VMware Named a Leader in the 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for WAN Edge Infrastructure for Fourth Consecutive Year
VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) has been recognized as a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure for the fourth consecutive year, achieving the highest placement for completeness of vision. The company's SD-WAN technology is now part of the VMware SASE platform, offering cloud-based security and networking services to over 150 global points of presence. VMware scored highest in the Cloud-First WAN use case in Gartner's Critical Capabilities report, highlighting its commitment to support distributed users and enhance network security.
- Recognized as a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure.
- Achieved the highest score for Cloud-First WAN use case in Gartner's Critical Capabilities report.
- Integration of SD-WAN into VMware SASE enhances cloud-based security and networking services.
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Company Also Scores Highest in the Cloud-First WAN Use Case in the 2021 Gartner® Critical Capabilities for WAN Edge Infrastructure Report
In addition,
VMware SD-WAN is now part of VMware SASE, a secure access service edge (SASE) platform that combines industry-leading WAN Edge capabilities, edge compute capabilities, and cloud-delivered security functions, including cloud web security, zero-trust network access and firewalling, among others. These services are being rolled out to a global network of over 150 points of presence (PoPs).
“To support the growing number of distributed users (and their devices and services), the industry is taking WAN Edge networking, security and services to the next level with SASE,” said
By delivering cloud networking and cloud security services with VMware SASE, customers can achieve:
- A cloud-first approach by enabling multi-cloud interconnect with VMware SD-WAN cloud gateways. VMware SASE services are completely cloud-based and easy to consume and scale.
- Better protection against attacks at all levels with robust security, including contextual access, network security, application protection and workload encryption.
- Assured application performance by enabling user access and an optimized experience for mission-critical apps, even with a single link and degraded network conditions.
- Operational simplicity with automation and zero-touch provisioning. VMware SASE can transform day 2 operations and self-heal networks with actionable insights.
- Edge compute / edge services delivery through unique positioning between the service provider underlay and the application overlay. The platform can draw on 5G services that improve latency or performance, while simultaneously delivering these capabilities to applications running in the cloud or workloads moving to the edge.
Additional Resources:
- Access a complimentary copy of the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure
- Learn more about Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and VMware SASE
- Bookmark the VMware SASE Blog
- Follow VMware SASE on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn
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