Expands connectivity portfolio with VMware NSX SD-WAN by VeloCloud to deliver robust and more secure enterprise networking services for mission-critical businesses
VMware and SP Telecom have announced the launch of Singapore’s first software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) services based on VMware NSX SD-WAN by VeloCloud. This will provide businesses with a low latency wide-area network that is automated and infrastructure-independent, to deliver robust and more secure networking services. Coupled with SP Telecom’s network management and consultancy services, this collaboration will expand SP Telecom offerings to meet growing customer demand to more securely run, manage, and connect any application from cloud to device.
The new SD-WAN services will provide businesses with the ability to automate and prioritise business-critical traffic to travel over faster, more secure connections, as well as set backup options for downed traffic links. This optimisation of high traffic volume that enables near real-time access to rapidly changing data, is a key benefit crucial for mission-critical industries such as telecommunications, financial services, and the media and entertainment verticals.
In a multi-cloud era where businesses operate in an increasingly complex environment, VMware NSX SD-WAN combined with SP Telecom’s diverse and utility-base data network provides simplicity, enabling greater flexibility to:
support virtualised services from the cloud, connecting branch offices and mobile users to any type of data centres such as enterprise, cloud, or software-as-a-service;
enable bandwidth expansion economically;
provide optimal connectivity and access to the cloud and on-premises;
accelerate new site deployments through zero-touch automated deployment.
SP Telecom’s data network is truly diverse, with network paths running along the Singapore power grid, enabling network resiliency for business-critical functions. Furthermore, this data network is enhanced with superior latency performance for more efficient processes. This reduces the risk of outage that could occur due to power or active equipment failure. Part of its network consultancy services, SP Telecom analyses and optimises the network to deliver cost savings and efficiency. The connectivity and consultancy services, bundled with the new SD-WAN offering, will enable businesses to innovate fast and more securely by delivering robust performance for cloud applications, all through zero-touch deployment, the automation of network infrastructure implementation.
“Smart and discerning businesses are competing to offer differentiated end-user experiences, and with advanced connectivity, they can go-to-market quickly and roll out new innovations to meet the changing demands of customers,” said Titus Yong, Chief Executive Officer of SP Telecom. “This is precisely why we are enhancing our portfolio with VMware’s NSX SD-WAN on VeloCloud, a game-changer that will provide our enterprise customers with the best-in-class network infrastructure that they need to sharpen their competitive edge and win in a digital era.”
NSX SD-WAN is the industry-leading SD-WAN solution that enables customers to deliver better cloud and
application performance with full visibility, metrics, control, and automation of all devices and user
endpoints, and lower overall costs. VMware NSX SD-WAN provides an extensible platform for enterprises
and telcos to integrate both on-premise and cloud services under the same consistent business policy
framework.
“We are shifting from a model of data centres to centres of data at the edge. This new networking
approach, virtual cloud networking, is required to manage the hyper-distribution of applications and
data,” said Sanjay K. Deshmukh, vice president and managing director, Southeast Asia and Korea,
VMware. “By deploying VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud as part of a Virtual Cloud Network, SP Telecom
can provide enterprise customers with consistent, pervasive connectivity and intrinsic security for
applications, data, and users from the data centre to the cloud and the branch. VMware SD-WAN will
enable their customers to streamline the digital transformation journey by providing superior application
performance with significantly reduced network complexity.”
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About SP Telecom
SP Telecom is a joint venture company of ST Engineering and SP Group. SP Telecom builds its fibre network
topology alongside Singapore’s nationwide power grid network. Through this, SP Telecom provides a
differentiated design and diverse network solution for the smart and discerning, best-in-class enterprises
and mission critical businesses. For more information, please visit www.sptel.com.
