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Viptela Named Top Vendor to Watch in 2017 by InformationWeekViptela, Inc., the Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) company, today announced that it has been named a Top Vendor to Watch in enterprise infrastructure by leading IT publications InformationWeek and Network Computing for 2017. Viptela was selected as an SD-WAN provider worth investigating by IT professionals charged with building or managing IT infrastructure. The company has also been recognized as a Gartner Cool Vendor, Next Billion Dollar Startup by Forbes and 2016 Red Herring Top 100 Company. "The rapid pace of technological change puts more pressure on IT organizations than ever before, but also offers unprecedented opportunities for companies to rethink how they do business," said Susan Fogarty, Director of Content, InformationWeek & Interop (News - Alert) ITX. "We are pleased to recognize technology suppliers that are helping our readers to navigate the possibilities." Viptela Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) technology virtualizes WAN infrastructures to allow for fast roll-out across the extended enterprise, including remote offices, branches, stores, campuses and data centers. By enabling companies to securely augment and replace slow and expensive legacy MPLS connections with fast and cheaper broadband alternatives, Viptela can reduce telecom expenditures by 50% while providing 10x more bandwidth and 5x higher cloud performance. Viptela has more than 15,000 sites deployed worldwide, including more than 25 Fortune-500 enterprises. In addition, several global carriers including Verizon (News - Alert) and Singtel offer Viptela-powered managed SD-WAN services. "We are honored to have been selected as a vendor to shortlist for SD-WAN by InformationWeek and Network Computing," said Ramesh Prabagaran, Vice President of Product Management for Viptela. "Our ability to support any transport technology, integrate with both on-premise and cloud infrastructures, and scale to hundreds, thousands and tens of thousands of sites sets us apart from other SD-WAN vendors."
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