Aryaka Named to 2019 U.S. Carrier Managed SD-WAN Leaderboard by Vertical Systems

Aryaka has achieved a position on Vertical Systems Group’s 2019 U.S. Carrier Managed SD-WAN Services Leaderboard.

Aryaka was joined by AT&T, Hughes, Verizon, CenturyLink, Windstream and Comcast. Each service provider had 2 percent or more of installed and billable carrier managed SD-WAN customer sites in the U.S. as of year-end 2019.

This news comes on the heels of Aryaka’s fourth annual State of the WAN report, which revealed that application performance, impacted by network complexity at the edge and in the cloud, is the key enterprise concern this year for organizations implementing SD-WAN and one of the perceived barriers to deployment. In addition, 87 percent of respondents are now open to considering a managed SD-WAN service, growing from 59 percent in 2019. This speaks to the perceived flexibility and simplicity of a fully managed service, an even greater imperative in today’s uncertain environment.

Aryaka also recently announced new customer wins including World Fuel Services who, in December, selected Aryaka to assist the company with its digital transformation, network simplification and managed services. Additionally, Aryaka recently introduced its SmartServices platform, bringing together the different connectivity, security, multi-cloud, and optimization capabilities offered as part of its fully-managed SD-WAN service. This announcement included a new regional offering, HybridWAN functionality that includes broadband internet, and a managed virtual firewall service with Palo Alto Networks.