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The Software-Defined Network (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) are redefining how operators design and deploy their services for end-users. As these technologies enable Operators to reduce costs substantially and improve the time-to-market for their products/services, more vendors are moving towards SDN and NFV for their solution offerings. The recent Sandvine - Juniper tie-up to offer a complete networking virtualization and intelligence system in another step in this direction. Sandvine, a leading provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators will integrate its network policy control technology with Juniper Networks® Contrail, a standards-based, highly scalable network virtualization and intelligence solution for SDN. The partnership will enable dynamic allocation of network resources for subscriber- and application-aware network service chaining within the SDN architectures. This will result in innovative subscriber services being deployed in carriers’ distributed data centers at a reduced network cost.
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“Juniper Networks is pleased to welcome Sandvine into the SDN Technology Partner Program,” said Aruna Ravichandran, vice president, marketing and strategy, Software Solutions Division at Juniper Networks. “Contrail will provide an open and simple SDN platform, that when combined with Sandvine’s policy control technology will create a complete networking virtualization and intelligence system for our mutual customers. Integrating Sandvine’s network policy control functions to work in conjunction with the Contrail Controller will enable faster and dynamic creation of subscriber services.” 
“Our involvement in Juniper’s SDN Technology Partner Program provides further evidence of Sandvine’s commitment to SDN and policy innovation,” said Don Bowman, Chief Technology Officer, Sandvine. “As the only policy vendor with an announced SDN & Network Functions Virtualization [NFV] strategy for its platform, Sandvine has foreseen the need for application- and subscriber-aware feature sets in a Software-Defined Network, including Network Services Chaining. We see SDN as a means of continuing our innovation leadership into the next realm of policy control: virtualization.” 
