Virtual SD-Edge is an open, highly secure, virtualized router designed to enhance cloud connectivity for enterprises and managed service providers . It offers comprehensive WAN and firewall functions tailored for virtual and cloud environments, facilitating seamless integration between physical and virtual domains. Built upon the DANOS-Vyatta edition—an open-source network operating system widely deployed in AT&T's production network—Virtual SD-Edge delivers carrier-class routing capabilities with optimized performance and a compact virtual footprint. Key Features and Functionality: - Optimized Forwarding Plane: With over 15 years of tuning, it ensures a compact virtualized footprint and high performance per price point, leading to capital expenditure reduction. - Open-Source Foundation: Built on DANOS, the first open-source network operating system platform, it is optimized for disaggregation and easy integration and automation. - Integrated Services: Combines virtual router, firewall, VPN, and performance optimization in a unified software package, simplifying procurement and operations. - Flexible Licensing: Offers per vCPU licensing, simplifying the licensing process and allowing exploitation of hardware improvements at no additional costs. - Comprehensive Control Plane: Enables a broad range of cloud-networking use cases with extensive high-availability features to achieve carrier-grade availability. - Advanced Network Services: Provides carrier-grade support, ensuring reliable and efficient network operations. Primary Value and User Solutions: Virtual SD-Edge addresses the critical need for secure, efficient, and cost-effective cloud connectivity. By offering a virtualized solution that integrates routing, security, and performance optimization, it simplifies the deployment and management of network services. This approach reduces capital and operational expenditures while enhancing agility, allowing enterprises and MSPs to rapidly adapt to evolving business requirements and seamlessly migrate workloads to the cloud.