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SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING

SD-WAN on our ActiveCore® Platform

Move into your app-centric future and help achieve your business goals with our next-gen connectivity and network management services.

Optimized control

High-touch customer experience including monitoring, maintenance, and management.

Omni-channel Digital Experience 

Gain valuable insights into your network performance on a single management console.

Advanced Security Solutions

Add on software- or cloud-based cybersecurity solutions to your advanced SD-WAN network.

Efficiency and control in an intelligent networking solution

Comcast Business SD-WAN joins software defined-networking with network function virtualization (NFV). The result is an easy way to manage the network. An over-the-top (OTT) service, SD-WAN is delivered via universal customer premises equipment (uCPE) that can be combined with Comcast-provided and customer-provided underlay.


network diagram showing a headquarters data center connected to branch 1 through our SD-WAN secure VPN and to branch 2 via an existing MPLS connection

Advanced SD-WAN Management

If you’re looking to outsource some tasks or free up your IT teams, we have you covered with end-to-end services.

  • Network configuration with solution architects
  • A single project management partner
  • Real-time order and network updates
  • Installation validation
  • Access to digital experience: portal and mobile
  • SD-WAN portal set-up, training, and resources 
  • Proactive monitoring, alarming, ticket creation, and remediation
  • Equipment replacement SLA — 24x7x4 (On-Net) and 8X5XNBD (Off-Net)
  • MAC SLOs (simple/complex) — 30 minutes/12 hours
  • Customer birth certificate
  • 30-day curation period
  • Option to add Advanced Security solutions from partners in Versa Networks or Palo Alto Networks
  • Network consultation and access to SD-WAN experts (post installation)

One solution, tons of opportunities

With a solution that’s easy to operate and maintain, you’ll gain more visibility into and control of your network.

FEATURES
Centralized network management
  • Make changes across multiple sites with a single click.
  • Create templates for sites sharing router policies, so changes can be remotely pushed to all of them at once.  
  • Run networks and applications locally.  
  • Monitor your network performance via your desktop, mobile, or voice-activated device.
Network flexibility
  • Allow up to 4 underlays.  
  • Help protect against network downtime with 4G LTE backup. 
Application-aware routing
  • Create dynamic policies to direct traffic over the optimal path.
  • Enable automatic failover.
Security Solutions
  • Traffic encrypted VPN (virtual private network).
  • Stateful firewall to distinguish between legitimate and malicious traffic. 
Cost-efficient connectivity
  • Connect via low cost per megabit broadband.
  • Bandwidth aggregation.
Reporting and analytics
  • Obtain greater network visibility with detailed reporting.
  • Empower IT teams with application intelligence and predictive analytics.
Open-system flexibility
  • Delivered via universal customer premises equipment (CPE).
  • Enable integration of multi-vendor technologies, to scale new applications.
Competitive pricing
  • Pay one rate for SD-WAN service per site.
Advanced Security options
  • Unified Security is a software-based security solution provided by Versa Networks. 
  • Unified Secure Access is a cloud-based security solution provided by Palo Alto Networks. 
  • Both solutions are available with Advanced SD-WAN.

Safeguarding your network

We offer a variety of solutions to help you keep your network safe.

Network segmentation

Securely segments network functions from all other traffic

Combines with 3rd party security solutions

Our SD-WAN works with advanced 3rd party solutions like CPE native, VNFs, the Cloud, and more

Built-in firewall

L3/L4 stateful firewall

Monitoring and reporting

View your network from any device, anywhere

Comcast Business DDoS

Comcast Business Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Internet helps detect, block and mitigate distributed denial of service attack traffic

A simple solution with big benefits

Companies that have already taken the SD-WAN plunge are seeing benefits beyond their expectations.

Source: IDG, Q2 Tech Pulse, 2019

DEPLOYMENT | MANAGEMENT | PERFORMANCE
82%shorter than expected
80%improved over previous generation
80%improvement

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Restrictions may apply. Not all services are available in all areas. Features and services vary.