Overture today announced the addition of new system integrators and new technology partners to its Harmony Network Function Virtualization (NFV) partner ecosystem to accelerate NFV deployments for communications service providers. The newest members of the Harmony program include Certes Network, Infovista, Kapsch CarrierCom and Red Hat.
According to Overture, the Harmony partner program which creates an open environment essential to accelerate software-defined services enables service providers to select among best of breed components and avoid single vendor proprietary systems, while accelerating deployments and minimizing project risks.
These new additions join the initial members, announced in June, that include 6WIND, Aeroflex, Brocade, Dell, EnterpriseWeb, Intel, JDSU, Metaswitch Networks, Qosmos and Wind River.
"It is encouraging to see the growing industry support for our multi-vendor ecosystem as we deliver network solutions that help accelerate service innovation based on virtualization and software-defined services. Our service provider customers continue to ask for open architectures, vendor cooperation, and open interfaces, and we are committed to each of these. We welcome the newest members to our Harmony program and greatly appreciate their collaboration."
- Mike Aquino, President and CEO, Overture
“Certes Networks is pleased to join Overture’s Harmony ecosystem and to partner with Overture to deliver practical implementations of NFV-based services. Certes offers virtualized communications security functions that are essential for the new generation of software-defined services. We look forward to working with Overture to empower service providers to monetize these new services efficiently and profitably.”
- Adam Boone, Chief Marketing Officer of Certes Networks
