Aruba Automates Branch Office Connectivity to AWS with Support for AWS Transit Gateway Connect
Aruba, part of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), unveiled new capabilities for its SD-WAN portfolio at AWS re:Invent 2020. The integration with AWS Transit Gateway Connect enhances monitoring and management of branch connectivity to AWS, improving performance, security, and ease of use. Key benefits include automated connectivity, reduced setup time, and operational cost savings. This collaboration allows enterprises to better manage distributed networks, responding effectively to modern business needs and enabling optimized cloud transitions for customers like Verisk Analytics.
- Enhanced integration with AWS Transit Gateway Connect improves network management and branch connectivity.
- Key benefits include automated connectivity, reduced operational costs, and improved application performance.
- Verisk Analytics showcases successful implementation, achieving cost savings and streamlined operations.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today at AWS re:Invent 2020, Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company (NYSE: HPE), announced new capabilities for its SD-WAN portfolio – comprised of the Aruba SD-Branch and the recently acquired Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect™ solutions – designed to centrally monitor, manage, and automate connectivity from branch locations to Amazon Web Services (AWS). The Aruba SD-WAN portfolio integration with the new AWS Transit Gateway Connect greatly simplifies network operations and management and enables customers to apply consistent quality of service and security policies across branch sites when connecting to Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (Amazon VPCs). Branch office users benefit from consistent performance and a high quality of experience.
As organizations look to modernize their networks to meet the dynamic needs of distributed office locations, mobile and Internet of Things (IoT) environments, they need a simple way to deploy, manage and monitor branch networks across geographies in order to ensure security, compliance and application availability to users. The new AWS Transit Gateway Connect enables tighter, more streamlined integration between the Aruba SD-WAN portfolio, resulting in faster deployment, reduced operational costs and ready access to performance metrics and network telemetry data.
“When it comes to managing pathways to AWS, enterprises have a range of choices and can best balance their needs based on the types of applications used and where users are located,” said Mayumi Hiramatsu, vice president of Amazon EC2 Networking at Amazon Web Services, Inc. “Today’s announcement of Aruba’s integration with AWS Transit Gateway Connect represents a continuation of the work we’ve been doing with the Aruba team in the quest to further streamline IT and enable our shared customers to focus their attention on growth and digital transformation in the cloud era.”
Speed, security and simplicity are all benefits of using native integration between Aruba with AWS Transit Gateway. The new capabilities built into AWS Transit Gateway Connect deliver a range of benefits, including:
- Enabling IT to do more with less: Because the new AWS Transit Gateway Connect enables automated branch connectivity – automatically connecting to the nearest AWS Transit Gateway from each branch site – IT teams no longer have to manually configure routing for individual VPCs and have more flexibility in managing traffic and workflows. As a result, users experience improved application performance and availability and ultimately, higher levels of productivity.
- Automated branch-to-cloud connectivity at scale: Enterprise-class SD-WAN features, automation and orchestration deliver a consistent operational experience between VPCs when using the AWS Transit Gateway as the hub, saving time and resources. In addition, the AWS Transit Gateway serves as a cloud-to-cloud interconnect across the AWS global network to reach multiple Amazon VPCs across AWS Regions, and optimizes the middle-mile for branch connectivity.
- Reduced set-up time of branch networks with lifecycle workflows and advanced visibility: Both Aruba Virtual Gateways and Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect virtual appliances along with centralized SD-WAN orchestration allows customers to easily extend their SD-WAN fabrics to AWS.
Verisk Analytics, Inc., a leading data analytics provider serving global customers in the insurance, energy and financial services markets, is a prime example of an innovative company embracing an all-cloud vision. Verisk has architected its enterprise infrastructure to embody a unified, cloud-native approach to deliver seamless, modern user experiences to its employees and customers. Using the Aruba SD-Branch solution with AWS Transit Gateway, Verisk has been able to consolidate its networking infrastructure technologies into a single integrated, automated SD-WAN platform and migrate all of its applications and workloads to AWS. This has resulted in simplified management, greater visibility across the network and has enabled Verisk to achieve significant cost savings by decommissioning their physical data centers over time.
“Our IT infrastructure has had to evolve to support our rapidly growing business, and the transition to a cloud-based infrastructure has proven to be a huge step in the right direction,” said Sophie Twu, network engineering manager at Verisk. “Reliable connectivity, redundancy and centralized management of all gateways, switches and access points with the ability to deploy equipment at remote sites are all benefits of an integrated AWS and Aruba solution. We’re excited about the latest integration that combines Aruba technology with the new AWS Transit Gateway Connect feature and feel that it holds potential for further simplifying the deployment and management of our network and how we connect our remote branch locations to AWS.”
The acquisition of Silver Peak earlier this year presents additional options for customers seeking to or who are in the midst of transitioning to a cloud-first architecture. The Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect SD-WAN edge platform also integrates with AWS Transit Gateway Network Manager, giving network managers the ability to create a single consolidated global view of all sites and connections between AWS and their on-premise locations, gaining visibility into network changes, events, and health telemetry to deliver the highest quality of experience for users.
“Today’s modern enterprises require speed, flexibility, and simplicity at scale to adapt to rapidly changing business needs and, for many, the cloud is the answer,” said Alan Weckel, founder and lead analyst at 650 Group. “Aruba’s ongoing collaboration with AWS – and now with the addition of Silver Peak – provides a tremendous opportunity for AWS customers who want to harness the power of the cloud, while ensuring secure high-performance branch connectivity, without the complexity normally associated with running and managing multiple, geographically dispersed VPCs.”
The new AWS Transit Gateway Connect capabilities for Aruba SD-WAN solutions are available now. For more information, please visit https://www.arubanetworks.com/products/networking/sd-wan/
Additional resources:
- Blog: Aruba SD-Branch Fully Automates Integration with AWS
- Website: Aruba SD-WAN and AWS Transit Gateway
- Website: Silver Peak EdgeConnect and AWS
- Solution Brief: Unity EdgeConnect Simplifies and Automates Connectivity to AWS Transit Gateway Network Manager
About Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, is the global leader in secure, intelligent edge-to-cloud networking solutions that use AI to automate the network, while harnessing data to drive powerful business outcomes. With Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform) and as-a-service options, Aruba takes a cloud-native approach to helping customers meet their connectivity, security, and financial requirements across campus, branch, data center, and remote worker environments, covering all aspects of wired, wireless LAN, and wide area networking (WAN).
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