Intelligent Networks

SD-Wan re imagined to provide a robust wan solution for single or multiple sites without the need to invest in hardware.

Intelligent Networks is a fully managed service that enables you to connect your customers to your data centre or cloud services with a focus on the performance of their applications. The service continually evaluates traffic and assigns network resources in order to maximise the performance of your most important applications.

With a wide range of deployment scenarios, you can choose between options starting from adding a single site to your existing IPVPN network, right up to building entirely new networks using Intelligent Networks.

With a fully managed service, you can choose any of the options independently for each site so that you can match the solution according to the requirements and pay-as-you go without large capital investments.

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Benefits

  • Application Aware

    Use all available links as an aggregate with a proven 99% up time. Evaluate each Link continuously, Identify Applications, Route according to application rules and best performing link.

  • Resilient

    Automatically switches over to the available link and uses both links when available. Balances load across for best performance and lowest cost.

  • Secure

    Firewall, SSL inspection, IPS, Web filtering, AntiMalware, Anti virus and Email filtering.

  • Quick to deploy

    Use your existing service provider next business day, while we arrange your new service(s).

The Intelligent Network Solution makes use of Fortinet hardware and there are five different options for the service which can be mixed and matched per site:

 

Dynamic Path Control

This option evaluates each of the paths on a real-time basis and selects the path that satisfies the policy defined for each application. Critical applications such as voice, video, ERP, AWS and Microsoft 365 can be assigned high priority.
Individual applications can also be configured to use only private paths for enhanced security. According to the policies you set, the service automatically selects the best path, ensuring that business-critical applications always have the best resources available. This option requires a minimum of two access links.

SECURITY

STATEFUL FIREWALL

Conventional firewall that blocks traffic from identified ports, protocols, and IP addresses.

APPLICATION CONTROL

Uses Deep Packet Inspection policies created to allow, deny, or restrict access to applications or entire categories of applications. Customers can keep malicious, risky, and unwanted applications out of their networks through control points at the perimeter, in the data centre, and internally between network segments.

INTRUSION PREVENTION SYSTEM (IPS)

The service provides defense against network-based threats. You get the latest defense against stealthy network-level threats, a comprehensive IPS Library with thousands of signatures, flexible policies that enable full control of attack detection methods to suit complex security applications, resistance to evasion techniques proved by NSS Labs and the IPS signature lookup service.

ANTI-BOT PROTECTION

Prevents bot nets and other threats from communicating with command and control servers to ex-filtrate data or download malware. It protects against malicious sources associated with web attacks, phishing activity, web scanning, scraping, and more. It also blocks large-scale DDoS attacks from known infected sources.

 

ADVANCED THREAT PROTECTION USING SANDBOX

Today’s threats are increasingly sophisticated and often bypass traditional malware security by masking their malicious activity. A sandbox augments your security architecture by validating threats in a separate, secure environment. It offers a powerful combination of advanced detection, automated mitigation, actionable insight, and flexible deployment to stop targeted attacks and subsequent data loss.

SSL INSPECTION

The service decrypts SSL packets to inspect them preventing attacks from within a secure connection.

WEB FILTERING TO ENFORCE INTERNET SECURITY WITHOUT REQUIRING A SEPARATE SECURE WEB GATEWAY (SWG)

Block and monitor web activities to assist customers with the enforcement of corporate Internet usage policies. The service is based on a massive web-content rating database to power one of the industry’s most accurate web-filtering services. Granular blocking and filtering provide web categories to allow, log or block. A comprehensive URL database provides rapid and comprehensive protection.

ANTI-VIRUS

Features an automated content update and malware and heuristic detection engine, plus a proactive threat library to protect against all known threats and variants. It uses Content Pattern Recognition Language and code recognition software to protect against unknown variants and guaranteed SLAs to address severe malware threats.

RESILIENCY

This option enables business to build resiliency into the networks cost-effectively. The service automatically switches over to the next preferred link in case of failure of the primary link. Customers can use multiple links such as the Internet, 4G, Ethernet (Vector MetroEthernet, UFB Bit stream 2/3) and the service automatically switches between the accesses should one of them fail in the order of priority configured.

SIMPLE CONNECT

You can connect easily through a secure VPN to your data centre or POP using Internet from Vector Communications or any other provider.

QUICK INSTALL

You can also request for next day connectivity with the Quick Install option. The Internet connection can be from any existing provider. This way business can quickly connect their customers to the data centre and provide start providing services immediately to realise their revenue and build trust and relationships.