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Overture Launches Harmony NFV Partner Ecosystem with Support from 10 Vendors
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. --(Business Wire)--
Overture
today announced Harmony, an ecosystem of hardware, software and
services partners focused on accelerating service provider's automation
and network functions virtualization (NFV) initiatives at the metro
service edge. The Harmony partner program is a pillar of the open
environment that Overture believes to be essential for the realization
of software-defined services. It allows service providers to select best
of breed components and avoid single vendor proprietary systems, while
also decreasing their project risks and accelerating deployments.
Overture President and CEO, Mike Aquino, sees the industry moving
towards a strong and open ecosystem that is crucial for the success of
NFV-based services. "Our customers have been very clear with us: a
multi-vendor ecosystem is crucial for cloud, virtualization, and
software-defined service solutions," said Aquino. "They are demanding
open architectures, vendor cooperation, and open interfaces. This has
led us to introduce our Harmony program, an ecosystem of partners
committed to working together on behalf of our customers."
Many of the partnerships being formalized began in the proofs of
concepts stage, which are now moving quickly into real-world deployment
plans. The initial partners in the Harmony ecosystem are:
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6WIND - 6WIND's 6WINDGate™ packet processing software is
optimized for cost-effective hardware running Linux with a choice of
multicore processors to deliver a wide variety of networking and
security protocols and features. 6WINDGate delivers the performance
required for a cost-effective value proposition towards next
generation architectures, enabling the transition to the future with
Network Functions Virtualization.
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Aeroflex (News - Alert) - Aeroflex TeraVM is a service validation solution,
used to verify functionality and performance of services being
deployed in the Harmony ecosystem. Aeroflex Holding Corp. is a leading
global provider of high performance microelectronic components, and
test and measurement equipment used by companies in the space,
avionics, defense, commercial wireless communications, medical and
other markets.
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Brocade (News - Alert) - The Brocade Vyatta Platform delivers an interoperable
and modular solution that encompasses proven Layer 3-7 Network
Functions Virtualization (NFV) and emerging Software-Defined
Networking (SDN) technologies based on open standards and open source
initiatives.
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Dell (News - Alert) - ell is a pioneer in Open Networking and a long-time
proponent of and participant in the open source and OpenStack
communities, promoting an open alternative to proprietary, close-ended
infrastructure. Dell embraces NFV and the Harmony ecosystem initiative
across its portfolio of server, storage, networking and software
technologies.
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EnterpriseWeb - EnterpriseWeb® is an award-winning platform for
agile, scalable software solutions. Supporting 'smart' data-driven and
policy-controlled apps and processes, EnterpriseWeb provides a Virtual
Network Platform-as-a-Service (VNPaaS) to the CloudNFV ecosystem. It
allows Virtual Network Functions (VNFs), Network Resources, and
Management Policies to be modeled then composed as dynamic,
data-driven Business Services.
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Intel - The Intel® Communications and Storage Infrastructure
Group (CSIG) provides unified ingredients and platform technologies to
transform telecom, enterprise IT and private/public cloud
environments. CSIG's three global business groups - dedicated to data
storage and retrieval, Ethernet connectivity, and telecommunications -
support software-defined infrastructures to help customers maximize
revenue while reducing operating costs.
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JDSU (News - Alert) - JDSU is a worldwide leading provider of network and
service enablement solutions including testing, monitoring, assurance,
and analytics. JDSU helps customers overcome the operational
challenges associated with new technology and service introductions
and is working with partners to develop next-generation virtualized
solutions used for the monitoring and assurance of next-generation
networks.
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Metaswitch Networks - Metaswitch is powering the transition of
communication networks into a cloud-based, software-centric, all-IP
future. With a reputation earned by solving tough technical problems,
Metaswitch develops openly programmable solutions that run on standard
hardware or in virtualized environments and act as the control points
in elastic voice, video and data networks.
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Qosmos (News - Alert) - Qosmos specializes in DPI software, which recognizes
thousands of protocols and metadata attributes to provide the most
accurate picture of real-time data activity on networks. Qosmos
software is embedded by vendors into NFV solutions where real-time
L4-7 intelligence is critical, such as dynamic service chaining and
policy enforcement.
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Wind River - Wind River's portfolio of open, scalable, carrier
grade software, development tools, and services address the unique
six-9s reliability and high performance needs of telecommunications
and critical infrastructure networks. We offer the industry's only
commercially supported, fully integrated carrier grade NFV solutions
that help companies realize greater service capabilities, reduce CAPEX
and OPEX, and accelerate their path to NFV.
The Harmony partner ecosystem follows Overture's recent announcements of
the availability of three key elements of the Ensemble OSA: the
Ensemble Service Orchestrator, Ensemble Network Controller and, most
recently, the Overture 65vSE. Ensemble OSA™ is the industry's
first complete and open platform for service automation and network
functions virtualization that is built specifically for the service
provider metro edge.
Currently operating in a number of field trials and proofs of concept, Ensemble
OSA brings together open automation and management of both the
physical Carrier Ethernet and virtual infrastructure to help
communications service providers introduce new revenue-generating
services with agility and speed that have never before been possible.
In addition to its own Harmony ecosystem, Overture has also
recently joined the partner programs of Intel (Intel Network Builders)
and Cyan (Blue Orbit).
More information on the Overture Harmony Ecosystem is available at
Overture's website at www.overturenetworks.com/Harmony
or follow @OvertureNews
on Twitter.
About Overture Networks
Overture is the preferred provider of Carrier Ethernet solutions for the
metro service edge. By leveraging Overture's Carrier Ethernet expertise
and its new Ensemble Open Service Architecture™ for software-defined
services, network operators and service providers worldwide are
maximizing operational efficiencies and introducing new
revenue-generating services on a scale never before possible.
Overture is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC, with sales
offices around the globe. For more information, visit http://www.overturenetworks.com.
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