Axians and Versa SD-WAN partnership supports Zen in digital transformation of UK Enterprises.

A partnership between Versa Networks and Axians resulted in a major UK signing in the form of technology service provider Zen Internet. Zen is taking advantage of the partnership between Versa and Axians, which is dedicated to assisting service providers and enterprises with the development of software-defined WAN and security services.

Leveraging the Versa WAN edge infrastructure, Axians is offering technical integration and operations support for Zen as it further develops its offerings for the UK SD-WAN market. The support of Axians has already been key in enabling Zen to take Versa-powered SD-WAN solutions to market.

The skills and capabilities that we have in our team allow our customers to focus primarily on their strategic business goals. For Zen, we consulted on the development of a software-defined networking solution including head-end and analytics, professional services to support in the build of the platform and uCPE technology for lab and end-customer use.

CORE ELEMENTS OF THE SOLUTION

Versa’s SD-WAN solution combines full multi-tenancy, multiple deployment options, zero-touch provisioning, and multi-cloud extensibility to enable solution providers to create high-value NFV-based managed service offerings. As a result, enterprise customers are able to leverage these new capabilities to better manage their WAN costs while simplifying operations, enhancing network resiliency, and improving application performance. Additional benefits also include resilient connectivity and critical security functions like a next-generation firewall and secure web gateway that automatically integrate with other networking functions.

“We forged a relationship with Axians, to accelerate adoption of our innovative technology for enterprise customers,” said Atchison Frazer, CMO, Versa Networks. “Axians works well with Versa because they understand the whole Versa software stack and not just the SD-WAN overlay. Our mutual success in working with Zen is a testament to that chemistry, in that the Versa relationship with Axians is not only a technology partnership but also a catalyst for digital transformation growth in the UK and across Europe.”