Windstream chooses VMware SD-WAN

windstream enterprise is a managed communications service provider we chose velocloud now part of vmware for many reasons the first of which is because they checked off all the boxes on the basic technology for sd-wan that we were looking for they provided us with a multi-tenant architecture they provided us with robust apis and probably most importantly we really felt they had the best vision on the sd-wan market with sd-wan we were looking to evolve our hybrid network capabilities traditionally we had static capabilities with mpls and broadband sd-wan allowed us to have a dynamic nature to the business which really allowed our customers optimum application traffic flows vmware's sd-wan differentiators spanned not only the technology where we were very impressed by forward air correction and the way that the system handled dynamic multi-path optimization but also extended to unique needs we as a service provider required the first was multi-tenancy so we could run multiple customers in the infrastructure the second was a robust rest api which allowed us to create an industry-leading digital experience for our customers and integrate it in with our overall we connect digital platform and lastly it was the roadmap the the leadership team at vmware we felt that they really had the vision and the capability to execute on you know where we saw the market going vmware sd-wan is really at the core of windstream enterprise's vision sd-wan has helped us improve our business in multiple ways the first of which it really helped us transform our entire organization we used sd-wan internally as a springboard to run agile teams to run devops teams and to really change the way that we focused on releasing products to market and delivering services to our customers adding vmware sd-wan helped us elevate the conversations that we were having with our customers we moved from being a network service provider to being a true trusted partner and talking to them about their digital transformation and what it would take to get there we were able to provide customers with more of a consultative approach using the vmware sd-wan technology as the foundation and then the windstream enterprise services that we wrapped around it to really bring the entire solution together so i don't have just one success story that i'm proud of i have a group of success stories we have quite a few customers who are in high acquisition mode and the sd-wan technology allows us to provide those customers with a seamless network in very short order i'm very proud of the work that winstream enterprise has done our partnership with vmware specifically providing the sd-wan service we're very proud that we're one of the leading sd-wan providers in the country and a lot of that is thanks to the underlying technology that vmware [Music] provides

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Published: Fri Jan 22 2021