A typical use case for the Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is high latency connectivity, which is why I or my clients use this solution.
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A typical use case for the Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is high latency connectivity, which is why I or my clients use this solution.
The best features of the Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform are capacity management and network capacity management.
Regarding the Zero Touch Provisioning feature, they are one of the players that really use ZTP from A to Z, and they cover all points of the ZTP.
I have used Aruba EdgeConnect's integrated WAN Optimization for my applications.
The integrated WAN Optimization is effective because they hold the patent for the fingerprint IO, and they really accelerate every application you put on the WAN.
The room for improvement for the Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is pricing, as people are purchasing this product less and less because of pricing where I give connectivity.
I have experience working with the Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform since 2016.
The solution is stable.
The Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is a fully scalable solution.
Before choosing the Aruba solution, I used many other tools including D-Solutions, Riverbed, F5 solutions, FlexiWAN, and 128T.
The main differences between these solutions are that the pros of Aruba EdgeConnect are that it is easy to use, easy to implement, and has full ZTP with full coverage, whether it's SaaS or on-prem; they integrate with the SSC solutions. They have occupied a few companies that were really strong in those markets, which is why I believe it puts them in the first position.
The cons include pricing and license management. If you are a customer, it's easy, but if you are a partner wanting to manage the clients, Aruba wants the license always on the customer's name. They want to know who the customer is and how they used the product, managing the partner instead of the partner managing the customer, making it hard for partners to work with them. For customers, the only con is pricing since there are many cheaper products available that do not deliver the same results, but if a customer has a budget issue, Aruba EdgeConnect may not be in consideration.
When talking about pricing, I have seen an ROI from this solution, but it depends on the scenario—not on every scenario.
I have seen benefits from using Aruba EdgeConnect, especially on the satellite connectivity, where there is a high impact on the ROI, which is good, but on the fibers, it's hard to bring the ROI.
When deploying EdgeConnect, we usually deploy everything. If a customer only has one branch and no cloud, they will not be deployed with EdgeConnect. When a customer takes EdgeConnect, we know that they have multiple scenarios such as remote branches, cloud, and on-prem data centers, and this is where we use and put the EdgeConnect.
My relationship with Aruba is that I am a partner of them.
My advice for people considering to use this solution is that if price is no matter, they don't need to consider anything else.
On a scale from one to ten, I rate this solution a six.
In construction, we have a company in the steel industries, where we are doing the POCs currently, and we have one exchange, Al-Jabr Exchange. We have a few others lined up, but currently, we manage this construction group.
Basically, we are providing the solutions for industries, such as the manufacturing industry, construction group, and a money exchange group. Additionally, we have another customer lined up, which is RPM, a rapid response team in the medical field.
My relationship with the Cato SASE Cloud Platform vendor is as a partner.
The Cato SASE Cloud Platform supports my customers' needs for connectivity and security by removing the throttling from the headquarters and putting a firewall in the cloud, instead of having to use a costly MPLS network to perform security inspection on all traffic from various branches. Now, with Cato SASE Cloud Platform solutions, branches no longer need to go to headquarters for inspection; they are picked up from the cloud, which increases efficiency and protection.
The most useful security feature of Cato SASE Cloud Platform for my customers is the Firewall as a Service (FaaS), which provides a single firewall solution that scales regardless of the size of the enterprise.
Cato's global SD-WAN capability impacts network performance positively by partnering with global tier-one networks, which increases efficiency, guarantees SLAs, improves speed, and reduces packet losses, making it a more efficient solution compared to traditional IPsec.
I don't see any areas of improvement for Cato SASE Cloud Platform since they have all their solutions in-house and implement suggestions rapidly, providing a continuous improvement process without any current challenges.
Having worked with the Cato SASE Cloud Platform solution for eight months and previously as a TAC engineer with Palo Alto and Cisco, I don't see any room for improvement as they provide everything we need for a SASE solution.
I don't have anything to mention regarding improvements at the moment, but I can contact you in a few months for any further observations as I continue to explore the solution.
I have been working with the Cato SASE Cloud Platform for eight months.
The deployment time is indeed quick, taking just two hours, and I have faced no significant challenges with Cato SASE Cloud Platform during this time; it has been easy to use.
Stability shows no complaints on my end.
The setup is straightforward from one to ten, and my customers are using it mainly in public clouds. For scalability, I would rate Cato SASE Cloud Platform as perfect.
Support is rated at eight out of ten.
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The SD-WAN functionality improves network connectivity by optimizing traffic and reducing latency, which can lead to a return on investment with cost savings. Specifically, it replaces costly MPLS links with SD-WAN and utilizes an internet-based backbone with intelligent routing, resulting in a cost reduction of 40% to 60%.
The pricing is reasonable and depends on the usage.
I am also a partner with Cato SASE Cloud Platform.
Mentioning the bypassing feature and traffic engineering would be fine.
Currently, I find no need for any small improvements for Cato SASE Cloud Platform, but I have noticed that they implement suggestions rapidly, and although I'm not facing challenges now, I could think of potential additional features in the future, such as improvements in DHCP IP release functionality, which I have already requested.
To summarize, I recommend this solution for medium to enterprise-sized businesses. I am Mr. Anas Abdul Rauf, working for FSD Innovative Technologies as a network security engineer, and I hold a CCIE certification. I am set to work on FishOS as the first authorized partner in the GCC region, enabling me to provide further reviews after some months.
I rate the Cato SASE Cloud Platform a 10 out of 10.
