Arrcus announced a new
release of its Arrcus Connected Edge (ACE) platform - ACE 2.0, supporting use
cases spanning spine-leaf and TOR switching, multi-cloud networking, 5G edge
and cell-site routing, as well as core virtual distributed routing. The ACE 2.0
platform enables the end-to-end network transformation required for enterprises
and service providers to run new 5G and Web 3.0 applications such as
telehealth, AR/VR gaming, autonomous driving, decentralized finance, and more.
With this release, ACE is available also as a subscription service from Arrcus
and select partners. Arrcus today also launched its new PACE ("Partner with
ACE") program designed to assist ecosystem partners in speeding up their
ability to integrate with the ACE platform and deliver routing and switching
solutions faster to customers.
"Digital technology is transforming
the world around us at an ever increasing pace, changing every aspect of
business and consumer experience. You need high-speed, high-bandwidth,
intelligently routed networks with ultra-low latency to make that possible,"
said Shekar Ayyar, CEO and chairman at Arrcus. "ACE
2.0 from Arrcus delivers these capabilities, providing enterprises and service
providers with the comprehensive networking stack they need - via an
easy-to-consume subscription model."
ACE 2.0
Makes Networking Agile, Massively Scalable, Seamless, and Ultra-Fast
Recent
outages in major clouds and social networks highlight the need to have a
dependable, low-latency network infrastructure. While the application landscape
has evolved at a rapid pace towards Web 3.0, underlying networks are still a
rigid and inflexible collection of legacy routers and switches - antithetical
to the requirements of today's highly distributed, hyperconnected digital-first
businesses. Enterprises and service providers need to embrace an agile, open
systems, policy-driven, software-centric, virtualized approach to networking
that enables massive scale and ultra-fast convergence.
ACE 2.0 from
Arrcus enables such a seamless network transformation and creates a foundation
for new Web 3.0 and 5G edge and access applications, while delivering immersive
end user experiences by:
- serving up ultra-fast BGP route
convergence combined with carrier-grade resiliency across physical,
virtual, and cloud form factors
- enabling innovative,
application-aware traffic engineering through an end-to-end EVPN control
plane and SR-MPLS/SRv6 data plane
- powering 5G network slicing with
an end-to-end independent logical network solving specific business use
cases
- providing standards-based APIs
to interface with third-party applications and services
"The pandemic has forced telcos to
undergo a massive transformation to support the extremely high demand for
broadband capacity," said Ray Mota, CEO and principal analyst at ACG Research.
"This surge in demand is driving telcos to implement 5G infrastructure. Arrcus
recently announced its ACE 2.0 flexible platform, which aligns with telcos' and
enterprises' infrastructure requirements for 5G infrastructure that is agile,
low latency, scalable, and secure."
ACE Is
Now Available Via Subscription and Through a Growing Array of Marketplaces
ACE 2.0 is
now available to customers in the form of an annual subscription license, and
Arrcus offers the platform in Standard, Premium, and Advanced bundles.
Enterprises and service providers can purchase one of these bundles or buy any
component a la carte.
Components
of ACE 2.0 include the following incremental features:
- Native
NOS with ArcOS v4.3.1: VPN centralized
gateway, VLAN-aware bundle service for EVPN, hitless upgrades, and SRv6
OAM process to track tunnel performance metrics
- SONiC-support with ArcOS-SX v2.3.1: MCLAG and FRR 8.1 - static
routing
- Multi-cloud networking with ArcEdge + ArcOrchestrator v2.1.1:
configurable NAT, site-to-site VPN peering with third-party devices,
default NAT, route 53 integration for overlay network
- Virtual Distributed Routing with Arrcus VDR: Sub-interfaces, L2/L3
port channel, LACP, shaping, break out support, scheduling/queuing, AAA
(TACACS, RADIUS), BFD, Mirror to CPU
- Route Reflection with ArcRR v4.3.1: ERPL support, GR enable/disable
on per peer basis without resetting BGP session
- Intelligent
Analytics with ArcIQ
Arrcus now
makes it easier than ever to take networking to the next level. Customers can
now access Arrcus solutions in a variety of marketplaces including AWS
Marketplace, CoreSite, Equinix, PagerDuty, and TCS CUBO.
"We leverage Arrcus' ACE virtual
routers in the CoreSite Open Cloud Exchange® to help enable our customers to
quickly expand market reach and gain competitive edge while lowering TCO," said
Chris Malatyer, Vice President of Network and Interconnection at CoreSite.
"With just a few clicks in MyCoreSite, our service delivery platform, customers
can quickly establish direct and secure virtual connections to multiple service
providers and to the public cloud for rapid, automated provisioning."
The New
PACE Program Makes It Easier Than Ever for Partners to Deliver Integrated
Solutions
Today also
marks the unveiling of the "Partner with ACE" (PACE) Program, a powerful
combination of APIs, solutions, and ecosystem partners created to expedite
customers' digital transformation. PACE enables partners - from hardware
vendors to software, cloud, technology partners, and resellers - to build,
validate, and certify their solutions with the ACE 2.0 platform.
PACE Program
members have access to several benefits including:
- Early
ACE SDK and API access
- Product integration verification and certification badges
- Co-marketing
opportunities including internal and external webinars, website listing,
and events
Arrcus
offers two tiers, standard and advanced, for its PACE partner program.
Ecosystem partners can choose the option that best enables them to meet their
unique business objectives.
"Every day
at Vapor IO we see the power of ecosystems to create novel integrations and
deliver empowering solutions to customers, such as with our INZONE program in
Las Vegas," said Matt Trifiro, chief marketing officer at Vapor IO.
"Arrcus' new PACE Program will provide ecosystem partners with the essential
support needed to integrate the flexible and secure networking features of Ace
2.0 into customer solutions that truly move the needle."