The rise of the telecom provided SD-WAN service continues. The latest news is that China Telecom partners with Silver Peak for Managed SD-WAN services. China Telecom Unfortunately, we could not get stock quote HKG:0728 this time. is using Silver Peak‘s Unity Edge Connect to offer a platform for their SD-WAN service.
According to Silver Peak’s press-release, China Telecom will use the platform to create a tiered managed SD-WAN service. Not all customers need all the features of an SD-WAN solution. Using tiers and SD-WAN’s ability to have features enabled remotely allows flexibility in the service. Westcon-Comstor has used Silver Peak’s RESTful API interface to embed the functions of the EdgeConnect in the CT Netcare tooling.
“We’re partnering with two industry leaders, Silver Peak and China Telecom to bring managed SD-WAN services to our joint clients across China and around the world. In addition to fulfilment and integration services we will provide an in-country Silver Peak presence and the local expertise to expedite managed SD-WAN service deployments to quickly bring the full power of SD-WAN to our existing and new joint multi-national clients.” – Wilson Ho, Managing Director, Westcon-Comstor Asia
