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Cyan Adds more Partners to Its Blue Orbit SDN and NFV Ecosystem

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Connectem, Mellanox® Technologies, Metaswitch Networks, and Red Hat has joined Cyan's Blue Orbit, an ecosystem of partners focused on delivering real-world, multi-vendor SDN and network functions virtualization (NFV) applications. Cyan, a leading provider of software-defined networking (SDN) and packet-optical solutions for network operators, is partnering with the new members to demonstrate two new use cases at the Layer 123 SDN event in Bad Homburg, Germany - Data Center to Data Center SDN and  Blue Planet NFV Orchestration. The later use case which will be demonstrated with Connectem and Metaswitch includes the vEPC (virtual evolved packet core), vRR (virtual route reflector), and vDNS (virtual domain name system) components . Cyan Blue Planet NFV Orchestration allows network providers to orchestrate virtual network functions (VNFs) from multiple vendors from a single, centralized controller. 

 

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Connectem – Connectem has developed the first ever instance of a Virtualized LTE Evolved Packet Core (EPC) with unique architectural attributes that leverages modern datacenter tools to deliver unprecedented scale, availability and performance using low cost x86 servers.  This allows carriers to have a cost effective solution to address the growing demand in both signaling as well as data throughput.  The company’s virtualized software is capable of addressing elasticity, scale and service velocity in the largest Mobile Broadband Networks.

Mellanox Technologies – Mellanox is a leading supplier of high-performance end-to-end interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage systems.  Mellanox’s SDN solution is an open, industry-standard platform that supports a wide range of applications and network management tasks.  It incorporates different techniques for intra- and inter-server communications, provisioning, quality of service (QoS) and virtual network interface card (vNIC) management.

Metaswitch Networks – Metaswitch is powering the transition of communication networks into a cloud-based, software-centric future.  It develops openly programmable solutions that run on standard hardware or in virtualized environments and act as the key control points in elastic voice, video and data networks.

Red Hat – Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of open source software solutions, taking a community-powered approach to reliable and high-performing cloud, Linux, middleware, storage and virtualization technologies.  As the connective hub in a global network of enterprises, partners, and open source communities, Red Hat helps create relevant, innovative technologies that liberate resources for growth and prepare customers for the future of IT.

Joe Cumello“With Blue Orbit, the SDN and NFV supplier community is really stepping forward to prove interoperability in multi-vendor environments, and demonstrate that SDN and NFV can be leveraged to perform key functions critical to network operations around the world,” said Joe Cumello, chief marketing officer, Cyan.  “We welcome our newest members and look forward to the insights their participation will provide network operators looking to lessen risk and accelerate the delivery of production SDN infrastructures.”

 

“Connectem is excited and encouraged by the Cyan Blue Orbit initiative to orchestrate this new world of Network Function Virtualization,” said Barry Hill, Connectem vice president, sales and marketing.  “As a leader in developing and deploying solutions for NFV, Connectem is pleased to work with the Cyan team to drive further innovation in and around our Virtual EPC.”  Source - Cyan Inc (Oct 15,  2013)

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