QUINCY, Mass., Dec. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Granite Telecommunications, a $1.6 billion provider of communications services to multilocation businesses and government agencies, today announced the availability of Granite Guardian FlexEdge, a universal customer premises device that consolidates multiple network functions, such as firewall, SD-WAN, session border controller (SBC), cellular data router and more.
Granite Guardian FlexEdge is an enhancement to Granite Guardian, a comprehensive managed network solution that safeguards the availability and performance of business connections from WAN to LAN using an "as-a-service" delivery model. Granite Guardian includes services for Access Remediation, Local Area Network (LAN), Security and Wide Area Network (WAN) Optimization.
"Granite Guardian FlexEdge enables us to deliver any and all of our best-of-breed managed network solutions without deploying proprietary hardware," said Rand Currier, COO at Granite. "With the push of a button, FlexEdge can become a firewall, an SD-WAN router, an SBC, or cellular data endpoint. It's the total package."
Uniquely, Granite Guardian FlexEdge also enables companies to quickly test or deploy one or more Guardian solutions without installing and paying for new hardware each time.
"There is an old saying that you can have something better, cheaper or faster, but you can only pick two. Granite Guardian FlexEdge allows you to have all three," said Currier. "FlexEdge not only enables customers to have more flexibility in choosing the best solutions for their needs and budget, but it also reduces hardware costs and speeds deployment since there's no waiting for hardware to be shipped or for a truck roll."
The all-in-one Granite Guardian FlexEdge device allows enterprises to:
- Terminate an Ethernet circuit
- Connect a broadband modem
- Add 4G/5G wireless backup
- Install a proxy server that enables Granite Guardian Advanced Monitoring
- Run an instance of any of Granite SD-WAN or security solutions
- Deploy an industry-leading firewall from Fortinet, Juniper, Palo Alto, or Checkpoint
- Install an SBC to run Granite VoIP services
Granite Guardian FlexEdge enables enterprises to benefit from:
- Single-box solution
- On-demand service chaining without the need for extra truck rolls
- Built-in remote troubleshooting tools
- Rapid proof of concept
- Lower hardware costs
"Granite has set itself apart in the marketplace by simplifying, buying and managing communications solutions with one contact and one bill," said Currier. "Granite Guardian FlexEdge extends this advantage with one universal edge device."
About Granite
Granite delivers one-stop communications solutions to multilocation businesses and government agencies throughout the United States and Canada. The $1.6 billion company serves more than two-thirds of the Fortune 100 companies in the United States and has 1.75 million voice and data lines under management. Granite launched in 2002 and grew quickly by helping businesses simplify sourcing and managing local and long-distance phone services with one point of contact and one invoice for all their office locations nationwide. Today, Granite is the leader in aggregating Plain Old Telephone Services (POTS) and has extended its unique value proposition – "one company, one contact, one bill" – to include a range of advanced business communications services, including Internet access, SD-WAN, wireless WAN, hosted PBX, SIP trunking, mobile voice and data, mobile device management, managed security, network integration and much more. Granite employs more than 2,200 people at its headquarters in Quincy, Mass., and nine regional offices nationwide. For more information, visit http://www.granitenet.com.
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