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VMware Expands Network Functions Virtualization Partner Ecosystem With New VMware Ready NFV Certified Solutions and Program Participants | |
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 10:40:56 AM | |
Innovative Solutions From F5, Silver Peak and VeloCloud Achieve VMware Ready(TM) NFV Certification
PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwired - June 01, 2016) - VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced the expansion of the company's Telco NFV partner ecosystem with three new certified VMware Ready™ NFV solutions and four new members to the VMware Ready NFV program. VMware now has nine certified solutions from eight different vendors for VMware vCloud NFV, including newly certified partners F5, Silver Peak and VeloCloud. Additionally, Infoblox, Netrounds and two of the largest global network equipment providers (NEPs) have joined Mitel as partners with solutions currently going through certification.
VMware Ready NFV allows partners to certify their virtual network functions (VNFs) for compatibility with VMware NFV infrastructure (NFVi). The VMware Ready certification provides CSPs with the confidence that partner VNF solutions will seamlessly and efficiently deploy, run, and interoperate with vCloud NFV. The VMware Ready program designates VMware's highest level of endorsement for products and solutions created by our established partners, and accreditation builds customer confidence and accelerates further opportunities for collaboration as leaders in the cloud.
"VMware continues to make excellent progress in advancing our innovative vCloud NFV platform, and the VMware Ready NFV program is critical to helping customers adopt and deploy NFV with confidence," said Gabriele Di Piazza, vice president, products and solutions, Telco NFV Group at VMware. "Together, VMware and its partners are helping customers transform their businesses with network functions virtualization that helps them lower costs considerably and enables rapid and agile service innovation."
Previously certified solutions include Affirmed Networks Mobile Content Cloud™; Brocade Virtual Evolved Packet Core; Metaswitch Networks Clearwater Core (IMS Core) and Perimeta SBC (Session Border Controller); Procera Networks PacketLogic/V; and Versa Networks VNFs. The newest certified solutions include:
VMware vCloud NFV brings together the core virtualization and management components required to accelerate NFV deployment. VMware vCloud NFV enables CSPs to deploy a unified, multi-vendor and multi-function NFV platform that supports any application at all stages of cloud evolution. The platform enables IT, Network and Operations departments to leverage existing skills and operational experience with VMware virtualization, providing a faster and smoother implementation and ongoing management of Telco clouds.
Partner and Industry Commentary
"As service providers evolve their networks to support 4G, 5G, and IoT, highly scalable and flexible virtual network functions (VNFs) are needed to support new architectural footprints and deliver network agility for innovative services," said Calvin Rowland, senior vice president of Business Development, F5 Networks. "By completing VMware Ready NFV certification, F5 continues to extend its industry leadership in offering validated solutions that enable service providers to maintain high levels of availability, deliver new services faster to market, and provide a higher quality of experience for subscribers."
"Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect enables service providers to deliver a unique SD-WAN solution as a managed service or as part of an NFV offering," said John Vincenzo, senior vice president at Silver Peak. "By leveraging Silver Peak's VMware Ready NFV certified solution, service providers can accelerate time to market to offer a variety of new and differentiated, revenue-generating WAN-as-a-service solutions in- and out-of-region faster and easier than ever."
"VMware NFVi compatibility provides carriers, telcos, operators and service providers with a broader range of platforms to deliver truly multi-tenant VeloCloud Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN," said Michael Wood, vice president of Marketing at VeloCloud Networks. "VMware Ready NFV certification gives our partners the confidence and flexibility to securely, reliably and rapidly deploy VeloCloud Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN on the platform of their choice."
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