Maintel : enhances managed network service with SD-WAN

London, 5^th December 2018: Maintel, the cloud and managed service specialist, today announces the launch of ICON Connect SD-WAN, bringing SD-WAN to its enterprise class managed network service to enhance performance and to make networks more agile.

'The continuing drive towards cloud services, the constant need for businesses to be agile and increased cyber security threats put increasing demands on an organisation's network' said Maintel's CTO, Rufus Grig. 'SD-WAN technology, underpinned by a rock-solid managed network, brings extra agility to the way the network is used, drives more effective and efficient use of bandwidth, and provides visibility of the performance of the network that has never been seen before.'

Maintel has partnered with Cisco, incorporating its Gartner Magic Quadrant leading SD-WAN technology to power its SD-WAN offering, which is then further enhanced with Maintel's managed service.

'Customers will have the benefit of Maintel's ICON Connect service - with the best choice of access technologies in the UK, on-net access to cloud providers, secured and protected internet peering and best-of-class monitoring and management -with the added capabilities of SD-WAN', said Grig. 'This means that our customers can be assured of the reliability and performance of the network, benefit from the market leading technology and focus on running their businesses, trusting Maintel to ensure their network, applications and hence people and operations, can perform.'

Find out more about ICON Connect SD-WAN