In a bid to ensure it is always on the technology ball Solar has acted to keep its finger on the pulse of innovation and drive business transformation with the launch of a Disruptive Technology division led by Jason Evans who joined the company following its acquisition of RDC last year.
As Director of Disruptive Technology he is tasked with managing a team of seven, extending the capabilities of the wider business and pushing disruptive tech into the mid-market.
He said: "My team aims to deliver best-of-breed solutions to challenge and disrupt the legacy business technology landscape, supporting and enabling the next wave of digital transformation.
"For example, as more and more businesses move to a cloud-first strategy traditional WAN solutions have created cost, performance and security challenges.
"With a current focus on SD-WAN, Solar is working with vendor Silver-Peak to leverage 'better than private line' security and performance over Internet bandwidth, while delivering direct-to-cloud connectivity when and where it is most effective.
"Our Silver-Peak EdgeConnect SD-WAN solution is key to enabling an effective cloud-first strategy for customers.
"We already have customers in automotive, legal and professional services sectors utilising the solution which is proving disruptive to traditional WAN offerings."
CEO John Whitty added: "Solar is now dedicating part of its operation to understanding and bringing to market a portfolio of solutions that are set to disrupt the enterprise technology landscape.
"Jason and his team have demonstrated that the market is ready to adopt these new solutions."
The cloud communications provider serves 2,000 mid-market organisations across the UK with a portfolio that includes SD WAN, cloud UCaaS, contact centre, on-site and cloud storage.