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Versa Networks Earns 2022 SD-WAN Product of the Year Award

Company Recognized for Ground-breaking SD-WAN Innovation Delivered in Industry’s Only Complete SASE Integration of Cloud Security, Networking, SD-WAN, Secure Access, and Analytics
San Jose, Calif., March 22, 2022

Versa Networks, the recognized secure access service edge (SASE) leader, today announced that its industry-leading SD-WAN solution, a key service of Versa SASE, has earned the 2022 INTERNET TELEPHONY SD-WAN Product of the Year Award.

The INTERNET TELEPHONY SD-WAN Product of the Year Awards are bestowed upon companies that demonstrate the innovation, vision, and execution to deliver software-based networking tools to support different and unique communities of interest.

“Congratulations to Versa Networks for receiving a 2022 INTERNET TELEPHONY SD-WAN Product of the Year Award,” said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. “Versa SASE has demonstrated true innovation and is leading the way for Software Defined Wide Area Network. I look forward to continued excellence from Versa in 2022 and beyond.”

Versa SASE delivers tightly integrated services via the cloud, on-premises, or as a blended combination of both via Versa Operating System (VOS™) with a Single-Pass Parallel Processing architecture and managed through a single pane of glass. Versa began delivering SASE services such as VPN, Secure SD-WAN, Edge Compute Protection, Next-Generation Firewall, Next-Generation Firewall as a Service, Secure Web Gateway (SWG), and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) more than five years ago. Versa uniquely provides contextual security based on user, role, device, application, location, security posture of the device, and content. As the leader in the fastest growing security and networking category, SASE, and executing on SASE services for years, Versa is the only solution proven to deliver the industry’s leading and differentiated architecture for high performance and security. Gartner has identified Versa SASE as having the most SASE components out of all 56 vendors Gartner evaluated. Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) also found that Versa SASE has the most SASE supported functions, as published in its industry report.

“We are pleased to win another award for Versa SD-WAN, a key service of Versa SASE, this time being named this year’s Product of the Year,” said Michael Wood, Chief Marketing Officer for Versa Networks. “As we have seen in the industry, you can’t have SASE without SD-WAN. Versa SD-WAN helps drive continued global demand for Versa SASE, which delivers unique integration of networking and security SASE services via the cloud or, if customers prefer, delivered on-premises or as a blended combination of both. Enterprises across the globe both large and small, as well as service providers, look to Versa as a strategic partner to address their complex secure access, networking and digital transformation needs. Versa is the modern secure network.”

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About Versa Networks

Versa Networks, the leader in SASE, combines extensive security, advanced networking, industry leading SD-WAN, genuine multitenancy, and sophisticated analytics via the cloud, on-premises, or as a blended combination of both to meet SASE requirements for small to extremely large enterprises and Service Providers, and via the simplified Versa Titan cloud service designed for Lean IT. Thousands of customers globally with hundreds of thousands of sites trust Versa with their networks, security, and clouds. Versa Networks is privately held and funded by Sequoia Capital, Mayfield, Artis Ventures, Verizon Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Liberty Global Ventures, Princeville Capital, RPS Ventures and Triangle Peak Partners. For more information, visit https://www.versa-networks.com or follow Versa Networks on Twitter @versanetworks.

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