At Mobile World Congress 2016, VMware, Inc., is showcasing the company's momentum in helping communications service
providers (CSPs) adopt network functions virtualization (NFV) to deliver
the unified, hybrid Telco Cloud. The company has experienced a
significant increase in customer deployments and pipeline year over
year, as customers accelerate adoption of the company's
production-proven VMware vCloud NFV platform.
New VMware vCloud NFV Customers
VMware and its partners are helping service provider customers
transform their businesses with NFV that helps them lower costs
considerably and enables rapid and agile service innovation. New vCloud
NFV customers include:
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MetTel
, a leading communications solutions provider for enterprise
businesses deployed VeloCloud Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN running on VMware's
network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVI).
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Transatel
, a leading enabler in MVNO and IoT, has deployed Affirmed
Network's Mobile Content CloudTM on VMware's network functions
virtualization infrastructure. The combined solution underlies
Transatel's upcoming commercial launch of an embedded connectivity
service for laptops and tablets in the United States. Transatel
previously deployed Affirmed's virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC) on
VMware NFVi to deliver services to European Mobile Virtual Network
Operators (MVNO) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) customers.
Simplifying and Automating Telco Cloud Operations Management
New VMware vRealize management packs provide the proactive
intelligence and visibility required to meet Quality of Service and
Quality of Experience service levels in a dynamic telco cloud
environment.
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Blue Medora vRealize Operations Management Pack for KVM
- enables CSPs to gain comprehensive visibility and insights
into the performance, capacity, and health of KVM workloads. This pack
is generally available today.
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VMware Management Pack for Network Devices
- extends the operational management capabilities of the
vRealize Operations core product to physical data center networking.
This pack is generally available today.
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VMware Management Pack for NSX for vSphere 3.0
- provides comprehensive visibility of the virtual and
physical network via the integration of the VMware NSX for vSphere and
Network Devices Management Pack. This back is generally available today.
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VMware Management Pack for OpenStack 2
- will provide out of the box dashboards, reports, inventory
views, and alerts complete with remediation actions for OpenStack
environments. The management pack will work with VMware's Integrated
OpenStack distribution as well as any other OpenStack cloud based on the
OpenStack Kilo release. This pack will be available in Q2 2016.
New VMware Ready NFV Certified Partners
VMware Ready NFV allows partners to certify their virtual
network functions (VNFs) for compatibility with VMware NFV
infrastructure. The VMware Ready certification provides CSPs with the
confidence that NFV solutions will deploy, run and interoperate with
vCloud NFV. The newest solutions to complete VMware Ready NFV
certification are Affirmed Networks Mobile Content Cloud; Metaswitch
Networks Clearwater Core (IMS Core) and Perimeta SBC (Session Border
Controller); and Procera Networks PacketLogic/V. These offerings can be
found on the VMware Solution Exchange (VSX).