Viptela today introduced a SD-WAN device that could help businesses manage their connections to far-flung outposts — not just remote offices, but even devices like ATMs. The Viptela SD-WAN device is the vEdge-100 that natively supports cellular connections such as 3G, 4G, and LTE, eliminating the need for dongles or external modems.

The vEdge-100 is also transport-agnostic, supporting any combination of MPLS, wireless, broadband, Ethernet, SSL over Internet, and IPsec connections.

So, a large bank, for example, may own mobile ATMs situated in all kinds of locations, such as grocery stores or transportation hubs. Over its entire ATM ecosystem, the bank will likely have many different connection types with scores of different service providers. With the vEdge-100, the bank can add wireless as a backup circuit, Viptela says, adding that the bank would gain SD-WAN benefits such as centralized cloud management and better bandwidth performance.

SD-WAN enables enterprises to mix and match private and public IP connections, and it automatically determines the best WAN transport path for specific traffic based on policies and service levels.

The vEdge-100 is integrated with Viptela's Secure Extensible Network (SEN) platform.

Viptela earlier this year scored a deal with Verizon to support a managed-service offering. The managed services are being offered in the United States, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. For the U.S., Viptela has won an exclusive managed services arrangement with the carrier.

Verizon's collaboration with Viptela became public in the spring of 2015. In September, SDxCentral reported that Verizon Ventures had invested in another SD-WAN vendor — Versa Networks. Although Versa has not announced Verizon as a customer, it is typical for a carrier’s business arm to validate a vendor’s technology before its venture arm invests.