INTERNET TELEPHONY Recognizes Versa Secure SD-WAN that is Tightly Integrated with Comprehensive Security Functionalities in Industry’s Leading Unified SASE Solution

Versa Networks, the recognized leader of single-vendor Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), today announced that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has awarded Versa Secure SD-WAN, a component of its industry-leading Unified SASE solution, with a 2023 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.

“We are honored to be named as the 2023 SD-WAN Product of the Year by INTERNET TELEPHONY,” said Dan Maier, CMO for Versa Networks. “Our founders realized early on that security needs to be built into the network. We architected our Versa Secure SD-WAN product from the beginning with tightly integrated security capabilities, which have evolved to become the rapidly growing SASE market. Today, Versa Unified SASE has earned its spot as the industry leader by delivering unique integration of security and networking that has been widely deployed by enterprises and service providers.”

Versa’s AI/ML-powered single-vendor Unified SASE delivers organically developed best-of-breed functions that tightly integrate and deliver services via the cloud, on-premises, or as a blended combination of both, managed through a single pane of glass. Versa delivers SASE services such as Secure SD-WAN, Next-Generation Firewall, Next-Generation Firewall as a Service, Cloud Network Firewall, Unified Threat Management (UTM) including Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Remote Browser Isolation (RBI), and User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA). Versa’s single-vendor Unified SASE platform goes above and beyond management console automation by providing the ability to integrate networks, points of presence, policy definitions, application definitions, agent logic, and data lakes.

“Congratulations to Versa Networks for receiving a 2023 INTERNET TELEPHONY SD-WAN Product of the Year Award,” said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. “Versa Secure SD-WAN has demonstrated true innovation and is leading the way for Software-Defined Wide Area Networks. I look forward to continued excellence from Versa in 2023 and beyond.”

Versa simplifies how enterprises protect and connect their users, devices and sites to workloads and applications anywhere, anytime to improve security posture and enhance user-to-application experience and operational efficiency. Gartner has identified Versa SASE as having the most SASE components out of all 56 vendors Gartner evaluated, and named Versa as one of the vendors delivering single-vendor SASE. Dell’Oro Group has named Versa the Unified SASE market share leader for two years in a row, while 650 Group recognized Versa as the market share leader for both Deployed SASE and Enabled SD-WAN. Also, KuppingerCole Analysts AG named Versa a leader in every evaluation category in its SASE Integration Suites Leadership Compass report. In addition, Frost & Sullivan honored Versa with its SASE Global Enabling Technology Leadership Award for its industry-leading SASE solution. Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) also found that Versa SASE has the most SASE supported functions, while the CIO CHOICE 2023 Honor and Recognition program distinguished Versa SASE as the Most Trusted Brand by CIOs for SASE.

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About Versa Networks

Versa Networks, the leader in single-vendor Unified SASE platforms, delivers AI/ML-powered SSE and SD-WAN solutions. The platform provides networking and security with true 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. Thousands of customers globally with hundreds of thousands of sites and millions of users trust Versa with their mission critical networks and security. Versa Networks is privately held and funded by Sequoia Capital, Mayfield, Artis Ventures, Verizon Ventures, Comcast Ventures, BlackRock Inc., 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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Versa Networks wins 2023 SD-WAN Product of the Year Award for Versa Secure SD-WAN that is tightly integrated with comprehensive security functionalities in industry’s leading Unified SASE solution