Carahsoft Partners With FatPipe to Bring SD-WAN to Federal Agencies
Carahsoft will distribute FatPipe's SD-WAN and connectivity solutions to U.S. government agencies, expanding secure networking options in the public sector.
Carahsoft Technology, one of the federal government's most prominent IT solution distributors, has entered into a partnership with FatPipe Networks to deliver the company's software-defined wide area networking — commonly known as SD-WAN — and broader connectivity capabilities to U.S. federal agencies. The agreement positions Carahsoft as a channel intermediary, giving government buyers streamlined access to FatPipe's technology through existing procurement vehicles.
SD-WAN has become an increasingly critical infrastructure layer for public-sector organizations seeking to modernize legacy network architectures. By abstracting network management from underlying hardware, the technology allows agencies to prioritize traffic, improve resilience, and reduce dependence on costly dedicated circuits — all concerns that have grown more urgent as hybrid work and distributed operations have become standard across the federal workforce.
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FatPipe's platform is specifically designed with redundancy and failover in mind, capabilities that align closely with federal mandates around continuity of operations and zero-trust network architecture. Routing traffic intelligently across multiple connections — including broadband, LTE, and MPLS — the technology addresses the kind of uptime demands that civilian and defense agencies routinely face.
For Carahsoft, the deal extends a distribution portfolio that already spans cybersecurity, cloud, and data management vendors. The company's established relationships with government contracting offices and its place on major procurement vehicles — such as GSA schedules — means FatPipe's solutions can reach agency buyers with reduced acquisition friction. That structural advantage matters in a market where procurement complexity is itself a barrier to technology adoption.
The partnership reflects a broader industry trend: networking vendors seeking federal market share are increasingly routing their go-to-market strategies through established government-focused distributors rather than building direct public-sector sales infrastructure from scratch. Continue reading at executivebiz.
