{"id":17681,"date":"2020-06-30T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/?p=17681"},"modified":"2022-10-14T18:26:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:26:41","slug":"segra-launches-enterprise-grade-remote-office-lan-with-sd-wan-functionality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/sd-wan\/segra-launches-enterprise-grade-remote-office-lan-with-sd-wan-functionality.html","title":{"rendered":"Segra Launches Enterprise-Grade Remote Office LAN with SD-WAN Functionality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During pandemic-related lockdowns and beyond, businesses need to ensure that their remote workforce can operate from home but retain all the security policies and functionality of office networks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmcnet.com\/query\/searchresults.aspx?searchstring=Segra+&amp;Action.x=0&amp;Action.y=0\">Segra <\/a>comes in &#8211; they are one of the largest independent fiber bandwidth companies in the eastern U.S. The company has an advanced fiber infrastructure network of more than 23,000 miles that connects more than 9,000 on-net locations and 6 data centers throughout nine Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states. Segra provides Ethernet, MPLS, dark fiber, advanced data center services, IP and managed services, voice and cloud solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They just launched an enterprise-grade remote office LAN removing the need for for VPNs or split tunneling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>End-to-end configuration makes deployment simple and turnkey for IT teams, employers and remote workers. Deployed on Segra\u2019s Cloud Firewall, and replicating local corporate firewall protocols, traffic from corporate devices is sent over third-party internet connections while providing cellular redundancy, supporting dual LTE\/5G service providers. Remote Office LAN leverages single sign-on (SSO) capability, allows corporate security remote access control and includes the NetCloud management platform from <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/?s=cradlepoint\">Cradlepoint <\/a>for central device management and configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key benefits of Segra\u2019s Remote Office LAN include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Simplicity \u2013 devices are pre-configured and ready to use once connected to an end-users\u2019 broadband connection; no management of secure tunnels necessary by IT teams<\/li><li>Security \u2013 leverages Segra\u2019s Cloud Firewall <\/li><li>Resiliency \u2013 dual-carrier LTE support<\/li><li>Collaboration \u2013 bundled with cloud-based communication collaboration tool, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.segra.com\/productsupport\/voice-services\/applications\/unify\/\">Segra Unify<\/a> <\/li><li>Productivity \u2013 allows enterprises and SMBs to report on usage and productivity levels with SD-WAN like feature, to ensure availability of adequate bandwidth <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"488\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dan-Watts.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17682\"\/><figcaption> Dan Watts, VP of Product Management &amp; Business Development, Segra <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur Remote Office LAN provides a business and its\nworkers the experience of a local area network, but with the functionality and\nsecurity as if they were on-site,\u201d said Dan Watts, VP of Product Management\n&amp; Business Development, Segra. \u201cWith remote and hybrid workforces shifting\ninto more of a long-term reality, this helps businesses meet concerns around\nmaintaining the reliability and security of business operations, and ensures\nthat IT teams can monitor and funnel incoming public internet traffic into\ntheir network based on corporate protocols.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on a Cradlepoint E3000 Series\nrouter, which includes PoE-enabled switching, security and WiFi 6 without\nlimited hardware, the single pane Cradlepoint NetCloud Management platform\noffers enterprise-class routing, SD-WAN traffic control, device-to-cloud\nconnectivity, web filtering, threat detection and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See the ONLY 5G, SD-WAN, Contact Center, Tech and Communications companies that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itexpo.com\/east\/exhibitor-list.aspx\">matter&nbsp;<\/a>at the&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itexpo.com\/\"><strong>ITEXPO<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;#TECHSUPERSHOW<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This Event has been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itexpo.com\/east\/testimonials.aspx\">called the&nbsp;<strong>BEST SHOW in 5 YEARS<\/strong>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<strong>Best TECHNOLOGY EVENT of 2020<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>2020 participants included: Amazon, Cisco, Google, IBM, ClearlyIP, Avaya, Vonage, 8\u00d78, Comcast Business, BlueJeans, CoreDial, Dell, Edify, Epygi, FreeSWITCH, Fuze, Grandstream, Granite,&nbsp;Intrado, Frontier Business, Fujitsu, Jenne, West, Konftel, Intelisys, Martello, NetSapiens, OOMA, Oracle, OpenVox, Peerless Network, Phone Sentry, Phone.com, Poly, QuestBlue, RingByName, Sangoma, SingTel, SkySwitch, Spracht, Spectrum, Sprint, Tallac, Tech Data, Telarus, TCG, Teledynamics, Teli, Telinta, Telispire, Telstra, TransNexus, Unified Office, Vital PBX, VoIP Supply, Voxbone, VoIP.MS, Windstream, XCALY, XORCOM, Yealink, Yubox, and ZYCOO.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itexpo.com\/east\/exhibitor-list.aspx\"><strong>Full List.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Join 8K others with $25B+ in IT buying power who plan 2021 budgets! 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