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17 May, 2018Topsec Cloud Solutions, a provider of cloud-based managed email security solutions, has appointed VCW Security as sole UK distribution partner. Specialising in the distribution and marketing of IT security solutions and services to end-user companies via the reseller channel, (more…)
26 April, 2018If your tech start-up needs excellent 4G connectivity around the clock, it’s probably best you set up base in Amsterdam, Stockholm, Zurich, or Tallinn, says Andrea Toth. Yes, Tallinn: the city that nurtured Skype and Transferwise, came out as one of the top cities in our measurements if you’re looking for excellent LTE availability (more…)
12 March, 2018A series of cyber security services that support the entire infrastructure of an ABB AbilityTM Collaborative Operations Centre is available from ABB. Collaborative Operations connects people in production facilities, headquarters, and at ABB by giving them the right information to make businesses more profitable. (more…)
26 February, 2018TEOCO, a provider of analytics, assurance and optimisation solutions to more than 300 communication service providers (CSPs) and original equipment makers (OEMs) worldwide, has launched AirborneUTM, a Service Enablement Platform for unmanned autonomous vehicles (UAVs). (more…)
10 January, 2018GRM Information Management, a provider of data management, has introduced a powerful actionable analytics tool which is capable of revolutionising the way that companies get real-time insights into business-critical data trends – and how they use that information to drive competitive advantage in the marketplace. (more…)
01 November, 2017Synopsys, Inc. released the 2017 Coverity® Scan Report, which examines Open Source Software (OSS) quality and security data collected over the past decade through Coverity Scan, a free static analysis solution from Synopsys used by more than 4,600 active OSS projects. (more…)
24 October, 2017Polystar, a supplier of customer experience management, service assurance and network monitoring solutions for the telecom industry has acquired P-OSS, a provider of performance management solutions. (more…)
28 September, 2017Networks with virtualised functions bring communications service providers the power to provision services quickly, analyse and automate networks, release creativity for designing new services and take advantage of general-purpose platforms in data centres, writes Sanjay Bhatia, the vice president of solutions and marketing strategy at Genband.
Network functions virtualisation was designed to help the telecoms industry accelerate innovation and launch services quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively. This is done primarily by replacing hardware-centric equipment with cloud-native and microservices approaches that allow key core and edge functionality to be virtualised in telecoms networks.
Multivendor ecosystem
Along with increased service agility, these virtualised functions provide communications service providers (CSPs) with the ability to seamlessly operate in a multivendor ecosystem environment and offer improved security and operational efficiencies while taking advantage of cloud technologies. The pressure to realize cost savings and drive revenues quickly while securing networks from an ever-expanding list of threats has been among the main forces driving the adoption of network functions virtualisation. As service providers fight to maintain their dominance in the communications value chain, they must be more responsive to customer demands. This means being more efficient and quickly turning services up or down, optimising traffic on their networks and introducing new, innovative services. Network functions virtualisation promises to help service providers bring about all of these benefits and more. The alternative is to risk losing customers to more agile competitors. The transformation from hardware-based equipment to software is a journey that started many years ago by moving switching, security, and session management software sets into software loads that work brilliantly on Intel-based architecture or on servers of the service providers’ choice. Although the transformation from hardwired and big-iron networks to cloud-based, software centric virtualised networks is challenging, some of the largest service providers in the world are already reaping the benefits of network functions virtualisation.
Specific advantages
These benefits include networks being less expensive to operate, easier to maintain and providing more agility to build and deploy new services. The network functions virtualsation revolution allows service providers to upgrade the grid and replace the plumbing in their networks while also providing IP services, IP session management, network security, network interconnection and interoperability. For example, earlier this year du, a United Arab Emirates-based service provider deployed Genband’s network functions virtualisation based session border controller to enable industry-leading interconnect capabilities and allow seamless connectivity among disparate communications networks, a first-of-its kind deployment in the Middle East.
Key trends
So where does the network functions virtualization revolution stand now? Here are a few key trends that advance the revolution:
27 June, 2017NFV-core based 5G networks have already caught the fancy of the telco cloud service provider. The reasons for this are its promise of high quality of service (QoS). (more…)
15 December, 2016Every day we create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data. 10 million blu-ray discs worth of data per day, with the figure growing each and every day. (more…)
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