Versa Networks has announced a joint SD-WAN deployment with BringCom designed to develop and deliver pan-Africa SD-WAN managed services. BringCom has deployed Pan-African Ethernet and MPLS network services with its own regional hubs (PoPs) in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., London, Djibouti, Nairobi, Kampala and Lagos.
The Versa Networks secure SD-WAN deployment will be implemented in several Africa locations, including multi-carrier connectivity in East and West Africa, in collaboration with SimbaNET and ISOCEL Telecom, with automated functionality.
Versa's FlexVNF software uses SD-WAN connectivity integrated with diverse security services (separate FlexVNFs activated), with ordering and supply via BringCom's SaaS portal. The Versa headend, monitoring and analytics capabilities are deployed at BringCom's data centre facilities in Virginia initially, and then will move to East and West Africa for production-level traffic.
The BringCom-Versa project will use Versa cloud deployment capabilities and future iterations will instantiate any third party VNF via FlexVNF service chaining.