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Aegis Managed Velocloud SD-WAN

Agile, Secure, Cloud-Ready Networking

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Still relying on a legacy SD-WAN or MPLS WAN? 

Rigid, static networks limit your ability to scale cloud adoption and support hybrid users. It's time to move to a network that's agile, observable, and built for the demands of today's enterprise.

Legacy WAN architectures - Traditional MPLS or older SD-WAN architectures, weren't built for the pace of SaaS, public cloud, and distributed workforces. They're costly to maintain, difficult to adapt, and force compromises in terms of visibility and control.

Our managed Arista Velocloud SD-WAN modernizes your WAN with intelligent routing, deep observability, and automated operations across all sites and clouds. Built on Arista's (formerly Velocloud) proven SD-WAN platform and delivered with our co-managed Aegis operations suite, this solution turns your network into a flexible, high-performance foundation for digital growth.

What is Managed SD-WAN?

Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) is a modern approach that uses software to make your wide area network more intelligent, flexible, and easier to manage. Instead of relying solely on expensive, private MPLS connections, SD-WAN creates a secure, unified network overlay that can intelligently route traffic over any combination of transport services, including business broadband, 4G/5G, and existing MPLS.   

A Managed SD-WAN service takes this powerful technology and combines it with expert operational oversight. Instead of tasking your internal IT team with the complex, 24/7/365 burden of designing, deploying, monitoring, and maintaining the solution, a managed service provider (MSP) handles the entire lifecycle. This allows your team to offload day-to-day network operations and focus on strategic initiatives that drive business value. 

The Business Outcomes of a Modern, Managed WAN

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Reduce Network TCO

Eliminate carrier lock-in and reduce costs by using broadband and wireless from our curated carrier catalog. Our managed SD-WAN consolidates vendors and contracts into one predictable monthly invoice, simplifying operations and lowering TCO.

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Boost Application Performance

Deliver a seamless user experience with application-aware routing that optimizes traffic paths for platforms like Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and AWS, eliminating latency from data center backhauling.

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Increase Business Agility

Deploy new sites in days with zero-touch provisioning. Centralized management enables rapid, network-wide policy updates to keep pace with evolving business needs. Our team is always there to support site adds, moves, and decommissioning. 

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Best-of-Breed Security

Secure by design, ready for Zero Trust. Our SD-WAN foundation includes built-in segmentation, encrypted tunnels, and centralized policy control. At the Aegis SD-WAN + SSE tier, we integrate with leading Secure Service Edge (SSE) platforms, delivering cloud-delivered firewall, SWG, CASB, and ZTNA to protect users and data anywhere they connect.

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Our managed service is built on a foundation of best-in-class technology from Arista Networks, elevated by our proprietary Aegis operational platform. This combination delivers a solution that is not only powerful but also proactively managed for unparalleled reliability and performance.

The Power of Arista Velocloud SD-WAN

We have partnered with Arista to build our service on the industry-leading VeloCloud SD-WAN platform. VeloCloud has been consistently recognized by Gartner and other industry analysts as a leader in the SD-WAN market for its robust performance and rich feature set.   

The recent acquisition of the VeloCloud business by Arista Networks further strengthens this foundation. Arista is a dominant force in building high-performance, cloud-scale networks for the world's enterprises and hyperscalers. This move aligns our SD-WAN offering with Arista's cloud networking DNA, and our long and successful history with Arista ensures a future of continued innovation, reliability, and performance.  

The Aegis Difference: Proactive Operations & Co-Managed Excellence

Technology alone is not enough. Our key differentiator is the Aegis platform, our proprietary suite of co-managed services that ensures your network runs at peak performance. Aegis transforms a standard SD-WAN into a fully supported, operationally mature solution.

Aegis PM (Performance Management): We go beyond basic uptime monitoring. Aegis provides deep, application-level visibility andproactive analytics, ensuring your critical applications always perform as expected. We help you understand your network's health in the context of your business.   

Aegis IR (Incident Response): Our 24x7 Network Operations Center (NOC) leverages the Aegis IR engine to proactively detect, diagnose, and remediate network issues, often before your users are even aware of a problem. We reduce the noise and let your team focus on what matters. And we own carrier tickets and OEM TAC cases from creation through resolution.

Aegis CM (Configuration Management): Our co-managed framework and custom playbooks provides a secure, audited process for making network policy changes. This gives your team the agility to choose to assignchanges to us or do them yourselves while ensuring proper governance and oversight.   

Aegis LCM (Lifecycle Management): We handle the complexities of software updates and patching, keeping you ahead of the curve and managing change windows around your schedules and change control policies.

Find the Right Fit: Managed SD-WAN Service Tiers

We understand that every business has unique needs. That's why we've structured our Managed Arista SD-WAN service into three distinct tiers, allowing you to choose the level of management and features that best aligns with your operational model and strategic goals.

Aegis SD-WAN: Self-Managed SD-WAN

For Enterprises with In-House 24x7 ITOps

From $94/mo

Technology:
Arista Velocloud Hardware
 
High Availability:
Optional
 
Management:
Customer Managed
 
Incident Response:
24x7x365 Support (Reactive)
 
Change Management:
Customer
 
Lifecycle Management:
Customer
 
Advanced Security:
Optional
 
Strategic Consulting:
Additional Cost
 
Service Level Agreement:
15-min on P1 cases
Request Proposal
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Aegis SD-WAN: AEGIS PM+IR+CM+LM

For Enterprises wanting co-managed but running a separate security/SSE stack

From $159/mo

Technology:
Arista Velocloud Hardware
 
High Availability:
Included
 
Management:
Fully Co-managed
 
Incident Response:
24x7x365 Proactive detection and response
 
Change Management:
Shared IVI / Customer
 
Lifecycle Management:
IVI / Aegis
 
Advanced Security:
Optional
 
Strategic Consulting:
Quarterly Business Reviews
 
Service Level Agreement:
15-min on P1 cases
Request Proposal
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Aegis SASE: Aegis PM+IR+CM+LM

For Enterprises ready for a full SASE solution with co-management and SOC

Custom

Technology:
Arista Velocloud Hardware + CATO SSE
 
High Availability:
Included
 
Management:
Fully Co-managed
 
Incident Response:
24x7x365 Proactive detection and response
 
Change Management:
Shared IVI / Customer
 
Lifecycle Management:
IVI / Aegis
 
Advanced Security:
Includes FWaaS, SWG, CASB, ZTNA, IPS, Threat Hunting, and DNS security
 
Strategic Consulting:
Quarterly Business Reviews and Quarterly Security Reviews
 
Service Level Agreement:
15-min on P1 cases
Request Proposal

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Managed Arista SD-WAN?

It’s a fully or co-managed SD-WAN service built on the Arista (formerly VeloCloud) platform, combined with our Aegis operations suite. We deliver secure, high-performance connectivity across all sites and clouds, without the complexity of building and supporting DIY infrastructure.

How is this different from traditional MPLS or VPN-based WANs?

Legacy WANs rely on expensive, rigid circuits and static routing. Our solution uses intelligent path selection across broadband, 4G/5G, or private links, reducing cost, improving performance, and enabling true cloud-first agility.

What does the Aegis platform include?

Aegis is our co-managed services layer that delivers performance analytics, proactive incident response, governed change management, and full lifecycle operations (hardware, software, licensing).

Do I need to rip and replace my existing network?

Not at all. Our team builds a transition strategy tailored to your infrastructure—phased, non-disruptive, and aligned with your business priorities.

Is this solution SASE-ready?

Yes! All tiers are SASE-ready and our top tier includes Cato Networks's best of breed SSE solution adding Threat Prevention, FWaaS, CASB, ZTNA, IPS and more on top of Velocloud's best-of-breed networking capabilities.

How fast can I deploy a new location?

With zero-touch provisioning and centralized orchestration, new sites can be online in days.

 

What visibility will I have?

You'll have full access to Velocloud Orchestrator and to the Aegis Performance Monitoring Dashboard along with custom dasboarding and reporting.

Can I make changes myself, or is it fully managed?

Your choice! Aegis is typically delivered as a co-managed service where we work from a custom playbook co-developed with you. However, if you want us to take complete ownership of the SD-WAN or SASE stack for you we are happy to do so.

Do you offer SD-WAN solutions for specific industries?

Yes. We offer tailored designs for retail, healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and multi-site businesses with compliance, uptime, or agility challenges.

What’s included in the service tiers?

We offer three levels of service: Self-managed, Aegis Managed (adds performance management, incident response, configuration management, and lifecycle management), and Aegis Managed SASE (adds full SASE/SSE capabilities and active threat hunting and SOC, if desired)

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Modern Network Blueprint

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Why Specialist MSPs

See how a specialist MSP delivers greater ROI and reduced risk vs. carrier-provided Managed SDWAN

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Observability for SDWAN

Learn why Observability is so critical for SDWAN networks and where the gaps exist and how to close them

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