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Adva acquires Overture to create NFV giant and strengthen Cloud access
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A DVA Optical sum. The acquisition is described as a key step for Adva and further expands its cloud access solution portfolio. The company says it can now offer communication service providers (CSPs) a complete network functions virtualisation architecture that includes programmable hardware, comprehensive software and end-to-end orchestration solutions. The acquisition also significantly increases the company’s North American footprint, including the associated customer base. Networking has acquired Overture for an undisclosed The company said this capability is critical for CSPs as they continue to develop flexible cloud access infrastructures that can rapidly respond to new business demands. Together, Adva and Overture will help to define the virtualised networking A rista Networks for its 7500 high-end switch series. The line card hosts six 100 gigabit CFP2-ACO (analogue coherent optics) pluggable modules and has a reach of up to 5,000km. Several optical equipment makers have announced ‘stackable’ platforms to link data centres in the last year. Arista now offers data centre managers an alternative which avoids having to use such platforms by adding DWDM optics directly onto its switch. Arista says the coherent line card meets various customer needs. Large enterprises has developed a coherent optical transport line card
Adva’s acquisition of Overture brings together two of the industry’s largest manufacturers of Carrier Ethernet access equipment. Not only does this provide CSPs with a wealth of CE engineering knowledge, it also provides them with a comprehensive product set. The acquisition completes the Adva FSP 150 product family with an Ethernet- over-Copper solution, a programmable white-box network interface device, a virtualised NID and an end- to-end orchestration solution. Mike Aquino, CEO, Overture, commented, “What most excites us about this acquisition is how our combined teams will move forward, especially in regards to NFV. What we’re creating here is a team more capable than any other in the industry, focused purely on helping CSPs successfully migrate to NFV-based networks.” up to 96 wavelengths across the fibre’s C-band. The larger 11-rack-unit 7500 switch has eight card slots such that the likely maximum number of coherent cards used in one chassis is four or five – 24 or 30 wavelengths – given that 40 or 100 Gigabit Ethernet client-side interfaces are also needed. Other line card features include 256-bit MACsec encryption. “Enterprises and cloud providers would love to encrypt everything – it is a requirement,” said Hull. “The problem is getting hold of 100-gigabit encryptors.” The MACsec silicon encrypts each packet sent, avoiding having to use a separate encryption platform.
landscape and provide CSPs with a clear migration path to NFV-enabled networks. “Our acquisition of Overture is a defining moment in the cloud access market,” said Brian Protiva, CEO, Adva. “Firstly, we’re creating a number one player in Ethernet access devices. There’s a full account and product synergy between our companies, ensuring a complete solution set for business Ethernet, mobile backhaul and carrier wholesale applications that can be sold into each other’s customer base. “Secondly, we have a shared vision for the future of the cloud services market and the virtualised network. Adding Overture’s NFV-pure-play and orchestration solutions to our hybrid NFV solutions, operators can select what best fits their plans. And we’re creating an incredible team. Overture has great people with a wealth of knowledge.” such as financial companies may want two to four 100 gigabit wavelengths to connect their sites in a metro region. In contrast, cloud providers require a dozen or more wavelengths. “They talk about terabit bandwidth,” said Martin Hull, senior director product management at Arista Networks. As well as the CFP2-ACO modules, the card also features six coherent DSP- ASICs. The DSPs support 100 gigabit dual-polarisation, quadrature phase-shift keying modulation but not the more advanced quadrature amplitude modulation schemes that carry more bits per wavelength. The CFP2-ACO line card has a spectral efficiency that enables
Arista adds coherent optical transport to its 7500 switch
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