The Internet has been around long before the world first heard of SD-WAN and its benefits. However, it wasn’t until the early 2000s that millions of homes and offices connected through broadband to the Web on a 24/7 basis. To adapt to an increasing demand of Internet connectivity and guarantee stable networks, enterprises, since then, have opted for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) solutions.
Fundamentally, MPLS allows a router to place a ‘label’ on packets of Internet traffic, each label explaining where the information needs to go next. This, in turn, reduces processing time at each router – a speed augmentation that was welcomed by big business twenty years ago.
But the year is 2023, and the challenges businesses face today are unprecedented to say the least. In the early 2000s, digital transformation was unknown, corporate applications were not in the cloud, and users were not accessing the Internet from mobile devices. MPLS was an adequate solution for yesterday’s challenges, but not todays. Cloud-fuelled global enterprises demand a high-performance, application-agnostic managed network solution – that’s where SD-WAN comes into play.
What is NGS?
Westcon NGS is our solution-driven, go-to-market proposition, helping reseller partners to drive recurring revenue. It has been designed specifically to offer the solutions needed to enable a secure path to digital transformation.
We work with top vendors in these spaces to help our partners identify the solutions best suited to them, their customers and their long-term strategy.
Zero trust access
‘Never trust, always verify’ is the new normal as users become mobile, assets leave the network, and apps and data move to the cloud. Zero trust keeps assets and access away from attackers, defining how to secure the network, identify users, and secure devices and access to data and applications – wherever they live.
IoT/OT security
The rise of IoT in business is a growing blind spot for security teams. Industrial Control Systems (ICS/OT) are now connected to IT networks and vulnerable, leading to downtime and financial loss. Our solutions offer visibility of OT and IoT environments with threat detection and risk assessment.
Next-gen SOC
With organisations facing increasingly sophisticated attacks and persistent threats, our next-gen SOC meets the challenge of defining and delivering the detection and response technologies required to detect attacks and breaches early – or before they happen.
Secure cloud and DevOps
Application development is moving to agile microservices, updated often and deployed across multiple clouds. Security needs to be integrated into the development cycle to keep up. We have the tools to make the transition and keep cloud and app development secure and automated.
A holistic portfolio
We have developed a best-of-breed portfolio of emerging, cloud-native vendors across the four NGS solution pillars.
Network
- SDP/ZTNA
- Crypto segmentation
Infrastructure
- Secure web gateway
- Browser isolation
- Centralised security
- management
Identity
- Access management / IDaaS
- PAM
Application & Data
- Data classification
- DLP
Network
- OT endpoint security
- OT network segmentation
- OT network monitoring
- DDoS protection
Infrastructure
- NAC
- Secure remote access
Application & Data
- Vulnerability management
Network
- Threat intelligence
- Network detection and response
- Security policy management
Infrastructure
- EDR
- SIEM + UEBA
- Deception
- SOAR
Application & Data
- Vulnerability management
Network
- Zero trust cloud security
- N-S, E-W FW
- FWaaS
Infrastructure
- Application delivery
- CSPM
- CASB
- Container security
- API security / WAF / WAAP
- Monitoring / dashboarding
Identity
- Access management / IDaaS
- PAM
Application & Data
- Vulnerability management
- DLP
Growing opportunity
Westcon NGS focuses on technologies that grow twice as fast as the global security market as a whole
Ever-evolving security threats
Keep up with threats and ensure your customers consider new and emerging technologies
Changing business needs
Offer scalability and flexibility by focussing on cloud-native security technologies
Be a value-add provider
Create customer loyalty and a competitive advantage when pitching for new business
A holistic portfolio
Offer both traditional technology leaders as well as emerging and pure-play vendors
How we support your NGS journey
Solutions-led
We deal in solutions not specific vendor technologies, so we’ll work with you to identify which market you’d like to explore and which vendors serve that market’s needs best.
Technology synergies
We have developed a portfolio of emerging, cloud-native vendors, whose technologies integrate with our existing vendor portfolio, creating the opportunity for strategic synergies and technology cross and upsell.
Expertise
We have NGS-dedicated teams that support you to identify the opportunity, define an NGS strategy, enable your team, drive demand, support PoCs/demos and close a deal.
Training
We offer a large portfolio of vendor qualifications and training as well as vendor-agnostic courses, collaborating with bodies such as the DevOps Institute.
Delivers a purpose-built platform for visibility and security of all connected devices
