CRN staff compiled the top partner-friendly products that were launched or significantly improved over the past year and then turned to solution providers to choose this year’s winners.
F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connection
Winner: Overall
F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect connects and protects networks across public clouds, hybrid clouds, data centers, and edge sites through a SaaS-based service. Core capabilities include automated provisioning, integrated services stack, network slicing, service insertion, application network integration, private connectivity, and end-to-end observability.
F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect scored highest overall in this category and had the highest scores in technology, revenue and profits, and customer needs.
Finalist: Cisco Catalyst with Meraki management option
Finalist: Extreme Networking CoPilot
Finalist: HPE GreenLake for Aruba
Finalist: Juniper Networks Secure Edge
