{"id":15408,"date":"2019-11-12T11:24:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T16:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/?p=15408"},"modified":"2022-10-14T18:27:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:27:39","slug":"open-systems-deepens-integration-with-microsoft-azure-virtual-wan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/sd-wan\/open-systems-deepens-integration-with-microsoft-azure-virtual-wan.html","title":{"rendered":"Open Systems Deepens Integration with Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This past September we had an exclusive <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/sd-wan\/new-open-systems-ceo-jeff-brown-on-sd-wan-growth-and-differentiation.html\">interview <\/a>with <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/?s=Open+Systems\">Open Systems<\/a> CEO Jeff Brown and the company&#8217;s SD-WAN growth and differentiation. He told us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Companies need to change their networks to handle the move to cloud and his company has been doing this for 15 years. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Interview with Open Systems at ITEXPO 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HP9Tck_qmfY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption> Yours Truly, Rich Tehrani, CEO of TMC speaks with Dave Martin of Open Systems at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdwanexpo.com\/\">SD-WAN Expo 2019\u00a0<\/a>\u2013 collocated with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.itexpo.com\/\">ITEXPO<\/a>. Daves excitement really shines through as you can see and hear in this interview. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur customers love us. Our NPS scores are very high,\u201d Jeff exclaimed. \u201cIn addition, the company has low churn among its customers.\u201d Open Systems is well-known in Switzerland and Europe and going forward, they see an opportunity to tell the U.S. and others what Swiss customers know, he explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news of the day is the company has been formally announced as a partner in the Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN program. As partners, the companies have already integrated the Open Systems SD-WAN with Microsoft Azure and are now fully integrating the Open Systems SASE platform with both Azure and the Azure Virtual WAN to provide a solution for connecting enterprises and their remote offices to Azure Cloud services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"329\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ogi-Stanovcic-Head-of-Strategic-Alliances-at-Open-Systems.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ogi-Stanovcic-Head-of-Strategic-Alliances-at-Open-Systems.jpg 329w, https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ogi-Stanovcic-Head-of-Strategic-Alliances-at-Open-Systems-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ogi-Stanovcic-Head-of-Strategic-Alliances-at-Open-Systems-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><figcaption>Ogi Stanovcic, Head of Strategic Alliances at Open Systems<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This integration allows enterprises to migrate their IT infrastructure to the cloud and consolidate on-premises and off-premises data centers. Open Systems Secure SD-WAN ensures traffic is fully encrypted from customer premises into their Azure infrastructure and monitored end-to-end. With access to Azure clouds around the world, users can deploy applications as needed easily and quickly wherever they are located. Organizations can focus more on realizing business benefits, free from connectivity, security or bandwidth concerns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>SD-WAN and cloud transformation go hand-in-hand. <\/p><p>The SD-WAN in our SASE platform plays an essential part in digital transformation, dramatically simplifying the effort to ensure reliable and secure high-bandwidth connections between multiple Microsoft Azure installations.<\/p><cite>Ogi Stanovcic, Head of Strategic Alliances at Open Systems<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft has been very busy partnering with numerous companies in the industry. Just recently we reported <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/sd-wan\/cloudgenix-autonomous-sd-wan-and-cloudblades-now-integrated-with-microsoft-azure-virtual-wan.html\">CloudGenix Autonomous SD-WAN and CloudBlades Now Integrated with Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN<\/a> and also that <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/sd-wan\/fortinet-boosts-cybersecurity-offerings-with-deeper-microsoft-azure-integration.html\">Fortinet Boosts Cybersecurity Offerings with Deeper Microsoft Azure Integration<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So consumers have lots of choice and as the SD-WAN market continues to grow, having more options is a good thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Learn more about SD-WAN at the&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itexpo.com\/\"><strong>ITEXPO<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;#TECHSUPERSHOW.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only event with a collocated&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sd-wanexpo.com\/\">SD-WAN Expo<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mspexpo.com\/\">MSP Expo<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Join others with $8.5B+ in buying power who plan 2020 budgets! Including 3,000+ resellers!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feb 12-14, 2020, Fort Lauderdale, FL.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itexpo.com\/east\/registration.aspx\">Register now<\/a>\u00a0and see the\u00a0only SD-WAN vendors that matter!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>Aryaka<\/td><td>Oracle<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Singtel<\/td><td>Tallac<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Intelisys<\/td><td>128 Technology<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HughesON<\/td><td>Windstream Enterprise<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Adaptiv Networks<\/td><td>Jenne<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fujitsu<\/td><td>Telarus<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Martello<\/td><td>SureNET<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>BEC Technologies<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/itexpo-2019-crowds.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/itexpo-2019-crowds.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/itexpo-2019-crowds-768x415.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past September we had an exclusive interview with Open Systems CEO Jeff Brown and the company&#8217;s SD-WAN growth and differentiation. 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