Versa Named a Visionary in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

Kelly Ahuja, CEO, Versa Networks:
Versa is excited to be named as a Visionary in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure. We're extremely grateful to our 600+ enterprise customers, 70 service provider partners and 250 employees who are all part of why Versa is the leading disruptor to a multi-billion-dollar, fast-growing market.

Apurva Mehta, co-founder and CTO, Versa Networks:
Being positioned as a visionary in the first ever Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure is not only a testament to Versa's dedication to partners and customers but also to our innovative approach to providing the industry with secure, cloud-native SD-WAN technology that addresses enterprises' multi-cloud and digital transformation strategic initiatives.

Kumar Mehta, co-founder and CDO, Versa Networks:
We're confident that this Gartner recognition further highlights Versa's technical leadership in cloud/software-based secure SD-WAN services. We believe this recognition from Gartner further validates our innovative secure SD-WAN software platform, which fundamentally shatters the paradigm of legacy edge networks.

News Summary
Versa Networks, innovator of Secure Cloud IP architecture, today announced that Versa has been recognized as a Visionary in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure.

As the foundation of Secure Cloud IP, Versa's FlexVNF WAN-edge software platform is the only solution that delivers fully integrated, automated and programmable enterprise-class security and enterprise-class SD-WAN services required to optimize and protect connectivity for public and private clouds, branch offices and remote locations.

Delivering Against Versa's Vision
Digitization is driving workload migration to multi-cloud/SaaS and hybrid virtual WANs today. As enterprises look for trusted partners to accelerate their transformation journey and achieve compute extensibility into multiple clouds, Versa's technology has been built from the ground up to be future-proofed for these impending enterprise computing trends:

    --  Integrated Security is a must-have edge-network service for all
        enterprises. While security is already on the agenda of all enterprises,
        the cost and complexity of traditional approaches will not meet the
        needs of the market. Additionally, enforcement of global privacy
        standards such as General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the EU is
        going to make a multi-layer and full security implementation in the WAN
        a short-list requirement.
    --  Micro-Segmentation is currently needed across the entire network. Versa
        anticipates that the requirement for isolating different users, traffic
        and applications will be needed from the LAN to the WAN to the Data
        Center to the Cloud and back. There are multiple factors driving this
        trend: the need to reduce the risk zones not just from external threats
        but from internal threats; the need for consolidating disparate
        environments into a single network that can deliver the demands of
        different lines of business or IT; and OTT services across the same
        secure infrastructure while providing isolated management and control.
    --  Dynamic, Contextual Visibility and Control will become increasingly
        crucial, especially for MSPs. Versa customers are thought leaders in
        enterprise network evolution in the way they envision their IT
        infrastructure delivering a superior app experience that must be
        differentiated based on users, location, app ID and other variables. For
        example, a CXO travelling across multiple offices or at a home office
        requires a different policy to deliver an experience that is different
        than a global policy implementation. Current tools to facilitate this
        strategy are inadequate to meet the needs of an enterprise that seeks to
        move with greater speed and agility as it mandates that multiple
        disparate tools be stitched together.

For access to a complimentary copy of the Gartner 2018 Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure research report, click here.

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure, Analyst(s): Joe Skorupa, Andrew Lerner, Christian Canales, Mike Toussaint, Published: 18 October 2018 ID: G00351467.

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About Versa Networks
Versa Networks is the innovator of Secure Cloud IP architecture, a next-generation software platform that delivers integrated cloud, networking and security services. Versa's leading visionary solution, with an unrivaled depth of features and capabilities, enables enterprises to transition off of legacy WANs to achieve superior business agility, branch modernization and lower TCO. The company has transacted over 150,000 software licenses through service providers, partners and enterprises globally. Versa Networks is privately held and funded by Sequoia Capital, Mayfield, Artis Ventures, Verizon Ventures, Comcast Ventures and Liberty Global Ventures.

Versa Networks Media Contact:

Jacqueline Velasco
408-680-0564
publicrelations@versa-networks.com

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