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Verizon Enterprise Solutions Taps Ericsson for NFV Support

By Diana Goovaerts | February 21, 2017

Verizon Enterprise Solutions has tapped Ericsson to support its virtualized global Managed Network Services offerings, the companies said Tuesday.

According to a press release, Ericcson’s support will include Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD WAN) services. The pair said the technologies will allow Verizon’s customers to utilize self-service ordering and configuration, end-to-end automation, and flexible payment models to boost efficiency in service delivery.

Ericsson said it will provide Verizon with “end-to-end dynamic orchestration, closed-loop service assurance, and virtual network function (VNF) onboarding and testing.” The Swedish company said its Cloud Manager – including model-driven configuration management – and Order Care services will serve as the orchestration engine in the system, while the VNF Factory will allow for efficient onboarding and validation of VNFs into Verizon’s ecosystem.

The solution will be offered as part of Verizon’s Managed SD WAN offerings and will help Verizon manage and orchestrate hybrid client networks, Ericcson said.

Additionally, Verizon will also use other Ericsson solutions and services to encourage a partner ecosystem for enterprise-oriented VNFs. Those will allow third parties to provide VNFs that can be tested and on-boarded to Verizon’s VNF catalog for bundling by Verizon and selection by its enterprise customers.

“This project grew out of Verizon’s long-standing relationship with Ericsson and builds on the successful launch of our mobile offering that leverages Ericsson’s cloud orchestration solutions to provide VPN capabilities for mobile devices,” Verizon’s Vice President of Networking and Security Solutions Shawn Hakl commented. “We are jointly developing on Ericsson’s innovative and comprehensive platform to enable a wide range of secure virtual networking services to our enterprise customers.”

Ericsson said its work with Verizon will be on display in its booth at Mobile World Congress next week.


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