To bring the programmability and on-demand nature of the cloud to the wide-area network (WAN), Ciena has introduced its Agility software portfolio. Including a multilayer SDN controller for the WAN and an initial set of three new software applications, Agility enables the delivery of virtualized, on-demand network services and functions. It leverages advanced, real-time analytics to help network operators provision multi-vendor networks, ensure maximum efficiency and resiliency, and rapidly create and deploy new, differentiated virtualized services at a lower cost.
Ciena’s new Agility software portfolio is built using the OpenDaylight framework. This gives network operators the ability to leverage a mix of open-source, self-developed and vendor components from a broad ecosystem and helps them avoid being locked-in to a single vendor.
“Our customers want an ecosystem – not an ego-system – with one vendor in the centre trying to wrest control. Ciena’s approach strongly embraces openness for a true, vendor-neutral ecosystem. With our new Agility software portfolio, we are complementing an industry open framework with high-impact, analytics-based applications to deliver autonomic operations programmability, multilayer optimization and carrier-grade scale and availability within an agile network architecture that is dynamic and responsive to customer needs,” said Francois Locoh-Donou, Senior Vice-President, Global Products Group, Ciena.
Built on the company’s pedigree in intelligent software capabilities via its OPn network architecture, Agility also enables the network to dynamically predict and respond to changing demands from high-bandwidth services and applications. This allows providers to monetize and optimize their networks, enterprises to optimize user application experience, and government agencies to ensure mission-critical performance.
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