Calsoft Labs, a pioneering company in telecom virtualization and subsidiary of the ALTEN Group has announced the availability of high performance Virtual CPE and Virtual B-RAS solutions along with its CloudNOCTM orchestration framework based on OpenStackTM. Calsoft Labs' Virtual CPE and Virtual B-RAS solutions are powered by 6WIND's portfolio of 6WINDGateTM packet processing software for data plane performance and designed to leverage Intel® DPDK libraries, to deliver high performance and scalability, says Calsoft Labs.
Calsoft Labs offers virtual network function (VNF) development and optimization; systems integration, deployment and operations support services to Telecom operators. In addition, Calsoft Labs works with ecosystem of leading technology and platform providers such as 6WIND, Intel and Red Hat to offer a suite of high-performance VNFs, OpenStackTM based NFV orchestration framework and professional services for NFV systems integration, service roll-out management and operations support.
Virtual CPE Setup, Source- Calsoft Labs
"6WIND delivers the critical data plane acceleration solutions that are required for high-performance Virtual CPE and Virtual B-RAS functions with our 6WINDGate packet processing software. 6WINDGate optimizes Linux-based virtual environments to deliver a level of performance that is comparable to physical implementations so that network operators can truly benefit from the promise of NFV", said Eric Carmès, Founder & Chief Executive Officer for 6WIND."Calsoft Labs has relevant expertise as a system integrator and our partner in the Telecom market, and we look forward to working with Calsoft Labs on NFV opportunities"
"Red Hat is fully committed to OpenStack development and the community, and understands the critical nature of providing an OpenStack platform with enterprise-grade hardening, stability, and performance for demanding functions like NFV", said Chuck Dubuque, Director of Product Marketing, Virtualization and OpenStack, Red Hat. "Calsoft Labs has been among the early leaders in NFV, bringing network operators increased flexibility and value as they move to the cloud, and we're pleased that they've selected Red Hat Enterprise OpenStack Linux Platform for their highly scalable NFV platform and as an open foundation for a heterogeneous cloud environment."
"Systems integrators can play an important role in SDN and NFV projects. Calsoft Labs offers a combination of skills in Intel®DPDK, VNF and NFVI orchestration, systems integration and operations support that can be of high value to Network Operators as they move forward with network transformation initiatives. Calsoft Labs have demonstrated world class knowledge of networks and leading edge packet processing software. They delivered a compelling, scalable, low power, compact, high performance solution running on standard x86 servers in only a few months to BT", said Peter Willis, Chief Researcher, Data Networks for BT Group.
Narendra Dhara, Senior VP of Engineering and CTO for Calsoft Labs commented, "Calsoft Labs, with Intel and 6WIND partnerships and its expertise in networking and cloud infrastructure services, is in a unique position to offer high performance VNF components and scalable NFV solutions".
