A10 Networks has simply introduced the discharge of Concord Controller as-a-service, Model 5.4, with enhancements that ease multi-cloud operational complexity and strengthen safety.
Enterprise community directors and repair suppliers all know the ache of development and alter. Speedy or surprising development in customers, subscribers and site visitors; migrating from centralized knowledge facilities to edge deployments, cloud environments, multi-cloud or hybrid cloud; and the pandemic-inspired shift to distributed and suburban/house functions signifies that community directors should regularly scramble to make sure that capability is deployed accurately and effectively to satisfy demand.
For the crucial features that A10 supplies, together with Thunder Utility Supply Controller (ADC), Thunder Convergent Firewall (CFW), and Thunder Service-grade Networking (CGN), prospects handle their Thunder home equipment or digital machines all through this large change utilizing A10 Concord Controller. The A10 Concord Controller supplies centralized administration and analytics for A10 safe software companies, together with A10 Thunder ADC, SSLi, CFW and CGN in multi-cloud environments for software configuration and coverage enforcement. It’s obtainable self-managed (on-premises/cloud) and as a service.
Concord Controller as-a-service has key benefits over self-managed programs by offering organizations with a centralized administration interface for putting in, configuring, monitoring and troubleshooting bodily and digital units wherever they’re deployed. Including or altering Thunder units used to require intensive guide processes for putting in, licensing, registering the units. Concord Controller as-a-service makes these processes easy and straightforward to make use of. The Service is operated by A10 to make sure its safety and availability. The service creates less complicated elastic capability with a administration interface that scales mechanically because the system grows, supporting tens of millions of customers and hundreds of units.
Concord Controller as-a-service, model 5.4, consists of the next enhancements:
Stronger safety with multi-factor authentication (MFA)
Directors can now allow MFA for all customers within the account. MFA is obtainable when customers are logged in regionally to the Concord Controller. Customers should set up the Google Authenticator app on their cell units for one-time MFA setup. Whereas customers can delay setup, the administrator can set an software deadline. The Gadget Communicator function is created for customers who use the Concord Controller to register Thunder units.
Native authorization after distant authentication
Customers can now authenticate to distant servers corresponding to LDAP, TACACS+ or RADIUS and authorize regionally within the Concord Controller. Consumer privileges and entry data are saved within the Concord Controller.
Versatile system configuration backup
Customers can now schedule periodic system configuration backups with correct time zone and frequency.
“With Concord Controller, organizations can effectively automate the deployment and operations of software companies, improve operational effectivity and agility, enhance end-user experiences and scale back TCO, simplify the administration of distributed software companies to dramatically scale back troubleshooting time, obtain alerts on efficiency or safety anomalies, enhance capability planning and optimize IT infrastructure and cloud environments,” concludes Amr Alashaal, Regional Vice President – Center East at A10 Networks.
