Cisco SDWAN Cloud OnRamp for Colocation

Cisco SDWAN Cloud OnRamp for Colocation 

The Cisco SD-WAN Cloud onRamp for Colocation solution aggregates your branch office Cisco SD-WAN or traditional routing infrastructure network services to key regional locations or colocations:

• Cisco SD-WAN Cloud onRamp for Colocation enables the deployment of multicloud connected services at the network edge.

• In the colocation facilities, Cisco SD-WAN Cloud onRamp for Colocation provides:

  1. Better quality of service

  2. Simplified management

  3. Increase of security

The traditional architectural method of delivering traffic optimization uses centralized provisioning of elements, such as firewalls, Intrusion Detection/Prevention sensors, Data Loss Prevention systems, URL filtering, Proxies, and other such devices at aggregation points within the network (most commonly the organization’s Data Centers). This approach resulted in backhauling user traffic from remote sites into the primary Data Centers for SaaS applications and internet access. It increases application latency and negatively impacts the overall user experience. For applications hosted in the data center, this approach resulted in the potential waste of data center bandwidth resources. Also, this legacy design proved challenging to effectively mitigate security incidents, such as virus outbreaks, malware exploits, and internally sourced denial of service attacks.

Cloud onRamp for Colocation solves these challenges. Cloud onRamp for Colocation provides the capability of network edge virtualization and extends it to colocation centers. Cisco Cloud onRamp for Colocation enables virtualization, automation, and orchestration in an enterprise network.

Cisco SD-WAN Cloud OnRamp for Colocation Solution—Key Capabilities

Cisco SD-WAN Cloud onRamp for Colocation aggregates your Cisco SD-WAN branch office or traditional routing infrastructure network services to key regional locations or colocations.

Cisco SD-WAN Cloud onRamp for Colocation enables you to:

• Deploy secure virtualized network services on-demand with centralized policy management.

• Maintain Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and provide a better user experience with proximity to multiple clouds.

• Aggregate regional branch offices, provide better security control, and secure user connectivity to branch/remote sites.

• Connect multiple clouds and colocation centers and significantly reduce transport costs.

• Decrease the requirements for trained IT professionals at each branch site without sacrificing security.

The Cloud OnRamp solution can serve four specific types of enterprises:

• Multinational companies - due to security restrictions and privacy regulations, multinational companies cannot use direct internet connections to the cloud and SaaS platforms.

• Partners and vendors without Cisco SD-WAN still need connectivity to their customers. They do not want to install Cisco SD-WAN routing appliances on their site.

• Global organizations with geographically distributed branch offices require high bandwidth, optimum application performance, and granular security.

• Remote access requires secure VPN connections over inexpensive direct internet links to an enterprise.

Cisco SD-WAN Cloud OnRamp for Colocation Solution Architecture