The solution requires maintenance to insure there are no hardware failures. We are doing the RMA.

Silver Peak VX is not a popular solution for customers. The market is using other solutions, such as Cisco and Fortinet.

I rate Silver Peak VX a nine out of ten.

Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. 

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Overall, I would give Silver Peak NX a ten out of ten.

My advice to others is before they implement the solution they should have the knowledge of how to use it.

I rate Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect a seven out of ten.

I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.

My advice for anybody who is implementing EdgeConnect is not to try doing it alone. Select a good partner because there are many things that you have to know and need to be considered. It is an easy solution, but there are limitations that you have to be aware of.

Overall, this is a good product but if they had UTM then it would be great.

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

I definitely recommend the solution and rate it a ten out of ten. 

As an integrator, I recommend Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect. However, it does depend on the use case.

I rate Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect a nine out of ten.

I rate the Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform a nine out of ten. 

I rate the Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform an eight out of ten. 

The solution is easy to maintain.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

My main advice regarding the SD-WAN product is to do research the customer's topology well. A good understanding of the customer's policies and the customer's implemented technologies, their topology, is important. It is important that they have a good design because the design is the key to success in this kind of space.

It is same when we were working with WAN optimization. You have to do good research before implementing a product. The key is still the same.

On a scale from one to ten, I would rate them at eight. 

What I learned from working with them was that their approach is to simplify the deployment and their overall solution. By eliminating many elements from the equation, you have a better understanding of the solution and then a better managed solution.

I am satisfied with the solution overall.

I rate Silver Peak VX an eight out of ten.

For people who are considering this solution, I would suggest doing a POC first to see if it fits. If it works in your environment then you will get a good product at a cheaper rate.

The first thing to look for is the benefit that it gives. Once you see that, then the next thing is to ensure that it does not impact the people who are trying to use it. You need an architect to design your WAN acceleration, because if something goes wrong then it can cause problems in the entire network.

This solution is not perfect because the reporting can be improved. It is still possible to obtain the data and do the analytics using a custom tool, but this is why I am taking one point off.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

The product is good. I rate it an eight out of ten.

We have not had a lot of requests for Silver Peak VX. We have only been doing renewals.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Silver Peak VX a nine out of ten.

Out of the 2.7 million that we saved over two years about half came from MPLS and half came from Aryaka savings. 

Silver Peak needs to come up with a 5G solution. They are clearly the leader in the SDWAN software-defined networking for wide area networks. When you're shipping outside of a domestic you well better have your paperwork and documentation set properly. Otherwise, you are going to get in trouble with the government which is typically the United States and the government that you're sending the device to. If you're sending one to France, Germany, anywhere in Europe, there have very strict trade requirements and regulations that have to be filed. And I would dare say that the majority of the companies that are dealing with this now are not in compliance.

My advice to someone considering this solution would be to understand what your sites are doing. If they already have public IP addresses or if they don't, they need to get. If they have point to point, they need to look at what their current level of redundancy is. Many of the sites that we went through had only a single external connection to the internet or to a hub provider, like AT&T, a carrier they need to have, and it's cheap enough now to have two distinct lines such that in the event one line goes down, they're not completely down. They can still have some level of redundancy.

I would rate it nine out of ten.