Versa on the offensive with SD-WAN x security-Following KDDI, strengthening relations with NTT Com

The company's technology was adopted in the SD-WAN solution "KDDI SDNetwork Platform" announced by KDDI in October 2017, but we may hear more about Versa in the future. . “Recently, we have also strengthened our partnership with NTT Communications, which will accelerate our business expansion through major Japanese carriers,” said Versa founder and CDO Kumar Mehta.

Versa Networks Founder and CDO Kumar Mehta

Versa is an SD-WAN vendor focused on service providers such as carriers. “We are a startup founded in 2012. We decided on this business model because we can reach more customers by selling through service providers,” explains Mehta. The company currently partners with 65 service providers. "We've already acquired four of the top five U.S. service providers, including CenturyLink and Verizon," said Tony Fallows, vice president of global sales.

Versa Networks VP of Global Sales (SPs) Tony Fallows

In addition, there are currently about 600 user companies that have adopted Versa, including US financial giant Capital One, security giant Symantec, and Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart. "By the end of the year, we're likely to have over 1,000 user companies," Farrows said. Mehta said it is "deployed to 700 to 1,000 branches each month via US service providers." In addition, there are many cases where Versa provides services directly to customers instead of via service providers.