Oracle, this week has released its newly updated Network Function Virtualization (NFV) management suite, the Oracle Communications Application Orchestrator, making it easier to deploy and manage network functions in a hybrid environment. The newly released Application Orchestrator offers new capabilities for CSPs that enable them to deploy and manage both physical network functions (PNFs) and virtual network functions (VNFs). Oracle said that it can also rapidly integrated with third-party VNFs with the new plug-in development kit, which includes an intuitive interface to help onboard and deploy both VNFs and lifecycle management services.
Since first releasing Oracle Communications Application Orchestrator in June 2014, Oracle has released several new products to help CSPs accelerate their journey to NFV, including: Oracle Communications Network Service Orchestration and Oracle Communications Evolved Communications Application Server.
Caroline Chappell, principal analyst, NFV & Cloud, Heavy Reading
CSPs want a common network function manager to ease this transition by managing the lifecycle of any network function, regardless of vendor, or whether the function is physically or virtually implemented. Such a capability can help CSPs automate network function configuration and management, reducing the manual and error-prone processes that are currently typical.
Doug Suriano, senior vice president and general manager, Oracle Communications
The new release of Oracle Communications Application Orchestrator aims to advance this kind of openness by enabling CSPs to rapidly and cost-effectively define new functions, physical or virtual, via third parties.
