Apcela Extends Software-Defined WAN Tech to Multicloud

Apcela launched the Arcus Platform to help enterprises extend wide-area networks (WANs) to multicloud environments. As the company describes itself as a software-defined, cloud-optimized networking specialist, the new offering leverages its software-defined overlay network to help organizations integrate datacenters, branch offices, remote workers and so on with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Internet-as-a-Service (IaaS) providers, effectively extending the traditional WAN to the cloud. The web site for Apcela Arcus Platform emphasizes the software-defined approach, saying, "Apcela Arcus Platform allows enterprises to easily plug their existing network into a software-defined WAN that was built for today's multicloud environment."