InfoVista announced the availability of its application performance guarantee VNF on Nuage’s Networks Virtualized Services Platform (VSP).
InfoVista also agreed to join the Nuage Networks’ Technology Partner Program in order to provide customers with a formally certified version of its popular VNF on the Nuage Networks 7850 NSG. This joint solution offers rich, application-centric capabilities together with comprehensive, scalable Software-Defined Networks (SDN) features. The solution combines the proven SD-WAN capabilities of Nuage Networks Virtualized Network Services (VNS) with the unique application flow optimization features offered by InfoVista’s Ipanema Virtualized Network Function (VNF). This joint solution offers a comprehensive end-to-end connectivity and maximizes application performance delivered across a hybrid WAN infrastructure, allowing enterprises to visualize and secure the dynamic Quality of Service (QoS) that end-users require to maximize business productivity.
For enterprises, the solution provides a flexible, policy driven overlay networking platform that combines security, application visibility, QoS control, path selection and WAN Optimization to deliver flexible and robust performance for business-critical enterprise applications.
For Service Providers aspiring to monetize the growing demand for on-demand and secure multi-cloud connectivity, this presents an opportunity to offer a robust and multi-tenant SD-WAN solution – especially to large enterprises that desire to secure the performance of their business critical applications through their network transition.
This joint solution has undergone stringent integration testing and both InfoVista and Nuage Networks are currently engaged in several customer trials.
Sylvain Quartier, SVP Product Strategy Enterprise for InfoVista said: “The partnership between InfoVista and Nuage Networks unlocks a new era for SD-WAN through the enablement of rich application intelligence. It provides validation for our core belief that InfoVista's application performance optimization proposition is a critical requirement for advanced SD-WAN offerings. The combined solution allows enterprises to fully realize the benefits of today’s digital transformation.”
Hussein Khazaal, VP Marketing & Partnerships for Nuage Networks said: "Being able to orchestrate and host InfoVista’s VNF on our uCPE enables enterprise to optimize their business applications performance. This joint solution helps our customers realize the benefits of cloud and transform their hybrid WAN experience.”
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