Nokia Networks has joined the Open Compute Project (OCP), demonstrating its commitment to openness and collaboration in offering leading cloud-based solutions.
Nokia Networks said it will work with the OCP Foundation to build an OCP variant of the Nokia AirFrame Data Center Solution.
The vision is to deliver modular and flexible cloud architectures and delivering low latency and telco-grade reliability for all types of workloads.
Nokia plans to support the full range of its own Virtual Network Functions (VNFs), as well as third-party VNFs. A variety of configurations, from hyperscale to smaller and distributed data centers needed to support specific services, will begin to be supported. Added enhancements made available through OCP will include improved cooling as well as greater Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE), one of the key metrics for all data center deployments.
http://networks.nokia.com/Nokia Expands its Telco Cloud Portfolio
Nokia Networks announced a number of improvements and enhancements in its telco cloud portfolio, including the new Nokia OSS Office for Telco Cloud, the Nokia AirFrame Data Center Solution (now also available in a container), the intelligent Nokia Service Chaining and Nokia cloud wise Care Services.
Some highlights:
- The Nokia OSS Office for Telco Cloudsolution is a service to help operators plan their best path for transforming their network and service operation centers for the telco cloud. This includes planning from high level strategy to processes, tools and use cases.
- The Nokia AirFrame Data Center Solution is now available as a containerized solution with an efficient power and cooling system built-in. It can simply be dropped into place to cater for peak demand or to provide localized telco and IT services. A software-defined storage (SDS) module has also been introduced to provide flexible data storage pools within the data center environment.
- Nokia Service Chaining provides greater efficiency and management through a virtualized service environment for the delivery of network services. Dynamic service functions, such as firewalls and media optimizers, can easily address peak loads and intelligently steer traffic. These scalable and best-of-breed functions can be implemented within the telco cloud at a fraction of the cost required for conventional networks. Nokia also launched third party appliance certification as well as implementation and integration services for service chaining.
- Nokia cloud wise Care Services: two new service packages to help operators run and maintain their deployed telco cloud networks. Nokia Resolution Prime Services provides operators with a single point of contact and service management for resolving VNF faults within a complex multivendor telco cloud network. Nokia TotalCare for VMWare, a newly launched care package, supports operators’ VMWare deployments with an extended SLA covered by the company.
