The Business Intelligence Group today announced that it has named Cybera, the leading provider of secure, software-defined WAN (, a 2016 Stratus Award finalist in their annual contest. The organization sought to identify the companies, products and people that are offering unique solutions that take advantage of cloud technologies.

A pioneer in software-defined security and application-centric networking, Cybera has emerged as the disruptive alternative for easing the burden of data security and compliance and accelerating business agility. The Cybera Secure SD-WAN is widely adopted because of how easily, rapidly and economically it can be rolled out to tens of thousands of locations worldwide, spanning geographies from North America and Europe toAngola and Papua New Guinea.

"Being able to plug in and easily turn on enterprise-grade security and highly reliable connectivity without distracting the existing network is a must for distributed enterprises with remote locations," said Andrew Lev, chief executive officer, Cybera. "We're proud to be recognized for our industry record-setting scale and ability to support companies whose locations are truly remote."

"Congratulations to the entire Cybera team for helping accelerate adoption of the cloud and for working to make all of our lives a little richer," said Russ Fordyce, Managing Director of the Business Intelligence Group. "The cloud is dominating the technology industry, and we do not see any markers for that trend not continuing."