Globe Telecom teams with Nokia’s Nuage Networks to launch SD-WAN in the Philippines

Nokia of Finland today announced that Globe Telecom of the Philippines has partnered with its Silicon Valley-based business Nuage Networks to provide a nationwide SD-WAN service to both large enterprise customers and SMBs across the country. The press release confirms that ‘the Nuage Networks Virtualized Network Services (VNS) SD-WAN solution automates branch site connectivity to help Globe Telecom’s customers create a single, secure cloud environment across multiple sites and access technologies’. The Filipino operator says that its enhanced network connectivity has evolved from the IP-VPN services of the past, which often took months to deploy, adding that the Nuage Networks VNS solution leverages any kind of network connectivity, including mobile, making it especially suited to challenging geographies such as the Philippines, an archipelago with over 7,100 islands. The Globe SD-WAN business service will enable enterprise customers to quickly and securely connect branch employees with central cloud-based applications and services, nationwide.