Palo Alto Networks CloudGenix SD-WAN
Deploy and manage any WAN using policies built on business talent

Features:

Benefits:

The CloudGenix SD-WAN solution provides a wealth of benefits for your business.

IMPLEMENT A SOFTWARE-DEFINED WAN

CloudGenix ION allows you to take advantage of a diverse set of WAN transports including MPLS, LTE, and broadband to build a secure, unified, high-performance, highly-available hybrid WAN for your enterprise. With CloudGenix ION, WAN paths are dynamically selected based on policy and real-time performance measurement while configuration of complex routing protocols and fragmented networking features are virtually eliminated.

CONFIDENTLY DEPLOY CLOUD AND SAAS APPLICATIONS

CloudGenix ION allows you to meet the performance and availability demands that are required when deploying cloud and SaaS applications, including remote office WAN high availability, bandwidth, and consistent latency. With CloudGenix ION, the best path for your cloud and SaaS applications is used, including direct Internet connections, unburdening your private MPLS links while improving end-user performance.

REDUCE REMOTE OFFICE INFRASTRUCTURE

CloudGenix ION can help reduce the number of devices required in remote offices by replacing routers and zone-based firewalls. Any WAN link with an Ethernet connection can be connected directly to the CloudGenix ION; any WAN link with a non-Ethernet connection will require a modem or equipment from your provider to directly connect to the CloudGenix ION. Along with reducing remote office hardware, management and operational costs are reduced.

UNIFY POLICIES ON BUSINESS INTENT

CloudGenix allows you to configure policies for performance, compliance, and security based on business intent rather than low-level network characteristics. By defining policies according to application, sites, and networks, risks of misconfiguration or misinterpretation, commonly encountered when configuring routers and firewalls, is avoided completely. With CloudGenix ION, you can move closer to a software-defined enterprise.

REDUCE DEPENDENCY ON PRIVATE MPLS WANS

CloudGenix ION allows you to take advantage of diverse WAN transports in the remote office and data center, including broadband and LTE. By integrating these transports and defining application policies for performance, private MPLS links can be reserved for internal applications while Internet connections can be used for cloud and SaaS applications. Further, Internet links can be used as primary or backup VPN connections between sites. With CloudGenix ION, your dependency on private MPLS WANs is reduced, creating an opportunity for substantial cost savings.

UNDERSTAND NETWORK HEALTH AND USAGE

CloudGenix ION continually monitors the health and performance of your WAN links within each site and can be viewed within the CloudGenix cloud management portal. With visibility into usage by WAN link type, overall link health, link-level statistics (bandwidth, loss, latency, jitter), top applications, and concurrent flows, you can quickly see how your WAN links are performing and glean actionable insights.

GAIN INSTANT VISIBILITY INTO APPLICATION PERFORMANCE

CloudGenix ION dissects application flows to measure key performance indicators for dynamic path selection and visibility into application performance. CloudGenix provides visibility into the elements contributing to application response time, overall application throughput, quality and health, and transaction statistics. Visibility into these metrics helps understand how applications are performing and identify the root cause of performance issues for data center and cloud applications alike, eliminating finger-pointing.

HOW DOES CLOUDGENIX SD-WAN WORK?

CloudGenix software defined WAN (SD-WAN) with AppFabric connects your sites securely with application awareness to seamlessly integrate cloud, take advantage of broadband Internet, align WAN management with business priority, and reduce remote office hardware and operational costs.

Documentation:

Download the Palo Alto Networks CloudGenix SD-WAN Overview Datasheet (PDF).