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Cisco Meraki Secure SD-WAN

AireSpring Cisco Meraki SD-WAN with Firewall

AireSpring Cisco Meraki SD-WAN with Firewall is an economical solution that provides standard SD-WAN functionality, with an integrated next-generation firewall to ensure your business is protected from external threats. It delivers a fully managed, easy-to-deploy solution, including complete design engineering, dedicated project management, and white-glove implementation and support from our team of technology experts. This innovative and customizable package helps companies of any size overcome challenges to success in today’s online environment, leveraging advanced SD-WAN features and functionality.

Lower operational costs and improved resource usage for multi-site deployments allow network administrators to use bandwidth more efficiently, ensuring:

Optimized bandwidth using low-cost public broadband or internet

Highest level of performance for critical applications

Industry-leading unified threat management (UTM)

Consistent application security and data privacy protection

Improved automation and self-provisioning

Fast deployment, operational efficiency, and reduced IT complexity work to optimize your communications networks, together with AireSpring’s nationwide, end-to-end managed connectivity and professional services.

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Expand Your Bandwidth

SD-WAN can enhance your internet connection by using low-cost, public broadband or internet connectivity to expand your bandwidth with active/active routing.

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Scale and Grow with Ease

Accommodate and respond to rapid business growth by quickly deploying new branches or connecting remote locations to your central headquarters without the longer installation times that can come with traditional WAN solutions such as MPLS.

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Reduce Branch Costs

SD-WAN’s centralized, cloud-based software reduces the cost of provisioning, maintenance and local network staff, and simplifies branch-office networking.

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Simplify WAN Management

SD-WAN offers the ease, flexibility, and control of centralized configuration. Gain access to your entire WAN, see network performance, and increase network visibility with centralized WAN management.

A Cost-Effective, Custom Engineered Solution

Our Network Solutions Engineering team partners with you to determine the best SD-WAN package for your business. We also ensure that your custom policies are accommodated to help reduce potential gaps in security. Each SD-WAN appliance arrives on-premises pre-configured to meet your unique specifications, eliminating the need for expert IT staff to install, configure, and manage the device.

AireSpring Cisco Meraki SD-WAN with Firewall

100% Cloud Managed Security & SD-WAN for a complete connectivity and threat management solution

The AireSpring Network Operations Center (NOC)

Get 24/7/365 real-time monitoring using AireNMS. Benefit from our proactive ticket initiation, management, and resolution by the AireSpring NOC in the event of a network alert.

Application optimization

Layer 7 traffic shaping and application prioritization optimize the traffic for mission-critical applications and user experience.

Transport independence

Apply bandwidth, routing, and security policies across a variety of media (internet, 3G or 4G LTE) with a single consistent, intuitive workflow.

Intelligent path control

Dynamic policy and performance based path selection with automatic load balancing for maximum network reliability and performance.

Secure connectivity

Integrated Cisco Security threat defense technologies for direct internet access combined with IPsec VPN to ensure secure communication with cloud applications, remote offices, or datacenters.

KEY FEATURES & FUNCTIONALITY

Benefits

AireSpring White Glove SD-WAN Professional Services

  • Includes implementation design and engineering. We will design (pre-sales), deploy (provisioning), and support (customer service/NOC) your SD-WAN solution at no additional cost.
  • Plus, we provide branch deployment support via pre-configuration of SD-WAN edge boxes.

Free Network Monitoring 24/7/365

  • 24/7/365 real-time monitoring by the AireSpring Network Operations Center (NOC), using AireNMS.
  • Proactive ticket initiation, management, and resolution by AireSpring NOC in the event of a network alert.

Free Third Party Circuit Support

  • AireSpring will proactively open repair tickets on behalf of customers for their non-AireSpring, internet-only circuits. Not offered by many vendors. Only available at a premium cost by the few that do.

Free access to the Cisco Meraki Dashboard

  • Free Access to Cisco-Meraki Dashboard provided (notification required when ordered).

WAN Failover

  • Every appliance supports multiple WAN uplinks with seamless, automatic failover for protection against connection outages.
  • Optional HA warm spare failover ensures the integrity of service at the appliance level. In the event an appliance goes offline, a secondary device will automatically take over.

3G/4G Failover

  • Traffic will be redirected to a 3G/4G interface in the event of a connectivity failure.
  • Requires existing circuit or new 3G/4G plan (sold separately).

Advanced Firewall and Unified Threat Management (UTM)

  • Next Generation Managed Firewall with UTM features such as Intrusion Detection & Prevention, URL Filtering, Anti-Virus, Anti-Phishing and Advanced Malware Protection.
  • Comprehensive, multi-layered security that safeguards your network and data assets against viruses, malware and emerging cyber threats.
  • Control outbound and inter-network traffic using firewall rules.

Maximum WAN Links

  • 2 uplinks supported. Traffic distribution over multiple pathways (internet, cellular), with built-in load balancing and automatic failover capabilities.

IPsec Virtual Private Networking (VPN)

  • Provides the ability to quickly interconnect locations over inexpensive broadband circuits.

Traffic Shaping

  • Provides the ability to prioritize network traffic so that heavy-use applications or those requiring a significant amount of bandwidth to operate do not impact other users on the network.

Per Flow Load Balancing

  • Rule-based per flow load balancing. Packets of the same flow go over the same link.

Cisco Meraki SD-WAN with Next Generation Firewall

White Glove Services

AireSpring provides managed network and security services that ensure your traffic is routed correctly and safeguards your network against viruses, malware, and cyber threats. Every AireSpring-provided Cisco Meraki SD-WAN appliance includes 24/7 white glove support and basic network and security management.

Our Cisco Meraki SD-WAN with Next Generation Firewall delivers a fully managed, easy-to-deploy networking and security solution, including complete design engineering, dedicated project management, and white glove implementation and support from our team of technology experts.

Feature

Benefit

Basic Firewall Support & Management

Pre-sale analysis and design

 

Our Solutions Engineers review every SD-WAN order to ensure the network is properly designed based on each customer’s specific requirements.

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Initial setup and configuration of network and security settings

Your firewall comes pre-configured and is ready to route your traffic and protect your network and company information.

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Customers can request read or read/write access to the Cisco Meraki SD-WAN dashboard

For customers with their own IT or security staff, AireSpring can provide read-only access to each device or write access for changes to both network and security settings.

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24/7 support for network/SD-WAN configuration changes

AireSpring allows you to call our Service Assurance team for changes to your network/SD-WAN settings.

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Security/Firewall Management Support

Configure Unified Threat Management (UTM) features

AireSpring will configure each device using standard settings for all UTM services. Customer can call us 24/7 to request changes to the default settings.

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Up to 4 calls per month free $150 per call for any additional calls

A Comprehensive Solution with Personalized Service

Learn more about Cisco Meraki with Next Generation Firewall.

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Steve Pasmanik

SENIOR VP OF SERVICE DELIVERY
Steve Pasmanik is a highly accomplished, forward-looking business professional with a progressive and diverse background encompassing Operations, Sales, Strategy Development, Marketing, Customer Care, and Product Management. He currently leads AireSpring’s Service Delivery and Service Assurance teams. Prior to joining AireSpring, Steve enjoyed a wide-ranging career with AT&T where he held various management leadership positions. Steve served as Assistant Vice President for AT&T’s Partner Solutions Team where he led their multi-billion-dollar service management organization across the Alliance, ACC, AT&T Partner Solutions and Wholesale division in support of AT&T’s post-sale indirect organization. Previously, Steve served as the Assistant Vice President for AT&T’s Centralized Sales Operations Team for Global Business Solutions. Steve also led the governance and operational management for the 6,000+ employee sales organization overseeing sales operations for $40B+ of annualized revenue. Prior to this assignment, Steve led AT&T’s Premier Client Groups Sales Operations and Channel Marketing, AT&T’s Select Sales Performance and Effectiveness Organization.

Mike Chase

SENIOR VP OF SOLUTIONS ENGINEERING
Mike Chase serves on AireSpring’s executive team in the role of Senior VP of Solutions Engineering. He is a telecom veteran with deep expertise in advanced SD-WAN networking and related technologies. Mike leads AireSpring’s Solutions Engineering team which serves as a full-service network engineering resource to our channel partners and their enterprise clients. Mike brings experience across a vast portfolio of other telecom/VoIP, networking, datacenter and cloud services enterprises. He has over 25 years of experience designing complex datacenters worldwide during his work with such firms as Wells Fargo Bank, IBM, Mobil Oil Corporation, Union Oil, LA Cellular, Capitol Records, Equant, AT&T, Broadcom, Experian, tamCloud, dinCloud and others. In addition, Mike, also known as Dr. Cloud, is a published author of many online magazine articles, columns and blogs. He holds 20+ industry certifications, such as the prestigious Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE# 7226), Linux LPIC3, VMware Certified Professional (VCP #26676) and others, along with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree in law from California Southern University. He previously co-founded and was former CTO of several cloud ventures, including one of the first Cloud Service Providers (CSP) to offer hosted virtual desktops worldwide.

Ellen Cahill

SENIOR VP MARKETING

Ellen Cahill is a strategic marketing expert with more than 20 years of proven results in the technology and software industry. She has served as Vice President of Marketing for Natural MD Search, VP of Product Marketing for IT Security provider Beyond Trust, and VP of Marketing for mobile solutions provider Thinque. Ellen is accomplished in relaunching acquired companies under new corporate brands to accelerate revenue and integrating products lines into existing product portfolios. She is recognized as a highly savvy marketing guru with specialties including Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), cloud computing, enterprise software, product marketing, lead generation and social media.

Rod Rummelsburg

GENERAL COUNSEL

Rod Rummelsburg brings extensive experience in intellectual property, corporate and commercial Law, litigation and alternative dispute resolution to AireSpring including over 15 years of managing the transactional, litigation, negotiation and IP/patent needs of several domestic and international telecommunications and Internet companies.   Mr. Rummelsburg has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in multimillion dollar litigation matters in California, numerous state and federal courts and various appellate courts including the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal.  As in-house counsel at American Tower Corp. (NYSE: AMT), formerly Interpacket Networks, Inc., Mr. Rummelsburg managed telecommunications, regulatory, and legal issues for subsidiaries and customers in approximately 125 countries.  Additionally, Mr. Rummelsburg has negotiated and structured telecommunication deals with numerous foreign government-owned utility companies.  Mr. Rummelsburg is admitted to practice law in all federal and state courts in California and is a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.   Mr. Rummelsburg has a comprehensive understanding of all phases of software development, having worked for many years at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, TRW and Hughes Aircraft designing and developing software communications and information systems.  After earning a BA from UCLA, Mr. Rummelsburg graduated with honors from Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA with a MS in Computer Science and earned a J.D. degree with honors from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA.

David Lonstein

EXECUTIVE VP PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

Mr. Lonstein previously ran the Customer Service Division at ADDTEL Communications and has 20 years of experience in all aspects of the telecommunications industry, including customer service, repair, and product management. Since joining AireSpring, he has been deeply involved in the company’s growth as the Director of Customer Service and later the Vice President of Carrier Relations. In his current role as Executive Vice President of Product Management, Mr. Lonstein oversees product development and management, special pricing, and the QuoteSpring proposal generation platform.

Tony C. Lonstein

EXECUTIVE VP

With over 30 years experience in international trading, Mr. Lonstein was the former co-founder and Chairman of ADDTEL Communications. Mr. Lonstein was responsible for the overall strategic direction for ADDTEL. Mr. Lonstein was involved in extensive negotiations with major carriers, including AT&T and MCI, as well as with major customers, which included such company as Earthlink Network. Mr. Lonstein’s prior experience includes the complex structure of several multinational trading agreements, as well as international import/export and commodities trading.

Russ Shipley

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Russ Shipley is a seasoned leader in the industry with 35+ years of experience. Prior to joining AireSpring, Russ held a variety of executive positions at TPx (formerly TelePacific), most recently serving as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Prior to assuming the COO role, Russ  served as the Executive Senior Vice President of Wholesale, Engineering and Operations and Network Services at TPx,  providing senior leadership at TPx for over 15 years. Before to joining TPx, Russ served as President of Wholesale, Chief Network Services and as New Technology Officer at Mpower Communications Corporation. Russ has also held several leadership positions with Global Crossing, Frontier Corporation and Rochester Telephone Corporation with a dedicated focus in service, operations, engineering, technology, construction, sales, and business development groups. Russ holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and an MBA with a concentration in Operations Management from the University of Rochester.

Arno Vigen

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Mr. Vigen has 30 years of experience in financial and executive management positions, including as the Chief Operating Officer of Justice Technology, which was named the Inc. 500 Winner for #1 Fastest Growing Private Company in the USA 1999. He also served as the Vice President of Finance for GSM and national carriers overseas. Mr. Vigen oversaw acquisitions by IDB Communications of FTC Communications – France Telecom (USA) and World Communications (formerly part of ITT – International Telephone and Telegraph), as well as the sale of IDB itself to LDDS.

Daniel Lonstein

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER

Daniel Lonstein is responsible for the day-to-day operations of AireSpring, including the sales and marketing of its award-winning cloud communications solutions. He possesses extensive experience in the sales process both inside and outside of the communications industry. Since AireSpring was founded in 2001, Mr. Lonstein has consistently anticipated and led the transition from legacy services to VoIP and cloud solutions. Mr. Lonstein draws upon his over twenty-five years of experience in the telecommunications and high tech industries to create cutting edge products, direct sales and channel programs, and the operational teams necessary to support the delivery of mission critical products and services to small businesses and Fortune 100 brands alike in the highly competitive Unified Communications and Contact Center industries.
In his position at the forefront of change in the industry, Mr. Lonstein has participated in multiple panels and published numerous articles on the latest products and technology trends in the US and abroad. He has lived and worked in Japan, Israel, and South Africa. Prior to AireSpring, Mr. Lonstein was co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of ADDTEL Communications and has previously held positions at On Target Market Research and Tel-Aviv based USTM Partners, as well as consulting for various international telecommunications conglomerates on how to export high tech and telecom products to the US.

Avi Lonstein

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Avi Lonstein has been a telecom entrepreneur for over 25 years. In 1989, Mr. Lonstein co-founded ADDTEL Communications. As President of ADDTEL, he was directly responsible for growing the company from a start-up operation to one of the country’s most successful nationwide long distance resellers. Under Mr. Lonstein’s direction, ADDTEL was recognized as one of the telecom industry’s most innovative and well-managed companies, and experienced substantial growth during his tenure. Mr. Lonstein’s next entrepreneurial venture was AireSpring which he co-founded in 2001. Mr. Lonstein and his team foresaw the massive changes in telecom technology, and rapidly built AireSpring’s own next-generation IP network to become a full-fledged VoIP carrier, offering a range of SIP Trunking and telephony services. Mr. Lonstein later spearheaded development of the company’s own nationwide MPLS network and created an innovative Mesh MPLS product that has won several awards. As chief executive officer for AireSpring, Mr. Lonstein is responsible for the company’s operations, strategy, and transformation into a nationwide provider of managed services for IP communications, intelligent networking and cloud computing applications and services. He continues to lead AireSpring as the company expands its portfolio of award-winning services and applications to keep it on the cutting edge.

Ken Bisnoff

SENIOR VP OF CUSTOMER SUCCESS

Ken Bisnoff has over 30 years of experience leading high-performing organizations through periods of rapid organizational growth and expansion. As a founding member of the TPx Communications executive team, he played a pivotal role in that company's explosive growth and transformation from a small startup regional CLEC to a billion-dollar national managed services provider.

Ken has a deep understanding of industry trends, sales processes, business communications, and strategic and tactical execution. During his time at TPx, Ken held various roles that included leading direct and indirect sales, human resources, and marketing communications as well as guiding sales teams through market, tech, and M&A transformations. Ken’s track record of achievement as a channel leader includes recognition by CRN magazine as a Top 50 Most Influential “Channel Chief” in 2023, and from 2017 to 2019. He also earned the Circle of Excellence Award in 2017 from Channel Partners Magazine. Ken has served on the advisory boards of both the Technology Channel Association and Channel Partners.

Before joining AireSpring, Ken served as Senior Vice President and Channel Chief Americas at GTT.  Bisnoff was also a co-founder of leading telecom industry consultancy Eagleteq Advisors (now X4 Advisors). He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

David Hess

SENIOR VP OF MOBILITY

David Hess serves Senior Vice President of Mobility. David spearheads AireSpring’s expanding mobility strategy targeting Wireless WAN, IoT, Data, Voice, and Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) solutions.

David is a seasoned telecommunications leader with an influential level of experience within the Virtual Mobile Operator (VNO) sector. He has held prominent positions in the industry, most recently as the Senior Vice President of North America Sales for Pareteum, where he created and grew a sizeable business unit within that organization, targeting the IoT and VNO segments.

David’s accomplishments in the telecommunication industry are highlighted with many success stories related to driving growth and building value for Communication Service Providers (CSPs) both in the US and globally. Starting his career in sales, Hess then moved rapidly up into notable executive level roles, with companies such as KDDI & Telia as well as other emerging telecommunication service providers.

David brings over 22 years of success leading operations and sales in the telecommunication, cloud infrastructure, and managed service provider markets. His accomplishments in the telecommunication industry are highlighted by many success stories related to driving growth and building value for Communication Service Providers (CSPs) both in the US and globally.

Yang Yu

SENIOR VP OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Yang Yu is a highly regarded technology executive who spent over 15 years in various roles with IBM, rising from Systems Engineer with IBM Global Services to Delivery Project Executive, and ultimately Group CIO. In his role as Delivery Project Executive for IBM’s Business Transformation Program, Yang was responsible for implementation of the Blue Harmony software application throughout IBM worldwide. Following the success of this project, Mr. Yang was promoted to IBM Greater China Group CIO for China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Following his tenure at IBM, Yang accepted a position as CIO with Prolacta Bioscience, a pioneer in providing human milk-based nutritional products for premature infants in the neonatal ICU.

Mr. Yu’s role at AireSpring incorporates his background in solution architecture and strategy, resource management and more. His deep experience in global markets and technology is instrumental in creating the innovative, adaptive environment that will best serve our partners and customers into the future. Yang holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Management from the University of California, Riverside, as well as an MBA with emphasis in Management Information Systems (MIS) and Finance from the prestigious Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Additionally, Mr. Yu has added certifications including the Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute, and certification in IT Architecture from The Open Group, a global technology standards consortium.

John Young

SENIOR VP OF CHANNEL SALES

John Young is a highly respected telecom industry executive, with a deep record of innovation and  leadership in both direct and channel sales. John joined AireSpring after more than 13 years at NetFortris where he was Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Global Channel Chief. His broad range of responsibilities there included both Enterprise and Channel Sales, Channel Marketing and Account Management. John previously served as Senior Vice President of Global Sales at Fonality (acquired by NetFortris in 2018) where he developed the North American and international sales teams and programs from the ground up, managing a large team of global Enterprise, Channel and Account Management sales reps, directors and VPs. During his career John has been invaluable in developing many unique partnerships with VARs, master agencies and sub-agents.

Darren Sandford

SENIOR VP OPERATIONS

Darren Sandford has over two decades of experience building and operating telecommunication networks across the United States of America and Canada. Darren has recognized expertise in innovating and launching unique products into the marketplace, optimizing significant annual budgets for operational and financial success, and assisting executives in developing and implementing corporate strategies. He has previously held senior management and executive roles at various national and global telecom corporations, including Covad Communications, Pac-West Telecomm, and Primus Telecommunications, and also served as the Vice President for Technology Deployment at the California Emerging Technology Fund, a nonprofit organization that provides statewide leadership to close the “digital divide.”

Wendell Nelson

SENIOR VP STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

Wendell Nelson is a telecom industry veteran, with more than 25 years in the industry, successfully managing teams and building partnerships that deliver results. He has served as Vice President of Corporate Development at TailWind Voice & Data, expanding their opportunities beyond national technical support and dispatch services and into the connectivity business. Previously, he ran wholesale sales for Global Capacity, MegaPath and Covad Communications, building a reputation for success as an executive in corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, finance, engineering, sales and operations.