Hydro One Telecom partners with Fortinet to deliver Secure SD-WAN for Canadian enterprises
Fully managed service unifies advanced routing and next-generation security to simplify WAN operations and strengthen protection across data centre and multi-cloud environments
TORONTO — May 26, 2020 — Hydro One Telecom Inc. announced the launch of Secure SD-WAN, a fully managed connectivity service that helps organizations accelerate digital transformation while strengthening cybersecurity. The cloud-based service is powered by Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, bringing together advanced routing and next-generation firewall capabilities in a single integrated platform to reduce risk, streamline network architectures, and enhance the user experience for business-critical applications, whether hosted on-premises or across multiple clouds.
With the acceleration of cloud adoption, companies are realizing that legacy networks lack the flexibility, resources and applications needed to power today’s digitally transformed marketplace. To protect against ever-evolving cyber threats, companies must integrate cyber security into all aspects of their IT operations. We’re proud to partner with Fortinet to offer a security-integrated turn-key SD-WAN service that addresses our clients’ connectivity and cyber security needs.
As a fully managed service, Secure SD-WAN integrates with existing WAN technologies such as MPLS to support hybrid enterprise WAN designs and provides direct multi-cloud connectivity for branch locations. Using cloud-based automation and centralised management, customers gain agility, real-time visibility, and optimised operating costs—while protecting networks and IT resources against evolving threats.
“Secure SD-WAN is an important and hugely impactful technology for all of our customers. We’re partnering with Hydro One Telecom to ensure customers have the best SD-WAN capabilities rolled out in their networks to realize significant cost savings, improved performance and better user experience. Fortinet’s Secure SD-WAN solution enables enterprise customers to accelerate their cloud connectivity with cloud on-ramp capabilities across colocation and multi-cloud.
Key capabilities
- Intelligent multi-link control & dynamic traffic steering for application performance
- Single-pane-of-glass management with zero-touch deployment for rapid rollouts
- Real-time monitoring of link utilization and Quality of Service (QoS)
- End-to-end security with inter-site IPSec VPN encryption
- Managed next-generation firewall (NGFW) protection
- Lower total cost of ownership compared to legacy WAN approaches
Secure SD-WAN expands Hydro One Telecom’s portfolio of cloud and connectivity services, complementing Backup as a Service (BaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
About Hydro One Telecom (now Acronym Solutions)
Hydro One Telecom Inc. provides Canadian organizations with secure, reliable network connectivity and cloud services that improve performance, resilience, and security as they modernize their IT environments.
About Fortinet
Fortinet secures the largest enterprises, service providers, and government organizations around the world with its broad, integrated, and automated cybersecurity solutions.
About Acronym
Acronym Solutions Inc. is a full-service information and communications technology (ICT) company that provides a range of scalable and secure Network, Voice & Collaboration, Security, Cloud and Managed IT Solutions. We support Canadian businesses, large enterprises, service providers, healthcare providers, public-sector organizations and utilities. We leverage our extensive network expertise to design and build customized, fully scalable solutions to help our customers grow their businesses and realize their full potential. With more than 20 years’ experience managing the communications system that enables Ontario’s electrical grid, Acronym is uniquely positioned to understand the mission-critical needs of any business to deliver the innovative and reliable services that respond to the changing demands of businesses, and support rapid growth and digital transformation initiatives.