Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform Room for Improvement

Suraj Krishna - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant at Orange

This solution is suitable for small to medium-sized companies. If we have large-sized companies it is better to use Cisco or Palo Alto.

The development software could improve the integration with cloud-based environments.

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Raja Waqar Ahmad - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Network Engineer at Tekboox

In future releases, I would like to see security features, so Aruba might need some firewalls, like other vendors. 

For example, Fortinet gives the same feature, but it's gives the feature, that we can use the firewall as well. But, inside the Aruba, I didn't see this feature, secure device, I didn't see the feature. 

Although it's secure, we established a secure tunnel between all the branches, but still, Aruba might need some security features to be enhanced inside this product. It might be that Aruba doesn't need that one. But the vendor, if they are giving some extra security feature availability, they also give that feature.

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PG
Group IT Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees

The network intelligence could be improved. It provides valuable insights. This network intelligence is important to get more information. There could be more improvement in module issue tests and Internet connectivity.

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IA
Solutions Architect Infrastructure and Security Manager at Jumbo Electronics Co. Ltd. LLC.

They need to improve the switching solution.

The scan controller can be introduced in the next release.

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AntonioRotunno - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Advisory Manager at AXIANS SAIV S.P.A.

At the moment, for us, it is a very good solution because it has all the features we need and it is not so expensive. Hence, it seems to be a good solution for us.

The support, which is the direct support from Aruba, has shortcomings and needs to be improved.

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Lipaz Hessel - PeerSpot reviewer
Integration Manager at Gilat Satellite Networks

The security can be improved, with the firewall for example, because they supply a basic one but not a UTM. This is why you always need another product to go with it, such as one by Fortinet or Check Point.

We would like to see a VPN included.

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Eslam Tawfeek - PeerSpot reviewer
Pre-sale Engineer at Techparks

More technical sessions should be offered for deploying the solution. There are different circumstances for each customer. One might need the solution virtually and one might need it as a hardware. Demo implementations showing a variety of options would be beneficial. Data sheets, guides, and videos on the portal are good but not enough because we need to know more about the solution. We want to be strong technically with regard to deployments. 

We want more information on the add-ons and the solution's deep advantages. For example, our customer has experience with Riverbed WAN optimization. We have a trusting, long-term relationship with the customer and want to be able to guarantee the solution is better. With the solution being new to Egypt, we see the features and capabilities but need to know they will work in our customer's environment. 

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FN
Sr Engineer at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform needs to improve integrations with other vendors. 

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SandeepGautam - PeerSpot reviewer
Channel Sales Manager at Denave

I expect automation in the Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform's next release. 

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SS
Tax Associate at Grant Thornton

There were issues, but now it is improving.

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MohamedArshath - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at ATMC

We would like to have better features for path selection. For example, if we know the network is going to go down then we would like to set up an alternate route for data packets in real-time.

The firewall should be enhanced because the one that is included is very limited in terms of features.

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JC
Electronics and Telecommunications Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

I like this solution and I work well with it. But they have to implement more security with it. The security, mainly their firewall functions, have to be included in the firewall features.
They have to work on their integration with other vendors, like Versa does, integrating some little appliance inside of the boxes with a firewall feature. I think that they have to work the other way. It's not within their firewall feature.

The only thing I can point to is their lack of security integration.

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MohamedArshath - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at ATMC

There are some functional limitations that could improve.

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GV
Architect - Cloud Serviced at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

I would like to see better documentation for the integration of STDP traffic acceleration. That's one of the major things that people do not have good documentation for, and do not know how to deploy. Maybe a feature deployment guide is something that they can create.

More specific knowledge base articles would be of benefit. They have a CLI guide, but it does not come handily when it is time to deploy.

When it comes to features, there is no documentation that lists the details concerning them. They need to create a feature guide. For example, if somebody wants to know if a feature is supported, or what the benefits of it are, or what the loopholes are that they should be aware of, there is no documentation for that.

Reporting is something that they can improve on. Specifically, I would like a bandwidth monitoring tool. They have brilliant graphs that show bandwidth savings, but I would like to see it on a per-application basis.

Another thing that I find is that many people do not know about this solution. It should be marketed better so that people are more aware of it.

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AS
Network and Security Engineer at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform’s stability and technical features need improvement.

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JM
IT Executive Leader / Innovator at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees

Their WAN optimization in terms of wireless connectivity doesn't have a very good cellular capability. I know of another company that does a much better job called Peplink. I have not specifically used Peplink but I am hearing from a lot of my clients who say Peplink has a great product and does things similar to the way Silver Peak does, but they had a better EdgeConnect type of device that functions very well on cellular connectivity.

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