Accelerating your Digital Transformation: Versa Networks

“We provide a cloud IP software platform that transforms network and security infrastructure for enterprises and service providers.”

Cloud and SaaS are changing the way enterprises look at edge networking. Most enterprises now realize that legacy networks are not enough to keep up with the demands of current app consumption models. SD-WAN has gained a lot of traction with the enterprises. As companies undergo a ‘digital transformation’ and disruptive technologies like cloud, IoT, and big data become mainstream, SD-WAN paves the way for a future-ready network.

SD-WAN is the emerging as the future of enterprise networking. But not all SD-WAN solutions are built alike. Enterprises need to find a comprehensive solution that combines SD-WAN capabilities, network security and is cloud-ready. Versa’s SD-WAN solution intelligently unifies best practices from legacy technologies and innovative networking concepts to build agile, cloud-ready, secure, manageable and cost-effective SD-WAN driven network.

Versa is unique among software-defined networking vendors, providing an end-to-end solution that both simplifies and secures the WAN/branch office network. Based completely on software, Versa’s Cloud IP Platform delivers a broad set of capabilities for building agile and secure enterprise networks, as well as highly efficient managed service offerings.

Versa’s mission is to address the primary operational and business challenges that enterprises and service providers are facing with legacy WANs and traditional networking hardware, and deliver the full promise of software-based networking and security.

Versa: Removing the complexity out of networking and security infrastructure

In 2012, we saw that forward-thinking enterprises and service providers were becoming concerned about their ongoing reliance on legacy network hardware and complex, static WAN architectures that would prohibit their organizations from digitizing their business and embracing the cloud.

We dreamed of a simple to manage “software-defined” environment that could meet the challenges for future digital organizations. With a revolutionary vision to help enterprises and service providers move from hardware- to software-based networking and security, Versa Networks was created.

The goal of the Versa Cloud IP Platform is to provide unprecedented business advantages through a software-based approach that allows for unmatched agility, cost savings, and flexibility. We have created a feature-rich, scalable yet simple to use a software platform to implement many different enterprise and service provider use cases, including:

• Full software-defined branch (SD-Branch) for enterprise customers
• Secure SD-WAN for enterprises with layered security
• Next-generation managed services like SD-Branch and
  SD-WAN for service providers
• Low-cost managed SD-Router and SD-Security services for service providers

Versa Product Portfolio

Versa’s innovative solution integrates a comprehensive set networking and security functions. It is built on cloud principles to provide the flexibility and elasticity for easy, highly scalable and secure deployments.

Versa Solution Components:

Versa FlexVNF: SD-WAN, Security, SaaS Optimization

Cloud IP services platform that integrates full-featured routing, SD-WAN, and layered security functions.

Versa Director: Design, Deploy, Operate

Single pane of glass for complete life-cycle management and real-time monitoring of all services.

Versa Analytics: Analyze, Visualize, Act

Scalable big data platform for real-time and historical insights, prediction and a feedback loop for adaptability.

Core Capabilities:

Multi-Service with Layered Security: Software platform with integrated L3 to L7 network services, multiple layers of security and robust service chaining.

Cloud-Native & Elastic: Built on cloud principles for elasticity and automation with SAML and REST APIs for integration into DevOps environments.

Segmentation: Full multi-tenancy at the data center, cloud, and branch for enabling complete isolation between organizations or departments.

Context-based Policy: Network and security policies and traffic steering based on user, device, location and application context.

Deployment Options:

Software: Available as software to deploy on your hardware as bare metal, hypervisor (KVM, VMware) or containers

Appliance: Available on Versa appliances or Versa certified third-party white box appliances or servers

Cloud: Available as software for deployment in public (AWS, Azure) or private clouds

Meet the Virtuoso

Kelly Ahuja, CEO: Kelly Ahuja is a seasoned industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience in networking and telecommunications. He currently serves on the board of directors for two startups in Silicon Valley.

Kelly spent 18 years at Cisco rooted in the design and deployment of telecommunications networks. He was most recently SVP of Service Provider Business, Products, and Solutions at Cisco where he was responsible for developing and managing the service provider segment strategy and portfolio. Kelly held several other senior executive roles at Cisco, including SVP and GM of the Mobility Business Group, Chief Architect for the Service Provider business, and SVP and GM of the Service Provider Routing Technology Group.

Earlier in his career, Kelly served as VP of Marketing at optical networking startup BlueLeaf Networks and product management leader at Stratacom. He also managed the design and deployment of data and voice networks for AT&T Canada, Bank of Canada and Telesat Canada. Kelly holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Calgary.

“Expand your managed services portfolio with a simplified and unified architecture while transforming your customer’s experience with a self-provision, self-care capability with knowledge across multiple dimensions that your customers need to run their business.”