Optus Business launches network-agnostic SD-WAN

Optus Business has launched its first software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) offering, powered by Riverbed Technology.

The new offering, dubbed Optus Fusion SD-WAN, provides organizations with improved network management capabilities by monitoring the health of every network path reinforced with application awareness capabilities. It helps IT managers understand how their network is performing and where bandwidth is being used.

These insights allow businesses to improve and prioritize data flow between branches, as well as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure cloud environments, to immediately address business needs.

Optus claims its solution is “one of the first SD-WAN solutions in Australia that can be deployed as an ‘over-the-top’ managed service across any business network – regardless of provider or connection.”

“Business is moving at an unprecedented pace and, in an effort to remain relevant, organizations have deployed technologies from multiple providers. To ensure the long-term success and ROI of these strategies, Optus Fusion SD-WAN allows businesses to independently manage their networks in real-time, while also gaining the ability to instantly connect to the cloud,” said Enzo Cocotti, director of Optus Business.

Optus Fusion SD-WAN is built on Riverbed SteelConnect, an application-defined SD-WAN solution that provides an intelligent and simplified approach to designing, deploying and managing hybrid networks.

“Gartner predicts 30% of businesses will have deployed some form of SD-WAN platform by 2019, up from just 2% today. This is the start of the evolution of SD-WAN in Australia. As organizations continue to adopt more and more cloud apps and services, the network has to adapt to become more agile and intelligent,” said Keith Buckley, vice president for Australia and New Zealand at Riverbed Technology.