Hillstone Networks Unveils New SD-WAN Solution

Tim Liu
“Hillstone’s SD-WAN features are substantial, but the true differentiation is that we are first and foremost a leading security platform,” said Tim Liu, CTO and Co-Founder of Hillstone Networks.

Enterprise security and risk management solutions provider, Hillstone Network, has released its secured, software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) solution. The new SD-WAN solution would provide centralized management, zero-touch provisioning, and “high” quality of service (QoS) with active link monitoring for “fast, simplified and protected” SD-WAN networking.

“Hillstone’s SD-WAN features are substantial, but the true differentiation is that we are first and foremost a leading security platform,” said Tim Liu, CTO and Co-Founder of Hillstone Networks. “Built from the ground up to be one of the most comprehensive security platforms in the industry, Hillstone’s expertise in security beams in our SD-WAN solution.”

Highlights of the new Hillstone secured SD-WAN solution would include:

  • Centralized Management with “Zero-Touch” Provisioning at the Edge – Hillstone Security Manager offers centralized policy management and global visibility, allowing a one-click set-up and deployment from a central console. An advanced security template can be deployed across multiple remote devices with push-button simplicity.
  • “Seamless and Comprehensive” Encryption – Hillstone’s SD-WAN solution provides centralized VPN connectivity and security policy management. By enabling hub-and-spoke VPN from corporate HQ to remote sites, or even virtual private clouds within large public clouds, Hillstone’s SD-WAN solution protects traffic, giving CISOs peace-of-mind that all communication is encrypted.
  • “Enterprise-Grade” Security Foundation – Security, routing, and WAN optimization appliances in the branch are converged into a single platform with Hillstone. The company assures its customers =that at the heart of the SD-WAN foundation is “a trusted and proven secured” platform.

Hillstone Networks was founded by security industry veterans. With its security heritage and “innovative” technology, Hillstone’s portfolio of SD-WAN-ready solutions include a Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) platform for remote branch locations, enterprise NGFW, and Data Center Firewall for Headquarter protection.

Hillstone‘s CloudEdge virtual NGFW would work well in virtual private clouds (VPC) and the Hillstone Security Management Platform (HSM) would tie this all together into a complete SD-WAN platform.