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capacity from 4 Tbps to 192 Tbps. A third
vendor supporting the AT&T disaggregated
edge routing initiative is Broadcom, which
will provide silicon underlying the platform
based on Broadcom Jericho2 technology.
The Cisco software that will underlie
the deployment is the IOS-XR network
operating system, which will provide
management and control functions. In
a press release, AT&T Chief Technology
Officer for Network Services Andre Fuetsch
said the AT&T Cisco disaggregated routing
news is “a really big development in ecosystem have matured, and we are now edge has been getting a lot of attention
the networking ecosystem.” He added into the production deployment phase.” lately, particularly for 5G networks. AT&T
that “This model gives us options The press release doesn’t detail how close and other service providers are beginning
and flexibility in our supply chain and to the edge the IP peering functionality will to move cloud resources closer to the
enables us to use best-in-breed products be placed and AT&T did not immediately network edge to maximize the low latency
whether they come from established or respond to an inquiry from Telecompetitor of 5G by minimizing latency in the transport
disruptive suppliers. And this is well past about that. We will publish an update network.
lab experiments; the technologies and whenever we hear from them. The network

BT Launches Software-Defined Network Services

with Vmware's SD-WAN the First Offering

BT announced it has launched a new generation of cloud- Orange Business Services, and Windstream, are also offering
optimized managed services with the first offering based on their customers white-glove managed SD-WAN services that
VMware's SD-WAN technology. VMware's VeloCloud SD-WAN deliver a variety of high-level service benefits, including a single
technology gives customers a single view of their networks pane of glass, technical consulting resources and advanced
as well as a choice of management controls. Traditional wide service delivery. “Our new managed service further expands
area networking (WAN) required dedicated, proprietary vendor customers’ choice of software-defined networking solutions.
hardware to be installed at each customer site. BT’s new managed Presently available with industry-leading VMware SD-WAN, it is
service is based on generic hardware that's capable of supporting delivered over our new, digital service platform," said BT's Andrew
a choice of software-based networking solutions from different Small, director of global portfolio, in a statement. "The solution
vendors. The VMware SD-WAN service can be managed or co- is fully supported by our consultancy services to help customers
managed remotely by BT on its new digital service platform. BT is maximize the benefits of performance, agility and flexibility for
also offering its customers consultations with its experts to find their businesses." BT didn't say what vendor, or vendors, it used
the best solution to fit their needs. They can also provide advice to build its cloud-first, scalable network for the software-defined
on security to meet each customer's security requirements. Over networking services. Dating back several years ago, BT previously
the past year or so, organizations have been migrating their deployed SD-WAN solutions from Nuage Networks and Cisco,
SD-WAN services from the initial "do-it-yourself" (DIY) model including Cisco IWAN and Cisco Meraki SD-WAN. Earlier this
to managed SD-WAN services. Other service providers, such as year, BT added Dell Technologies' universal customer premises
equipment (uCPE) to its Dynamic Network Services roster in
order to offer business customers more choices. BT will offer
its multinational customers Dell's Virtual Edge Platform (VEP)
platform of networking-specific uCPE as a converged networking,
IoT and IT application platform.BT started offering its Dynamic
Network Services portfolio several years ago to give business
customers greater choice, security, resilience, service, and agility.
The managed services include on-premises network functions
virtualization (NFV) as well as IoT and IT applications to help
customers with their digital transformations. In addition to Dell,
BT has also worked with Cisco to enable its Dynamic Network
Services.

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