What is VMware's SD-WAN Product?

VMware’s SD-WAN product is a result of a December 2017 acquisition of VeloCloud that expanded VMware’s network virtualization offerings from the data center to a whole WAN. The VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud product features include high performance, high reliability, virtualization of appliances, cloud integration, automation, and easy orchestration. VMware also emphasizes that the product is effective at virtualizing the infrastructure of an enterprise’s branch locations. The VMware SD-WAN Edge, SD-WAN Gateway, and SD-WAN Orchestrator combine to provide the various features of the VMware offering. The SD-WAN Edge is an x86-based CPE that runs virtual network services (VNFs). Its function is to connect an office or location to cloud applications, compute resources, and virtualized services. It connects to the system of VMware SD-WAN Gateways.