Vodacom Business Africa, an enterprise-focused ICT subsidiary of the Vodacom group and Africa’s preferred pan-African service provider, has announced plans to launch its SD-WAN software to clients in all 47 operating countries across its African footprint.
The SD-WAN Software is a virtual WAN architecture that allows enterprises to leverage any combination of transport services which includes MPLS, LTE, and broadband internet services to securely connect users to applications.
It also assures consistent application performance and resiliency, automates traffic steering in an application-driven manner based on business intent, improves network security, and simplifies the WAN architecture.
Following the launch of the software in Africa, the executive head of strategic marketing for Vodacom Business Africa Wale Odeyemi said, “By launching this offering into Africa, we’re eliminating connectivity barriers that growing businesses are contending with.
“These include increasing cybersecurity threats, escalating data demands and costs, as well as slow or unresponsive digital applications that stall productivity.”
He added that Vodacom Business Africa offers an end-to-end SD-WAN solution, which implies that they provide both the physical network underlay and the digital overlay so that their clients won’t have to approach various providers to set up the kind of network they need.
“Companies can link to multiple providers and let their software decide which is the fastest, most efficient link to perform specific tasks. When choosing our solution, you don’t have to completely replace an existing network, either.
“You can simply strengthen what you already have. as an overlay technology, our SD-WAN can run on top of existing carrier-grade multiprotocol label switching connections (MPLS) and across hybrid WANs. Plus, it’s scalable and configurable to meet each business’s needs and pace of growth”, he added.
The Vodacom Business Africa SD-WAN is fully managed by a team of technology experts, and streamlines networks across multiple locations locally and internationally.