Megaport Limited , a global leading Network-as-a-Service ( NaaS ) provider , has announced the upcoming release of Megaport Virtual Edge ( MVE ), a product innovation that will enable the hosting of Network Function Virtualization ( NFV ), such as SD-WAN capabilities , directly on Megaport ’ s global Software Defined Network ( SDN ).
With MVE , customers will tap into Megaport ’ s extensive platform reach to deploy and extend their network functions closer to the Edge , in real time and without the need to deploy hardware . Megaport and Cisco are collaborating to enable Cisco SD-WAN as the first use case on MVE .
“ As enterprises and service providers begin to fully understand the benefits of SD-WAN , the ability for Megaport customers to easily , and in minutes , ‘ spin up ’ SD-WAN virtual appliances around the world on our platform is a big enabler for global organisations ,” said Vincent English , CEO of Megaport . “ Having these virtual appliances fully integrated into the Megaport Interconnection Platform leveraging our multicloud connectivity takes this to another level .”
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The highly distributed MVE footprint will align with global centres of commerce to support traffic localisation for low-latency networking and will provide an interconnection gateway to securely manage multicloud and multilocation interconnection .
MVE includes gateway functionality to connect with Megaport ’ s SDN in a platform-neutral and technology-agnostic manner , allowing customers to move beyond legacy networking models and take a unified approach to managing their network .
SD-WAN on MVE
SD-WAN , the first network use case supported on MVE , enables customers to take advantage of Megaport ’ s secure , on-demand network from any Internetconnected SD-WAN location around the world . This empowers customers to build a unified , multicloud network architecture that scales as their business needs grow – in a matter of minutes .
Customers will host and fully manage instances of SD-WAN devices on MVE to connect Megaport ’ s global interconnection
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fabric with SD-WAN-enabled locations . Setup and maintenance of SD-WAN instances is enabled through an API and soon will be available through Megaport ’ s point-and-click portal .
Once connected , SD-WAN-enabled locations can provision on-demand connections to Megaport ’ s leading ecosystem of cloud , IT service providers , and more than 700 enabled data centres .
Megaport is integrated with more than 200 cloud onramps – the most of any neutral elastic interconnection platform – and has an ecosystem of over 360 service providers including Alibaba Cloud , AWS , Google Cloud , Microsoft Azure , IBM Cloud , Oracle Cloud and Salesforce , among others . MVE unlocks the power of Megaport ’ s ecosystem and makes it available regardless of location .
The Megaport SDN provides carriergrade , private connectivity that scales and secures traffic to vital locations and service providers to address performance and security requirements for missioncritical applications . More than 1,850 customers rely on Megaport to power their digital businesses . ◊
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