Wind River, Brocade, Check Point, InfoVista, and Riverbed Participate

Wind River has announced a reference design for virtual business customer premises equipment (vBCPE) through close collaboration with four NFV software partners.

The participating companies are Brocade, Check Point, InfoVista, and Riverbed. Wind River has showcased a fully functional multi-purpose vBCPE on its network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVi) platform, Wind River Titanium Server™.

As communication service providers' interest in the benefits of NFV grows, vBCPE applications are emerging as a means to reduce operational costs. The virtualization of CPE functions, which were previously implemented as separate physical appliances, enables more efficient utilization of computing resources, increases agility in service implementation, and eliminates remote equipment update and maintenance costs, thereby reducing operational expenses. Additionally, the fact that operational cost reduction benefits can be guaranteed regardless of whether vBCPE functions operate on the customer's own servers or on the service provider's data center is becoming a significant highlight.

All VNFs to Continue Being Deployed Through Wind River Cloud

Wind River has included virtual network functions (VNFs) from Brocade, Check Point, InfoVista, and Riverbed in this vBCPE reference design. All these VNFs based on Wind River Titanium Server will continue to be deployed through partnerships in the Wind River Titanium Cloud ecosystem.

Charlie Ashton, Vice President of Business Development for Network Solutions at Wind River, stated, "The reference design developed with our VNF partners is a highly encouraging achievement. On an NFVI platform that guarantees carrier-grade reliability, we have demonstrated sufficient potential to integrate VNFs from multiple sources, each delivering individual functions into a single service chain for enterprise-grade vCPE solutions."

Michael Bushong, Vice President of Product Management for Software Networking at Brocade, said, "Through the accelerated virtual switch (vSwitch) on the Titanium Server platform, the Brocade 5600 Virtual Router has achieved optimal virtual routing performance. Routing performance plays a critical role in maximizing overall vBCPE subscription capacity and is one of the key factors in opening a new IP era for networking."

Alon Kantor, Vice President of Business Development at Check Point, stated, "We are pleased to supply market-leading network security technology to Wind River's NFV solution. Through the combination of next-generation security technology from Wind River and Check Point, we will provide innovative threat defense technology in a service-based model, enabling enterprises to safely protect their networks and data from the latest malware and zero-day attacks."

Ranga Thittai, Vice President of Strategic Technology Alliances at InfoVista, said, "InfoVista sees great potential in NFV service chains. Through the integration of InfoVista's application and routing control technology with Titanium Server NFV, service providers can effectively manage application SLAs and deliver optimal hybrid WAN services. This will enable customers to achieve application performance and user experience optimized for their business objectives."

Katie Colbert, Vice President of Global Technology Alliances at Riverbed, stated, "We are excited about developing an end-to-end next-generation NFV solution ready for market deployment through collaboration with Wind River. With over 27,000 customers worldwide and listed as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization for eight consecutive years, Riverbed has implemented software-defined networks that guarantee optimal application performance across all types of networks through close collaboration with partners and service providers."

Choi Woo-young, Korea Network Director at Wind River Korea, said, "Domestic and international service providers can achieve rapid service deployment at levels previously possible in enterprise networks, as well as attain carrier-grade uptime and reliability meeting strict telecommunications network standards through Wind River's Titanium Server, which serves as the foundation for NFV software. Wind River Titanium Server, in particular, is based on designs optimized for open standards and Intel architecture, including carrier-grade Wind River Linux, real-time KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine), carrier-grade plug-ins for OpenStack®, and DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit), ensuring high performance and reliability meeting expectations."