Forward Offers Free 30-Day Access to Network Digital Twin

Forward, formerly known as Forward Networks, is offering free 30-day access to Forward Enterprise, its mathematically accurate network digital twin. The offering gives network, security, and cloud teams the opportunity to model and analyze their production environments using the same technology trusted by Fortune 500 organizations to understand network behavior.

“For over a decade, the world’s most complex networks have run on certainty because they trusted Forward,” said David Erickson, CEO and co-founder of Forward. “We built this for the Fortune 500 first because that’s where the stakes were highest. But certainty shouldn’t be reserved for the biggest budgets. We’re opening Forward Enterprise to organizations of every size, free for 30 days, because every team deserves to know what their network will do before they act.”

Since launching in 2013, Forward has been recognized as a ‘Cool Vendor’ by Gartner, named to the Fortune Cyber 60, included in the GSMA 100, and honored with numerous security and networking innovation awards. The Gartner® Hype Cycle for Enterprise Networking (May 2026, G00846621) named network digital twin technology as transformational and mentions Forward as a sample vendor.

During the 30-day trial, teams can use Forward Enterprise to:

Understand exactly how your network behaves end-to-end, from the data center to the cloud, without piecing it together from spreadsheets and tribal knowledge
Ask anything about your network in plain English and get a verified, evidence-based answer instantly, powered by Forward AI
Find every asset a new CVE actually touches, and know which ones to fix first, based on real exposure

Forward AI, included in every trial, replaces the old way of digging through configs and waiting on a senior engineer. Ask a question in plain English and get an answer verified against the network itself.

“As networks become increasingly complex, certainty isn’t a luxury—it’s a fundamental requirement,” said Zeus Kerravala, Principal Analyst, ZK Research. “Forward’s digital twin moves teams away from ‘tribal knowledge’ and manual configs toward automated, AI-driven operations that keep networks secure and resilient.”

For more information on the free 30-day trial of Forward Enterprise, including Forward AI, visit the website here.

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