MRV Collaborates with ONF and ETSI to Advance SDN and NFV Standards
March 11 2014 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Company uses packet and optical expertise to
help shape and progress the evolution of open, programmable and
application-driven networks
MRV Communications™, Inc. (OTCQB: MRVC) (“MRV®”), a leading
provider of innovative packet and optical solutions, today
announced it has joined the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and is
participating in the European Telecommunications Standards
Institute’s (ETSI) Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Industry
Specification Group. MRV will bring over 25 years’ expertise in
packet and optical networking to the standards bodies. Together
they will focus on leveraging software and virtualization to
architect innovative, next-generation networks. The company’s
participation reflects its strategic roadmap towards network
virtualization and software-driven services that will help
carriers, data centers and content delivery providers achieve a
more intelligent network, reduce OPEX and deliver high-value,
revenue-generating services easier and faster.
“MRV is a trusted partner in the access and metro networks, and
through long-standing customer relationships, we have gained a deep
understanding of what it takes to create better, more open
networks,” said Edna Ganon, director of technology, MRV
Communications. “With virtualization of the metro network providing
the next step for optimum network usage and dynamic behavior,
collaboration within the industry is key to delivering exactly what
the market needs. We look forward to working with our colleagues in
the ONF and ETSI communities on bringing interoperability and
standardization to the next generation of software-based
networks.”
Many networks today are not optimized to support the rise in
demand for cloud and mobility services, or the bandwidth-rich
content that comes with them. Networks must evolve in order to keep
up with exponential traffic growth and new traffic patterns. Much
of this evolution will occur at the access and metro levels, where
most of the transactions take place and individual services are
created. Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and NFV approaches will
help in this process as they look to streamline network operations
so advanced services are easier to manage and providers can more
easily meet high service levels. The NFV initiative—lead by ETSI—is
focused on using virtualization to decrease the amount of
proprietary hardware needed to launch and operate services. SDN is
an approach lead by ONF in which network control is decoupled from
hardware and moved to a software-based controller.
“ONF is a user-driven organization, that brings consumers and
suppliers of SDN technology together to address real-world
networking challenges in markets that include data centers, metro
networks, and wide area networks,” said Dan Pitt, executive
director, Open Networking Foundation. “The collaboration between
these leading global companies is critical for enabling extremely
dynamic, manageable and cost-effective architectures. These
standards will ensure better integration and interoperability
throughout the SDN ecosystem and accelerate the delivery of SDN
benefits to today’s operators and enterprises.”
About MRV Communications
MRV Communications is a global leader in converged packet and
optical solutions that empower the optical edge. For more than
two decades, the most demanding service providers, Fortune 1000
companies and governments worldwide have trusted MRV to provide
best-in-class solutions and services for their mission-critical
networks. We help our customers overcome the challenge of
orchestrating the ever-increasing need for capacity while improving
service delivery and lowering network costs for critical
applications such as cloud connectivity, high-capacity business
services, mobile backhaul and data center connectivity.
For more information please visit www.mrv.com.
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