One Day All Networks Will Be Managed This Way.

Multiple indicators point to a future work landscape that is a hybrid mix of offices owned by companies, rented branch offices, shared working spaces, and a continuing sizeable percentage of people who work from home for some of their time.

This new working future will require connectivity to be always on to support the full range of work activities that people performed in central offices before the pandemic. This presents a challenge for network equipment resellers and also for IT teams within larger organisations. Even the best design and deployment of network infrastructure will have outages due to hardware failures and software issues over time. When the infrastructure is more widely dispersed than it used to be (maybe with equipment located at hundreds of locations rather than dozens), there is an associated overhead in maintaining it.

Even relatively simple problems often require a site visit by a trained networking engineer to resolve. This adds to the management costs for service providers and IT teams. Holding cold spares in remote locations for non-experts to swap for faulty equipment is a model often used, but this usually just delays the time when an expert has to go to the site. In many instances, the cold spare sitting waiting for use is not running the latest software. This often reintroduces security issues patched on equipment that was in use but not on cold spares. Plus, not every site has someone comfortable with replacing networking equipment.

Zyxel Networks Nebula Together Cloud Networking solution is designed from the ground up to deliver remote deployment and management of corporate class wired and wireless network equipment. It also includes the modern security features essential for hybrid working: Zero-trust access, Client VPN, secure WiFi, and protected Edge computing. Covering Firewalls, network switches, access gateways, and Wifi access points, the Zyxel enabled infrastructure and cloud-based deployment and management model is ideal for the new reality. And all controlled via a single integrated management and deployment solution.

Renaissance is the Zyxel distributor for Ireland. Contact us to find out more about how the solutions can help your clients and the available flexible reseller licensing options. Read on for a high-level overview of the Nebula platform.

Nebula Unified Platform

Zyxel Nebula Together Cloud Networking platform combines Nebula enabled physical networking equipment and cloud-based deployment and management software into a unified platform.

The hardware options include:

·          WiFi 6 access points for offices and secure access from staff homes.

·          Network switches with aggregation and up to 10GbE throughput.

·          USG Flex Firewalls that provide robust security while being easy to deploy, configure, and manage.

Centralised Management

The Nebula Unified Platform delivers simplifications and savings for service providers and IT teams monitoring widespread network locations. Everything that needs to be done is located in a single place within Nebula Control Center.

Centralised Platform - a single centralised management console that supports multi-tenant deployments. Ideal for service providers with multiple clients as views and management functions can be as global or as restricted as required across the whole networking estate and client base. Management console works across PC's, tablets, and mobile phones for management responses from anywhere at any time.

Simplified Deployment - streamline deployments and updates under a single interface across all devices no matter when in the world they are located.

Automated Monitoring - deliver advanced networking services to clients, including Wireless health and advanced security monitoring and reporting.

Proactive Troubleshooting - get alerted of any potential issues as they develop across the whole client estate. Build and display detailed topology maps to show any problems on any part of the deployed network.

Additional Benefits of the Nebula Together Platform

The Nebula Together Platform also delivers these benefits:

Universal Security - provide comprehensive security to clients and also deliver peace of mind to them via Nebula Together's ability to individually authenticate individuals and devices throughout the network. Demonstrate security to clients via detailed reports showing day-to-day security and any investigations carried out. Also, provide reports on threat prevention, active monitoring, network activity, and evolving network behaviour over time.

Industry Leading Remote Access - provide secure remote access to core IT systems (on-premise and in the Cloud) to users, other networks, and IoT devices.

Secure Wifi for remote workers - Secure WiFi and VPN solutions offer remote workers the same security and working experience as they would get in central offices (subject to the network speed at their location!)

Defence at the Edge - any threats detected by Edge firewalls on any connected devices result in an automated response that blocks access from the device and quarantines it to prevent damage to the broader network.

Conclusion

The Zyxel Nebula platform provides an ideal hardware and software platform to deliver robust and easily managed connectivity across multiple locations. Contact us today to discuss how the platform can help your clients get ready for the new hybrid working future.