Blog-4769 Blog jplist-topic-Bandwidth jplist-topic-Sdwan 0 234500 234500 Acoustic coupler circa 1966. High bandwidth connectivity has come a long way since the days of jamming a rotary telephone handset into a giant modem. Today’s business networks are digital, complex and distributed. They demand more bandwidth than analog minds of decades past imagined. In this article, we’ll look at services offered along with bandwidth ranges, advantages and disadvantages. Types of Bandwidth Several classes of service exist for business communications; each class contains multiple service options. Because of factors including bandwidth, latency and throughput, some are better fits for specific business applications than others. The main classes are Public Wireless, Public Broadband, Private Networks and hybrid Software-Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WAN). We’ve put together a summary chart comparing service options, bandwidth, cost and a few other features to help you coach your clients on which types of bandwidth are right for them. You can download our Bandwidth Comparison Chart. PUBLIC WIRELESS Long Term Evolution (LTE) cellular service, also referred to as 4G, and satellite tend to be more expensive than terrestrial services offering similar bandwidth. They may be the only option in areas cable providers haven’t reached with Internet services and existing twisted pair copper phone lines can’t keep up with data demands. Both 4G/LTE and satellite are shared services. They are sold in packages of up to 100 Mbps bandwidth, often with data caps, above which costs rise significantly. They can be viable failover options when used on a limited basis. High latency is an issue, particularly on satellite connections. The newest generation of public wireless, 5G, is currently only available in select areas. Keep an eye out for updates on this game-changing technology. If even some of the promises of 5G come to fruition, it will be a powerful option for business WANs. PUBLIC BROADBAND The term broadband is shorthand for broad bandwidth. These high-speed Internet connections are provided through either cable or telephone companies. Broadband Internet uses multiple data channels to transfer large quantities of information. Popular broadband services include Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), cable and fiber. Bandwidth offerings vary, depending on the service provider, with DSL on the low end (up to 40 Mbps), cable in the middle (up to 300 Mbps) and fiber offerings at the top (up to 10 Gbps). DSL and cable services are often asymmetrical, with upload speeds coming in significantly lower than downloads. The main benefit of broadband is its relative low cost for high bandwidth. Tradeoffs include security and reliability. A single public broadband connection is vulnerable to quality issues and even outages. When broadband quality suffers, Voice over IP (VoIP) calls drop and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) disconnects, which is unacceptable to most business users. On the other hand, business users may be fine with minor or infrequent outages because of the low cost of the service. Increasingly, businesses are leveraging multiple broadband connections with SD-WAN technology in hybrid networks to achieve efficiency and reliability. More on that fantastic opportunity later. PRIVATE NETWORKS As the name implies, private networks are not shared. They are sold through carriers as professional business services with Service Level Agreements (SLA) that include Quality of Service (QoS) terms. Because of this, contracts are significantly more expensive than best effort public broadband services and have lengthy contract durations (typically 36 to 60 months). Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a data-carrying technique for high-performance, private telecommunications networks. It leverages encapsulated data and is partitioned off from the public Internet, providing a secure transport mode. MPLS can use a range of access technologies, typically employing T1 (1.54 Mbps) on the low end and fiber or Metro Ethernet (up to 10 Gbps) on the high end. Before the availability of broadband services and SD-WAN technology, MPLS was the best way to ensure point-to-point connectivity and reliable network performance for real-time applications like video conferencing and VoIP. As with any of the listed services, a single MPLS link is vulnerable to outages. Microwave is a wireless private network service offering symmetrical bandwidth up to 500 Mbps. Extremely reliable in fair weather conditions, microwave is vulnerable to disruptions from rain, snow and low-flying clouds. Availability of services may vary in rural areas vs. urban areas and even in different parts of a city. Carriers in the same geographic area may offer different packages with varying QoS guarantees, contract pricing and terms. Businesses rely on you to help navigate the ins and outs of services available in their areas and match their needs to the best offerings. SOFTWARE-DEFINED WIDE AREA NETWORKS (SD-WAN) Certain SD-WAN technologies (including WANworX™ by Ecessa) make it possible for you to combine any services from any providers to create a resilient public/private network. There are numerous advantages to having two or more links to the Internet. Resiliency and protection against carrier outages. SD-WAN networks with two or more diverse connections can be configured to provide automatic link failover or to duplicate data over multiple connections. If one connection is lost due to a construction accident or carrier issue, data continues to flow across the undamaged link with no loss of data and no downtime. Compliance and security. Businesses in regulated industries can enjoy a secure network with reliable data, voice and video services without paying a premium for MPLS and multiple T1 connections. Leveraging multiple lower cost, high bandwidth public broadband links and applying SD-WAN features, such as data encapsulation and encryption, a stateful Layer-4 firewall, VPN, packet duplication, failover and other QoS features will achieve high reliability and security at affordable rates. Cost effective expansion of existing MPLS networks. For clients “stuck” in a costly MPLS contract, there’s hope! Supplementing a T1 or other high-priced service by adding lower cost broadband can be a huge win when it comes to throughput, business efficiency, failover protection and budget. For you - more revenue streams! What Type of Bandwidth is Right for Your Clients? It depends. Here are things to consider. How many people use the network?What do they use the network for? Are they accessing applications in the cloud? Retrieving information from a data center? Pushing large amounts of data out?Do they connect to branch locations via a wide area network (WAN)? How many locations are connecting?What core applications do they run and how bandwidth-intensive is each? For example, streaming 4K video consumes considerably more bandwidth than reading email.Is there an existing circuit under contract? Does it need to be replaced or combined with additional circuits for more bandwidth and network resiliency?What are the needs for security and compliance? Are secure virtual private network (VPN) connections between locations needed? Is it a regulated industry, such as finance or healthcare? Is sensitive information stored onsite or in a data center?What is the urgency of communication and what are quality of service expectations? How tolerant is the business to delays and outages? Does commerce grind to a halt?What is the budget?What services are available in the geographic location? The great news is, capacity abounds to feed bandwidth-hungry applications. To meet specific needs, you can use Ecessa SD-WAN technology to combine any services from any providers and deliver up to 20 Gbps total bandwidth. Ecessa technology provides the capability to create private networks and implement the level of security your clients needs, at the price they need. You can help them never suffer a carrier outage again with Ecessa’s Never Down™ secure SD-WAN configuration. Contact us to learn more about Ecessa. Facebook Twitter Google+ Share

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10 jplist-folder-All-Posts-4768 jplist-folder-Blog-4769 Blog jplist-topic-Bandwidth jplist-topic-Latency jplist-topic-Throughput 0 233486 233486 Bandwidth, latency and throughput describe characteristics of telecommunication and data communication links. When comparing offerings from providers to build the best solutions for your clients, it’s important to understand the relationship between these characteristics. Bandwidth is a measure of how much data over time a communication link can handle, its capacity. This is typically measured as kbps (kilobits – thousands of bits per second), Mbps (megabits – millions of bits per second) or Gbps (gigabits – billions of bits per second). Think of lanes on a road. A mile of eight-lane freeway has more capacity for cars than a mile of two-lane road. Latency is the time it takes for a packet to get across the network, from source to destination. It is measured in units of time — ms (millisecond, or 1/1,000 of a second). Following the road analogy, it’s how long it takes you to get to work. Longer is not better (assuming you like where you work). Throughput is the actual amount of data that is successfully sent/received over the communication link. Throughput is presented as kbps, Mbps or Gbps, and can differ from bandwidth due to a range of technical issues, including latency, packet loss, jitter and more. Rush hour traffic, speed limits, potholes and stalled vehicles prevent you and your fellow travelers from zipping along. ISPs and carriers advertise bandwidth because that value is known, and it represents the best-case scenario. But their hype about “game-changing gig speeds blazing into town” may be misleading. A high-bandwidth service that suffers from high latency may not be the best solution for certain business applications, like Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), video conferencing and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). Other Bandwidth Considerations Services can be symmetrical (same download and upload data transfer rates) or asymmetrical (higher download and lower upload data transfer rates). Cable companies commonly provide asymmetrical service, assuming people have a greater need to download information, like large files or videos, rather than upload large amounts of data. Even in organizations where large amounts of data are uploaded, that’s usually done by a small number of users. Bandwidth can be dedicated – all yours, all the time, or shared – you get up to the maximum bandwidth offered, on a best effort basis. Some providers offer bandwidth on demand, also called dynamic bandwidth allocation, or burstable bandwidth. This option allows increased amounts of bandwidth at specific times, or for specific purposes. So, how much bandwidth does your organization actually need? Here are some things to consider. How many people use the network? What is the network used for? Are employees accessing applications in the cloud, or a data center? Do users connect to branch locations via a wide area network (WAN)? What core applications are running and how bandwidth-intensive is each? i.e., streaming 4k video consumes much more bandwidth than reading email. Are secure virtual private network (VPN) connections needed? Does your company need encryption for compliance purposes? We’ve put together a Bandwidth Comparison Chart summarizing service options, bandwidth, investment and a few other key features to help coach your clients on which types of bandwidth are right for them. Download the Bandwidth Comparison Chart here. High Performance Solutions for High Bandwidth Networks As the need for bandwidth continues to increase, so will the capacity to serve those demands – and the business risks associated with network outages. Ecessa’s SD-WAN solutions allow companies to combine any services from any providers to achieve their bandwidth (and throughput) targets, to a maximum bandwidth of 20 Gbps. Adding Ecessa solutions to a business network ensures resiliency and protection against carrier outages. Networks with two or more diverse connections can be configured to provide automatic link failover or to duplicate data over multiple connections. If one connection is lost, network traffic continues to flow across the undamaged links with no loss of data and no downtime. Contact us to learn more.

Understanding Bandwidth, Latency and Throughput

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4 Key Takeaways About SD-WAN 4 Key Takeaways About SD-WAN

By Mike Siegler, CEO, Ecessa Corporation At two recent industry events Ecessa participated in – Channel Partners Conference & Expo and ...

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11 jplist-folder-All-Posts-4768 jplist-folder-Blog-4769 Blog jplist-topic-Network-Resiliency jplist-topic-Sdwan jplist-topic-Security 0 225235 225235 By Mike Siegler, CEO, Ecessa Corporation At two recent industry events Ecessa participated in – Channel Partners Conference & Expo and HTG IT Channel Summit – you couldn’t walk ten feet without tripping over vendors talking about security services or Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN). Meaning just about every vendor was offering their breakthrough solutions for increasing security or improving resiliency using SD-WAN. Keynote speakers called out SD-WAN as a core enabler of today’s modern business networks, with the same excitement they used to announce, “the Cloud.” With these observations in mind, I wanted to provide four key takeaways regarding SD-WAN technology, and what it is best, and truly, suited for. LESSON 1: SD-WAN HAS MATURED AND BEEN ADOPTED INTO MAINSTREAM NETWORK ARCHITECTURES. Carriers have adopted SD-WAN into their offerings as a must-have technology, as MPLS offerings are coming up for renewals and providing more options is necessary. Carriers are still not selling or deploying SD-WAN at a high rate, maybe because SD-WAN helps to integrate multiple carriers together – think agnostic integration. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) providers are using SD-WAN to ensure reliability of their offering. However, they are positioning SD-WAN for VoIP and UCaaS applications only. This is good for their services but can cause confusion and be limiting for companies that want control over their other data.Manufacturers of firewalls and Wi-Fi controller are marketing SD-WAN solutions. Adding basic failover or allowing for dual WAN ports are basic forms of SD-WAN technology, but users are seeing apples to oranges comparisons in reference to SD-WAN. More clarity is needed about the exact performance these solutions will provide (e.g., active/active load balancing, packet level control, full duplication). LESSON 2: THERE’S NO SINGLE DEFINITION OF SD-WAN. As mentioned above, architecture and performance expectations are key; we see the three distinct architectures as virtual, cloud-based and premises-based. To see our findings in more detail on each of these versions of SD-WAN, you can download our SD-WAN Comparison Brief. LESSON 3: SD-WAN HAS GONE MAINSTREAM. Just like broadband went from being an outlier to dominating service options, SD-WAN has moved from a niche technology for early adopters to center stage. If it’s not part of your network architecture yet, it will be soon, and meanwhile your infrastructure is missing out on all its great benefits. LESSON 4: SD-WAN IS SECURE AND HAS PROVEN ITS VALUE IN REGULATED INDUSTRIES. We see more and more financial institutions, banks and hospitals evaluating and deploying SD-WAN technology as it has demonstrated its capabilities and strength with resiliency and disaster recovery. As regulated industries apply more stringent security and performance requirements (i.e., PCI, HIPAA, GDPR, SOC-2 compliance), SD-WAN technology is already one step ahead, protecting and enhancing networks for these organizations. Are you selling SD-WAN? With Ecessa helping you every step of the way, there’s nothing to fear about quoting SD-WAN solutions. Contact the Ecessa sales team to learn how to include reliable, relevant and Never Down™ SD-WAN network services in your offerings.

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42 jplist-folder-All-Posts-4768 jplist-folder-Blog-4769 Blog jplist-topic-Ecessa jplist-topic-Firewall jplist-topic-NGFW jplist-topic-SD-WAN 0 326054 326054 I am proud to announce the release of Ecessa’s firmware revision 11.1.0, which includes enhanced Layer 7 Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) security with intrusion detection services (IDS) and intrusion prevention services (IPS) and website filtering capabilities. With this release, we deliver both advanced security and resiliency in a single device. Ecessa’s NGFW is built into every Ecessa Edge®, PowerLink® and WANworX® device. Security features include: Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDS/IPS)Selectable threat classes (Malware, Ransomware, DDoS)Threat package updates (automatic and configurable)Website filteringCustom rules engineCustomizable inbound and outbound rulesQuality of Service (QoS) engineAccess Control List (ACL) with change logsFull read/write control of all rules and policiesFull reporting, logging and alertingFull support for IPSec and SSL VPN (PowerLink and WANworX models) Download the Data Sheet here. Security and resiliency are top priorities for all organizations today, particularly those dealing with compliance issues, such as banks and healthcare providers. We’ve all read about data breaches and other cyber-attacks damaging reputations; they also cause loss of productivity, loss of revenues and can result in substantial fines. According to Small Business Trends, 43 percent of cyber-attacks target small business, and 60 percent of small companies go out of business within six months of being attacked. With the need to securely off-load Internet traffic at the edge, and encrypt sensitive business data traversing public broadband circuits, stronger security features have become essential throughout the network. For many years, Ecessa has included a stateful Layer 4 firewall in our wide area network devices. This met the edge security requirements for many organizations, sometimes in conjunction with a purpose-built firewall at their headquarters. Technological advances and our 18-year tradition of innovation drove us to develop intellectual property that not only meets market needs for advanced security, but also offers the greatest customization options with unlimited technical support. Ecessa recognizes every network is unique. Our goal is to empower network architects to easily create the exact solutions they need, with uncompromised security and resilience. Upgrading to Ecessa’s secure SD-WAN is your next strategic step in protecting your IT environments and ensuring your networks stay Never Down®. Existing customers can contact sales@ecessa.com or call 800-669-6242 to verify whether their Ecessa units qualify for a free firmware upgrade. Schedule a Layer 7 Firewall demo now or contact Ecessa at 800.669.6242 to learn more. Register for our October 29 webinar on Ecessa Firewall Features here.

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Client-Centered SD-WAN

Ecessa is a networking technology manufacturer focused on making business wide area networks of all sizes run better. Our approach focuses on making your clients happy by working with you every step of the way, from discovery calls through deployment - and subsequent network expansions.

Our secure SD-WAN appliances for automatic failover and load balancing ensure greater reliability, full bandwidth utilization and redundancy for uninterrupted business operations.

Today, with so many business critical applications running "over the internet" and "in the cloud," organizations flat out can't afford outages or bad service. You can deliver vastly improved service and peace of mind to clients by bundling more than one telecom link with an Ecessa controller. No more outages. No dropped VoIP calls. No angry clients. We give you the three Rs: resilience, redundancy, residuals.

The Ecessa product line consists of three basic controller models with varying capacities up to 20G.

Ecessa Edge™ is our channel-exclusive SMB product. All the best Ecessa features scaled - and priced right - for small businesses. We know every organization that connects to the Internet or uses hosted VoIP and cloud apps needs network redundancy and resilience - but many small businesses aren't loading up on bandwidth or looking for a complex solution. Ecessa Edge us perfect for them. You provision up to three ISP links, and for $50 a month (plus one-time acquisition fee) Ecessa Edge makes the magic happen. Chock full of features that mean no more panicked calls about "the network is down," no more dropped calls, no more sluggish apps. Learn more at info.ecessa.com/partners-edge.
PowerLink™ is the popular model known and loved by over 10,000 users. It aggregates multiple (up to 25!) WAN lines (T1, DSL, Cable, fiber, ISDN, wireless, LTE, satellite, microwave, you name it) into a greater pool of available bandwidth while providing business continuity through ISP failover and redundancy. It optimizes application performance by prioritizing and managing traffic among links to avoid jitter, latency and congestion. PowerLink also has a built in basic firewall and VPN capabilities for network security.
WANworX™ is the big daddy of our product line, built for organizations with multiple locations or that cannot tolerate any network interruptions or packet loss. It uses software defined network features (SD-WAN) to seamlessly connect all of a business' locations, plus it connects to Internet and cloud-based resources. WANworX allows network engineers to strategically design wide area networks, add links, add rules, add security, and not shy away from complex multi-layered networks that will accomplish their performance goals. And Ecessa system architects help every step of the way to ensure success.

How can we help you generate leads, close sales and build up your happy customer base? By providing one of the best WAN link controller lines in the world, backed by a service team known for its responsiveness and excellence, and a sales team that has your back. You sell more carrier and cloud services, VoIP and UCaaS, we make them run better, your clients come back for more. We're a team.