FatPipe delivers SD-WAN over global network using Mode’s technology

The San Francisco startup Mode.net has gained another SD-WAN vendor as a customer — FatPipe Networks. FatPipe will use Mode’s SD-Core technology to deliver its SD-WAN service over a global network for corporate customers. Mode uses a global private network — which it has patched together from partnerships with service providers and also with Ericsson — to deliver what Mode calls its software-defined core (SD-Core). Mode’s SD-Core relies on private fiber links and 32 strategically placed POPs. Mode’s software overlay can route traffic and dynamically adjust to network changes and traffic flows. SD-WAN vendors, such as FatPipe, can then use Mode’s network-as-a-service (NaaS) to provide their SD-WAN technology to enterprises that have geographically-dispersed needs. Enterprises are finding that SD-WAN saves them money because they can optimize their WAN traffic over a variety of connections from broadband, DSL, or wireless, avoiding having to run all their traffic over expensive MPLS connections.