Open Systems Deepens Integration with Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN to Simplify Customers’ Cloud Transformations

Redwood City, Calif. - Nov. 12, 2019 - Open Systems, a global provider of an intelligent edge and cloud-native secure access service edge (SASE) platform as a service, was formally announced as a partner in the Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN program last week at Microsoft Ignite. As partners, the companies have already integrated the Open Systems SD-WAN with Microsoft Azure and are now fully integrating the Open Systems SASE platform with both Azure and the Azure Virtual WAN to provide a solution for connecting enterprises and their remote offices to Azure Cloud services.

This integration allows enterprises to migrate their IT infrastructure to the cloud and consolidate on-premises and off-premises data centers. Open Systems Secure SD-WAN ensures traffic is fully encrypted from customer premises into their Azure infrastructure and monitored end to end. With access to Azure clouds around the world, users can deploy applications as needed easily and quickly wherever they are located. Organizations can focus more on realizing business benefits, free from connectivity, security or bandwidth concerns.

“SD-WAN and cloud transformation go hand in hand,” said Ogi Stanovcic, Head of Strategic Alliances at Open Systems. “The SD-WAN in our SASE platform plays an essential part in digital transformation, dramatically simplifying the effort to ensure reliable and secure high-bandwidth connections between multiple Microsoft Azure installations.”

Managed by world-class networking and security experts, Open Systems’ intelligent edge and cloud-native SASE platform enables enterprises to serve their secure access needs everywhere.

About Open Systems

Open Systems is an AI-first SASE platform company delivering secure access and networking to help enterprises connect users, applications and infrastructure across complex hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Its proprietary platform combines SSE capabilities, including ZTNA, SWG, CASB and FWaaS, with SD-WAN, end-to-end connectivity, unified policy management, and advanced analytics in a single architecture.

While many cybersecurity providers focus primarily on advancing technology capabilities, Open Systems combines its AI-first SASE platform with an execution model designed for real-world operability, ensuring services are not only deployed, but continuously run, adapted and improved through a combination of AI-enabled operations and NOC-based expertise (Mission Control), built on decades of operational experience, helping organizations reduce complexity, increase visibility and strengthen security outcomes at global scale.

Founded in Switzerland in 1990, Open Systems generates more than USD 100 million in annual revenue and supports global enterprise customers operating in more than 180 countries. Since 2024, the company has been part of Swiss Post, combining Swiss trust and stability with global reach. As a European alternative to US- and Israel-based cybersecurity providers, Open Systems is guided by strong principles around sovereignty requirements, regulatory alignment, transparency and shared responsibility - taking clear ownership for security, performance and operational outcomes, helping organizations maintain control in an increasingly complex digital landscape.