Aruba SD-WAN and cloud security products are now available on AWS Marketplace (China), building secure edge-to-cloud connections

In the cloud-first era, the relationship between wide area networks and network security is closer than ever before. On the one hand, users need to access applications and data anytime and anywhere; on the other hand, enterprise IT personnel must do their utmost to ensure end-to-end network security. With Aruba SD-WAN and cloud security products, IT personnel can obtain uncompromised network connection performance and security, and no longer have to worry about how to make trade-offs between network performance, consistent security, and operational convenience.

Recently, Aruba, a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE), officially announced the latest progress of its cooperation with Amazon Web Services, the pioneer and leader of global cloud computing: Aruba SD-WAN and cloud security products are officially launched on Amazon Web Services Marketplace (China) for customers to purchase and use online.

The products launched this time include:

Award-winning Aruba SD-WAN and cloud security products

HPE acquired Silver Peak, a leader in the SD-WAN market, in 2020 to strengthen the performance of the Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN product. Aruba and Silver Peak have joined forces and were named leaders in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure. Previously, Silver Peak was named a leader in the 2018, 2019, and 2020 reports. With more than 1,500 SD-WAN customers worldwide, Aruba is committed to helping enterprises and service providers quickly migrate to secure, enterprise-grade SD-WAN connections while significantly improving application performance and reducing connection costs. With the Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN edge platform, customers can use broadband lines to run all cloud applications and services while getting performance similar to that of WAN dedicated lines.

Aruba security solutions have been recognized twice in the Marsh Cyber ​​Catalyst program. Marsh is a global leader in insurance brokerage and risk management. Cyber ​​Catalyst is a cybersecurity assessment program that allows insurance companies to independently evaluate cybersecurity products and solutions to select products that they believe have the ability to reduce cyber risks. Aruba ClearPass is an identity-based access control security solution and the foundation of zero-trust security and SASE (Security Access Service Edge) framework.

Self-Driving WAN: Aruba EdgeConnect Enterprise SD-WAN Edge

Benefits include:

· High performance – ideal for multiple WAN transports within and outside the region

Fast – Deliver services to customers by deploying a virtual overlay network in hours/days, fully compatible with their existing WAN infrastructure

· Scalable – Centrally orchestrated and zero-touch provisioning for thousands of customers

Extensible – Integrate with third-party orchestrators, cloud security services, public cloud services, and OSS/BSS via REST API

Service Agility – Facilitating rapid service creation and flexible service chaining

Key features:

The EdgeConnect platform includes several key Aruba SD-WAN performance innovations that ensure the highest levels of application performance and QoS over any transport, uniquely enabling service providers to achieve ideal SLAs over any combination of two or more WAN transport services. In addition, traffic segmentation through virtual overlays enables security policies to be enforced based on business intent.

- Tunnel Binding

- Path adjustment

- Application Identity and Control (AVC)

- First-Packet IQ

Centralized SD-WAN Management: Aruba EdgeConnect Enterprise SD-WAN Orchestrator

Aruba Unity Orchestrator provides enterprises with unique capabilities to centrally distribute business intent policies, secure and control all Aruba EdgeConnect Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) traffic, and its intuitive user interface provides complete observability into data center and cloud applications.

Product Features

Centralized orchestration and policy automation: This feature allows network administrators to centrally define and orchestrate granular security policies and create secure end-to-end zones for any user, application group, and overlay, and then push configurations to sites based on business intent. In addition, it can provide automated orchestration with leading cloud-delivered security services.

Visual management: Supports fast and consistent network-wide business intent policy enforcement, thereby avoiding many repetitive and tedious manual steps required to configure and connect remote office and branch locations. Real-time throughput, packet loss, latency and jitter monitoring of different overlay and underlay services to proactively identify potential performance impacts.

Real-time monitoring and historical reporting: Provides specific details about applications, locations, and network statistics, including packet loss, latency, and packet sequencing across all network paths for continuous performance monitoring; all web and native application traffic is identified by name and location, and network issues can be resolved more quickly with alerts and prompts.

Identity-based access management: Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM)

Product Overview

Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager Network Access Control (NAC) technology provides secure access for enterprises, guests, personal bring your own device (BYOD) and IoT devices, providing security protection and improving network security when devices on the network establish wired, wireless or VPN connections. Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager supports a large ecosystem of security exchange program partners to enhance end-to-end security for all user groups by integrating leading third-party solutions. Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager virtual platform is available with perpetual license or annual subscription options.

Product Features

ClearPass Policy Manager is a comprehensive and scalable policy management platform that goes beyond traditional authentication and authorization solutions to provide comprehensive policy enforcement capabilities for IoT devices, BYOD and enterprise-managed devices across any multi-vendor infrastructure.

ClearPass Policy Manager supports automatic analysis and identification of terminal types, which can help IT departments gain more visibility and formulate and implement more flexible terminal device access policies based on this.

ClearPass Policy Manager is extremely open and supports multiple authentication data sources including AD, LDAP, SQL, etc. It supports policy customization and issuance across network infrastructures of different vendors and supports seamless integration of solutions from many third-party security partners.

Aruba products and AWS platform complement each other

Aruba has a long history of collaboration with AWS. Since 2017, Aruba has automated SD-WAN devices/gateways deployed in AWS virtual private clouds (VPCs) through AWS Marketplace. In 2019, Aruba introduced integration with AWS Transit Gateway Network Manager. In 2020, Aruba innovated seamless and high-performance connectivity with Transit Gateway Connect. These highly automated cloud integrations provide a perfect complement to AWS cloud WAN services.

Today, Aruba has once again launched its world-leading SD-WAN and cloud security products on AWS Marketplace (China), providing customers with uncompromising, consistent edge-to-cloud network performance and security, helping them accelerate their digital transformation.