CHICAGO, Ill.—January 24, 2017  AVANT starts 2017 with an expanded list of SD-WAN providers and a significant commitment to partners to support the need for SD-WAN services. This portfolio of partners places AVANT, a leader in sales enablement and distribution of next generation IT services, squarely in the middle of one of the fasting growing IT cloud segments in the market with the broadest portfolio of SD-WAN leaders in the industry.

We recently asked a top-performing software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) vendor for some advice for partners that are looking to add SD-WAN to their portfolio. Sean Dublin, Director of Strategic Alliances at Aryaka Networks gave us a great starting point with three probing questions to help you identify potential SD-WAN opportunities.

Welcome to class. Before we begin defining WAN as a service and its role in revolutionizing the channel, a few critical points in recent history must be addressed. You see, WAN as a service is only now a best-in-breed global cloud-based networking solution because today’s technology innovators, such as those at Aryaka, realized that earlier solutions weren’t adequately addressing the needs of the modern enterprise.

At AVANT we’re disrupting the channel by partnering with strategic, cloud-ready partners that keep their fingers on the pulse of the industry. So it’s no surprise that we sought out Aryaka, the top player in WAN-as-a-service solutions, to join forces with us to help drive more positive business outcomes within the channel.