Target Customers
The Contrail SD-WAN on-premises deployment is architected to address the following types of customers:
Service providers with existing MPLS networks
Offers ways to provide SD-WAN as a value-added offering that leverages existing MPLS core networks
Managed service providers (also known as OpCos or MSPs), building networks on top of service providers and offering end-to-end solutions (first-mile, middle-mile, last-mile)
Provides logical separation from underlay provider using overlay networks
Large enterprises, trying to build their own end-to-end overlay-based network
Enables independence from underlay/transport provider
More control and agility to meet network requirements
In addition to the benefits above, the CSOaaS option is designed for broadly distributed enterprise and MSP customers who:
Prefer a cloud consumption model
Demand ease of use and quick turn up of cloud enabled branch services
Don’t have the cloud Infrastructure to host and operate an SD-WAN solution
Have the business need to consume cloud services in a pay as you grow SaaS model
Have limited or no IT personnel on-site in remote branches