ECI Telecom recently announced the launch of its Hybrid Virtualization Platform designed to support multiple NFV-based use cases to help communication service providers (CSPs) simplify operations, increase agility, reduce OPEX and provide better SLAs.
By supporting delay-sensitive services, and offering better security and termination of flows at the network edge, the new platform supports a variety of applications including modernized business services, as well as future needs driven by the Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G, said ECI. The platform features ECI's vE-CPE family, which is set to provide virtualization across customer premises (uCPE) and service provider's Edge PoP (MEC).
The platform is comprised of:
ECI's Mercury NFVi platform - Available as both a stand-alone appliance or as a blade that can be fully integrated into the Neptune packet-optical transport system Open Source NFV Management and Orchestration (MANO) - ETSI-compliant (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) MANO, which runs ECI's carrier-grade PaaS system
Growing library of virtualized network functions (VNFs) - An ever-growing library of best of breed VNFs, including edge routing, sessions border control, WAN optimization, LAN monitoring, caching and more.
Along with its packet-optical transport, ECI offers a variety of SDN/NFV applications, end-to-end network management, a comprehensive cybersecurity solution, and a range of professional services.
Erez Zelikovitz, VP SDN/NFV Solutions Global Portfolio, ECI
Carriers need to get everything they can out of their current network assets. Virtualization at the edge can help unlock all the potential hidden in their current infrastructure, and create additional value on top of current assets. We are giving our customers a cost-effective, future proof and easy-to-implement solution, which they can use now to improve service agility, and for the demands of future IoT and 5G networks on the same open and flexible platform.
