Forward Enterprise intent-based verification can eliminate configuration errors and network outages.

This ESG Technical Review documents hands-on validation of Forward Enterprise, a solution developed by Forward Networks to help organizations save time and resources when verifying that their IT networks can deliver application traffic consistently in line with network and security policies.

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Learn how verification can be used in key IT processes and workflows, why a mathematical model is required and how it works; as well as example use cases from the Forward Enterprise platform.

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Learn the value of automating network verification; how IBN allows the configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of thousands of disparate network elements with real-time verification of the health and policy alignment of ongoing deployments.

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See how one of our large financial services customers achieved significant ROI with process improvements in trouble ticket resolution, audit-related fixes and change windows.

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Learn how Forward Networks can accelerate network operations and change windows by automating many of the review, evaluation and testing of major changes prior to going live, while removing the risk of outages and misconfigurations.

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Learn the top use cases for Forward Networks enterprise platform, including accelerating change windows, end-to-end path-based analysis, configuration management and more.

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Watch as Forward Networks engineers demonstrate the unique features of Forward Enterprise live in front of NFD 21 and NFD 22 delegates.

Get to know the Forward Enterprise interface on a deeper level.

Forward Networks supports VMware NSX Data Center delivering a single analytics and troubleshooting platform for both physical and virtual networks.

Forward Enterprise delivers the benefits of intent-based networking to hybrid cloud environments. See how IT organizations can view their AWS VPC networks as a seamless extension of their on-premises infrastructure, from a connectivity, security policy and compliance perspective.

Co-Founder Nikhil Handigol presents on the integration of network verification with SDN automation projects in this 10-minute video.

Learn how to accelerate and de-risk network operations by viewing network policies and path behavior end-to-end.

Learn how to accelerate change windows by pre-verifying proposed changes against defined network policies. Reduce the time required for peer reviews, analyzing impacts across applications, and detailed lab testing.

Learn how to automatically verify correct configurations of basic network setting such as MTU consistency, forwarding loops and VLANs network-wide to increase network availability in a fraction of the time.

Accelerate and De-Risk Network Operations

How Can I Trust the Network to Correctly Implement My Intent?

Backed by Andreessen Horowitz, DFJ, A.Capital, Forward Networks delivers a mathematically accurate network copy to simplify network operations and provide network assurance. Bill Krause, Board Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, Martin Casado, GP at Andreessen Horowitz, Andreas Stavropoulos, Partner at DFJ and David Erickson, Forward Networks CEO, outline their view on the market space, company and strategy

Your network has always been mission-critical. But now it’s experiencing an unprecedented level of demand. Network operators are facing massive challenges to maintain network integrity and visibility in light of the current global health crisis. More than ever before, your business depends on network availability and reliability.  

How can you ensure that your network stays strong and STAYS UP? Join us for an upcoming webinar to discuss best practices in network verification. Using a platform like Forward Enterprise enables network operators to reduce outages, drastically improve troubleshooting speed, and eliminate errors. 

Did you know that it’s now possible to analyze your network end-to-end to quickly and proactively detect any network configuration errors across thousands of devices and millions of lines of code? Forward Networks Co-Founder Nikhil Handigol will show how our new verification technology can certify network updates before pushing them live to avoid outages and ensure 100% compliance.

Automation + Verification: Learn why automating network processes is only part of the battle. Organizations need a network verification platform to check manual and orchestration-driven network updates in large agile environments to reduce the possibility of outages and configuration errors. Forward Networks verification platform is an ideal complement to Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO, originally Tail-f) as we show how orchestration changes can be verified for policy compliance in real-time as changes are pushed out.

Intent-based networking is generating interest as a next-generation method for automating network changes and validating network policies. What’s really feasible today, what benefits does it offer and where can it be deployed? We will show how it can be used to verify network designs and configurations in a fraction of the time. And it’s easily deployed today.

About Network Modeling & Verification With Forward Networks

About Reducing Network Outages with Intent Based Verification

Six minute overview of the Forward Enterprise Verify and Predict capabilities.

Seven minute overview of the Forward Enterprise Search capabilities demonstrating how to build queries to analyze network behavior and intent.

Brandon Heller, CTO, delivers presentation and demo for NFD 13, November, 2016.