BT has signed up for VMware’s Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) as a managed service.
The agreement will mix BT’s networking capabilities and in-depth security expertise with VMware technology to help customers accelerate their digital transformation.
BT says the managed service will provide employees with flexible, secure, and reliable access to cloud-based applications and services, deployed in private clouds, SaaS, or at the enterprise edge. It also aims to support the adoption of technologies such as the IoT and hybrid working.
It will provide full end-to-end support across networking and security, protecting access to apps and data across private, hybrid, and multi-cloud.
BT Software Defined Networks director Scott Cowling said: “Many organisations are deploying cloud networking with SD-WAN technology. SASE takes this approach to the next level with an architecture that enables the delivery of networking, security, and edge compute services from the cloud.”
Its capabilities will be delivered as a service from a global network of more than 150 points of presence (PoP) deployed by VMware and its SASE service partners. BT said it will also peer its network PoPs with VMware PoPs to enhance the user experience.
The offering launches with features including URL filtering, in-line cloud access security broker (CASB), content filtering, as well as content inspection. VMware and BT also plan to introduce new features to the managed service over the coming months.
