FirstLight Enhances Its Comprehensive Suite Of Services With Introduction Of SD-WAN Solution

Albany, NY /PRNewswire/ - FirstLight, a leading provider of fiber-optic data, Internet, data center, cloud and voice services to enterprise and carrier customers throughout the Northeast, announced today the addition of a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solution to its comprehensive portfolio of fiber-based services.

FirstLight's SD-WAN solution, based on Cisco's secure SD-WAN technology, allows users to streamline the management of their wide area network (WAN) using a simplified, centralized dashboard. Delivered as a service, SD-WAN addresses the widespread need for businesses to better understand and optimize the performance of their network and enables the rapid deployment of branch, data center and multi-cloud networks.

"With the sophistication of wide area networks across today's organizations, we realize the need to simplify network management and increase efficiency," said Patrick Coughlin, Chief Development Officer for FirstLight. "FirstLight's SD-WAN portfolio provides organizations with deep insight into their network environment, with features that ensure performance optimization, network resiliency and flexibility. We're thrilled to offer this managed service over our low latency, high capacity fiber optic network, allowing businesses to manage their WAN with confidence and ease."

"Today's increasing number of users, devices and locations accessing more and more cloud applications has caused a demand from organizations for higher bandwidth to optimize application experiences," said Muninder Sambi, Vice President Product Management, Enterprise Routing/SDWAN and Switching at Cisco. "Innovative managed SD-WAN services from providers such as FirstLight offer businesses an easy way to achieve agility and improve application performance, without compromising security."

With a Cisco-based architecture that is natively integrated with security, FirstLight's SD-WAN solution offers two platforms, Foundation and Advanced, with packages to suit the varying needs of organizations. FirstLight's Foundation Edge service, based on Cisco SD-WAN powered by Meraki, is ideal for lean IT organizations that value simplicity. FirstLight's Advanced Edge offering integrates Cisco SD-WAN powered by Viptela, for businesses requiring enterprise scale for global WANs, and support for multicloud environments.

FirstLight's SD-WAN portfolio also includes Network Assurance, which enables access to FirstLight's team of engineering experts to assist with the design, configuration and implementation of SD-WAN solutions.

For more information on FirstLight, visit http://www.firstlight.net.

About FirstLight
FirstLight, headquartered in Albany, New York, provides fiber-optic data, Internet, data center, cloud and voice services to enterprise and carrier customers throughout the Northeast connecting nearly 9,000 locations in service with more than 30,000 locations serviceable by our 15,000-route mile network. FirstLight offers a robust suite of advanced telecommunications products featuring a comprehensive portfolio of high bandwidth connectivity solutions including Ethernet, wavelength and dark fiber services as well as dedicated Internet access solutions, data center, cloud and voice services. FirstLight's clientele includes national cellular providers and wireline carriers and many leading enterprises, spanning high tech manufacturing and research, hospitals and healthcare, banking and financial, secondary education, colleges and universities, and local and state governments.

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