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Forward Networks Technology

After years of PhD research and commercial development, Forward Networks delivers a modern approach to enterprise networking-- we call it mathematical network modeling

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category creating technology

What is a Network Digital Twin?

Always-accurate, accessible, and actionable data to ensure network security and reliability

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applied algebra

How does Forward Enterprise work?

Forward Enterprise collects the configuration and operational protocol state from every device moving packets in the network.
With this data, our behaviorally-accurate model can determine for any packet that arrives at any port on the device, what it will do with it, and how. Whether it will be forwarded, routed, rewritten, mirrored, dropped, etc.

Building on top of the individual device models, Forward Enterprise analyzes the path that all possible packets, going in all possible ports, can take in your network.

In short, the software can tell you where any packet could *ever* go. The depth and accuracy of our device modeling is unsurpassed in the industry.

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Explore Our Integrations

A single source-of-truth for the average enterprise network's

13K

devices

3B

lines of code

500

model+firmware combos

200

weekly changes

scalabilty

Deployable and enterprise-ready, today

Companies with large networks use Forward Enterprise to build a software copy of their network allowing them to search and verify their entire network's behavior. It is not a simulation. It is a mathematically accurate model of the network.

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Network Query Engine

Keep Calm, and Query On

Once upon a time, one of our customers asked us if we could take all of the valuable network data collected by Forward Enterprise and build an automatic way to parse it and normalize it, so that they could query the network like a database. So we did.

Now, Network Query Engine (NQE) is everyone’s favorite feature, and we keep releasing cool new enhancements to it. [Now with AI Assist]

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Your Perfect Multi-vendor Solution

Deployment

Flexible and easy to deploy

SaaS or On-prem? Yes.
Forward Enterprise is flexible and easy to deploy. No write credentials needed, no agents, no hardware appliances, no configuration changes. It's enterprise-ready and running today on networks larger than 50K devices.