VMware's vCloud® for NFV platform has been selected by the Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ) to support its new Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) virtual CPE (vCPE) service. The new vCPE service - IIJ Omnibus Service - is expected to be launched in September 2015 and will include its proprietary SEIL series of high-performance routers and VPN gateway service to business customers.
According to VMware, IIJ is developing the vCPE virtual network function and service management and orchestration systems in-house based on their existing physical solution, and will work with VMware professional services for integration with VMware vSphere andVMware NSX, using open APIs. The company added that its vCloud for NFV is an integrated NFV platform that combines VMware's production-proven virtualized compute, networking, storage and management solutions with integrated support for OpenStack.
Kiyoshi Ishida, Executive Managing Officer, Product Division Director, IIJ
IIJ and VMware have been longstanding partners, having first collaborated on the successful IIJ GIO Virtual Platform VW Series based on VMware vSphere. When IIJ decided to extend its virtualized platform to support network functions, we saw VMware's production-proven technologies and professional service capabilities as the most reliable and fastest route to market.
Shekar Ayyar, corporate senior vice president, Strategy and Corporate Development, and General Manager, Telco NFV Group, VMwareCrowdStrike
IIJ has fully embraced NFV in a way that will allow sustained differentiation in a highly competitive market. They are creating a single horizontal platform that will not only allow the onboarding of their own new VNF today, but provide choice to IIJ for the addition of best in class VNFs from external vendors and developers as service needs evolve.
