Authored by: Kevin Whelan, 5G, IOT and Software Defined Networking Practice Manager, Cisco and Chris M Russell, Distinguished Architect, Global Solutions – Premier, Verizon Business
Application performance and control. More speed, reliability, and security. Verizon’s wireline and wireless networks combined deliver unmatched resiliency.
Customers that purchase an eligible Cisco appliance now receive a 5G Catalyst wireless gateway for FREE!
Whether your business applications run in public clouds,1 your data centers, or are delivered via software as a service, user application access relies on a single common denominator: the network.
Users gain access to their applications if the network is available and has needed capacity.2 If not, they don’t. It’s that simple.
Although you don’t control the network where your users access applications, you do select the network services used at your branch, retail, or agency locations. To help you gain the network performance, resilience and security needed to enable user application access, Verizon and Cisco have teamed to deliver a solution which combines the best of our collective wireline and wireless services.
Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) has quickly become a leading Wide Area Network (WAN) access technology. Verizon’s 5G Business Internet service provides your router or SD-WAN appliance an alternate path to your network and enhances site availability. Here’s why business customers are adopting FWA:
- True network resiliency. Enterprises have invested in network resiliency for years, typically with two wired network services from different providers. Those services are often susceptible to the same outage by man or nature. When added to a Verizon wireline service, 5G Business Internet offers another option for resiliency.
- Simplicity. Verizon’s 5G Business Internet is available nationwide.3 Verizon wireline customers with a national footprint no longer need to work with a complex web of regional broadband providers.
- Lightning-Fast Deployment. Verizon 5G Business Internet can be deployed in days. In contrast, adding additional wireline services can take weeks or months. Customers moving or opening new locations get them deployed quickly with wireless, so business runs faster.
Customers have turned to SD-WAN to optimize application performance, visibility and control. SD-WAN automatically selects the best network path, and is now enhanced by adding the speed, reliability, and security of the Verizon Wireless Business Internet.
Cisco’s leading SD-WAN applications, routers, cellular gateways, cloud security and network observability, in combination with Verizon’s design, implementation, and managed network services - optimize application performance, maximize network security and control costs for our customer.
To further help customers control costs, Verizon now provides a free Cisco Catalyst 5G wireless gateway with every new Cisco SD-WAN enabled router delivered and managed by Verizon.4 For example, buy 1000 new Cisco SD-WAN routers and you receive 1000 5G gateways for FREE!
You don’t have an existing Verizon wireline service but still want to enable your existing network with Verizon’s 5G Business Internet? No problem! You can add 5G Business Internet, even if Verizon is not your primary wireline service provider.
Verizon manages Cisco endpoints in over 150 countries and has been named Cisco’s Global Managed Services Partner of the Year. Each year, Verizon and Cisco invest millions in network and security research and development, working together to build services for today that are enhanced for tomorrow.
To learn more about Verizon and Cisco services and the free 5G Catalyst gateway offer please contact your Verizon or Cisco account team or visit www.Readyfor5GSASE.com
- Public cloud providers for application hosting include AWS, Azure, GCP, and others.
- Application access is dependent on network availability and capacity, but also on the compute services from which the applications are delivered. To gain end to end visibility into network and application performance and issues,Cisco and Verizon offer Full Stack Observability (FSO) tools and services. For more information please contact your Verizon or Cisco account team or reach out to us at https://readyfor5gsase.com/#form
- Please work with your Verizon team to validate coverage for your locations.
- To gain the free gateway, customers must purchase a new Cisco ISR 1000 or Catalyst 8000 series router with a DNA Advantage Tier 1 license or higher. Other promotion terms apply. Please contact your Verizon or Cisco account team for full details or connect with us at https://readyfor5gsase.com/#form