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Network Resilience That Keeps You Online When It Matters Most

Network outages are expensive and disruptive. Learn how Opengear helps IT teams maintain uptime, cut truck rolls and manage networks remotely at scale.

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Downtime doesn’t just slow your team down. It interrupts revenue, customer trust and critical services when you least expect it. Many outages still come down to two issues you’ve probably faced — network failures and human error.

Add in distributed locations, limited on‑site IT staff and rising compliance pressure, and recovery gets harder. When your primary network goes dark, access is often lost right when you need it most.

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What Opengear Brings to the Table

Opengear’s Network Resilience Platform is built for those moments. It combines smart out‑of‑band management, cellular failover and automation into one platform that keeps you connected even during outages.

Unlike bolt‑on solutions, cellular connectivity is native to the hardware. A unified control plane called Lighthouse lets you provision, monitor and remediate devices remotely while maintaining strong security and audit controls.

How it Solves Real World IT Challenges

When outages cost organizations millions each year, fast recovery matters. Opengear’s Failover to Cellular and Smart Out‑of‑Band access give you a direct path back into your environment so you can restore service without waiting on a site visit.

Zero‑touch provisioning reduces configuration mistakes that still account for a large share of outages. Centralized access, role‑based controls and full audit trails also simplify compliance work that often slows teams down.

Designed to Scale With Your Environment

Whether you manage a single data center or thousands of edge sites, scale is built in. One engineer can manage tens of thousands of devices using Lighthouse automation and Smart Management Fabric orchestration.

Hardware options support everything from retail locations with no on‑site IT to high‑density AI data centers. Each appliance is designed for efficiency, reliability and long‑term use with a five‑year standard warranty.

Where Customers See the Biggest Gains

Organizations across industries see fewer truck rolls, faster mean time to repair (MTTR) and lower operating costs. Retail, healthcare and utilities benefit from keeping critical systems running without dispatching staff to every site.

Highly regulated industries gain centralized visibility and access controls that support audit readiness. Large service providers and hyperscale environments benefit from fleet‑level automation that keeps operations manageable as environments grow.

Why Partner With CDW

CDW works closely with Opengear as an Elite Partner, bringing pricing advantages, technical expertise and end‑to‑end support. From design and demos to deployment and ongoing service, CDW helps ensure the solution fits your environment and goals.

That partnership means you’re not just buying hardware. You’re working with a team that understands resilience, scale and the realities of modern IT operations.

Talk with your CDW account manager to see how Opengear can help reduce downtime and keep your network accessible when it matters most.