Don Witt Speaks with Drew Lydecker, Co-founder and President of Avant about the SD-WAN portfolio of products just announced. There is an accelerated movement to the cloud and companies large and small are looking to make the move. In an era of premise to cloud migration and desk phone to mobility migration, Avant has established itself as a trusted advisor to migrating companies. Currently they have more than 50 cloud providers, 1400 carrier-neutral colocation sites, and 45 connectivity solutions, available globally. AVANT starts 2017 with an expanded list of SD-WAN providers and a significant commitment to partners to support the need for SD-WAN services. This portfolio of partners places AVANT, a leader in sales enablement and distribution of next generation IT services, squarely in the middle of one of the fasting growing IT cloud segments in the market with the broadest portfolio of SD-WAN leaders in the industry. AVANT’s SD-WAN portfolio of solutions includes: Aryaka, as one of their leading distributors CenturyLink with Versa Networks CIS with managed Talari and VeloCloud CloudGenix, announcing a new distribution agreement with AVANT Earthlink with VelcoCloud, announcing a new distribution agreement with AVANT Expereo with managed Cisco IWAN, Citrix, and Viptela Masergy with Silver Peak as the initial SD-WAN partner with more on the roadmap Netwolves with Cisco IWAN and Cisco Meraki Talari, as the first distribution partner for their new monthly billed offering Verizon with Viptela, Cisco IWAN, and Versa Networks Windstream with VeloCloud, as a top tier distribution partner for Windstream AVANT is the leader in channel sales enablement for next generation IT services and a leader in the distribution of SD-WAN services. With AVANT, not only does a channel partner gain access to the best solutions the SD-WAN market has to offer, but also gains access to the AVANT’s channel sales enablement capacities – now available for the SD-WAN portfolio. For more information, go to: http://goavant.net/home.aspx