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Ideal, the Brighton-based managed services provider, today announces a new advanced Software-Defined WAN security stack with capabilities that solve critical edge security challenges, at the same time as enabling digital transformation. By 2020, 80% of organisations will primarily use public cloud and there’ll be 10 billion mobile-connected devices¹. The latest Cisco SD-WAN offering from Ideal ensures businesses can embrace SD-WAN at pace, without compromising on security.

Ideal, the Brighton-based managed services and IT infrastructure provider, today announces a focus on Software-Defined WAN. This game-changing technology enables agile routing of traffic across the WAN, reducing complexity and cost. Organisations can now manage their entire network from a centralised dashboard, quickly deploy new branches with any transport, and automate operational workflows.

Ideal, the Brighton-based managed services and IT infrastructure provider, today announces a major sales and marketing initiative centred around the next generation of network solutions. With Software Defined Access from Cisco, Ideal can simplify the complexity of Enterprise LAN estates using an integrated ‘fabric’ enabling alignment and simplified management. Ideal has produced an eBook ‘The Network of Intentions’, outlining how software definition reconnects the enterprise, accompanied by a video and webinar.

Cisco Prime Infrastructure (CPI) is one of the hidden gems in the Cisco portfolio. It is a comprehensive network management solution that manages, visualises and monitors the network from a single graphical interface, providing lifecycle management, assurance visibility and troubleshooting capabilities network wide. Ideal is now offering a 30-day fast-track deployment of CPI, to allow you experience the highest levels of wireless and wired network performance, service assurance and end-user experience.

Ideal has signed an agreement with Pure Storage to become a Silver Partner. This entails joining the P3 Pure Storage partner programme, which is designed to reward partners based on training, sales, value-add services and revenue attainment levels. Ideal has had a longstanding relationship with Pure, but the signing of the Silver Partnership agreement reflects increased customer interest in converged infrastructure, our ability to work across architectures to develop and execute solutions aligned to customer objectives, and our success in meeting Pure’s exacting technical and sales criteria.

Ideal is pleased to announce that it has achieved Cisco certification in Advanced Security  Architecture.

Ideal is pleased to announce that it has renewed its Cisco certifications in Advanced Data Centre and Advanced Enterprise Networks Architecture.