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INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Data Centers

Netskope achieves milestone in global coverage and connectedness with NewEdge Infrastructure

Netskope , a leader in SASE , has announced a major global milestone in the continuing expansion of its NewEdge security private cloud , which is now powered by full-compute data centers in more than 50 regions worldwide .

Every data center is accessible to every customer without additional fees or surcharges , with all Netskope Security Cloud services available , including cloud firewall , secure web gateway , cloud access security broker , Zero Trust network access and more . customer ’ s traffic stays within intent-based zones – for example , to address General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) requirments in the European Union .
Jason Hofmann , VP of Platform Architecture and Services at Netskope , said : “ With NewEdge , every one of our data centers is the real thing with full compute and all SSE services available . By strategically placing security traffic processing at the Edge – now offered in more than 50 regions globally – NewEdge offers equal or better coverage than any other vendor and delivers proven , SLA-backed leadership in performance that is critical to delivering on the SASE vision .”
Netskope integrates with leading networking and SD-WAN vendors so customers can accelerate their security and network transformations through a best-of-breed and tightly-integrated SASE solution . NewEdge includes direct peering with the most commonly used web , cloud and SaaS providers to maintain the highly connected nature of the Netskope infrastructure . p
The milestone was achieved following another year of rapidly building and scalingout NewEdge across the Americas , Europe , the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific regions to provide the lowest latency and highestperforming infrastructure backed by unmatched , industry-leading Service Level Agreements .
Netskope will continue its aggressive expansion and commitment to world-class connectivity with additional data centers in Brazil , Taiwan and Saudi Arabia expected to come online in early 2022 . The expansion supports Netskope ’ s mission to deliver on security without the performance trade-offs .
Placing data-centric security as close to the user as possible – with fast on-ramps , efficient traffic processing and optimized access to the applications and content that matter most to enterprises – is a key requirement of a SASE-ready architecture delivering truly world-class Security Service Edge ( SSE ) capabilities .
Netskope ’ s ever-expanding global coverage also addresses customers ’ unique business requirements and compliance objectives , such as having a data center in-region for content localization reasons or to ensure
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