New tools and services will enable telecoms transitioning to 5G to optimize networks and monetize new services today
From F5’s 2019 State of Application Services survey, it’s clear that service providers are emerging as technology leaders. Eighty percent of responding service providers indicated they are engaged in digital transformation initiatives. The push to virtualize the network and increase the speed to deliver new applications is driving the adoption of emerging technologies and underscoring the importance of application services that help manage critical performance and security requirements. Seventy-one percent of service providers report deploying automation and orchestration solutions, with 60% using containers.
“After years of preparing for 5G, we’re seeing progress as telecoms and
service providers begin to implement the infrastructure to make its
promise a reality,” said
New capabilities and performance for NFV
With F5, organizations can simplify the complete lifecycle management of VNF services, unlocking essential scale and automation for newly virtualized networks without burdensome complexity. Unlike competitors, F5 offers packaged solutions that are simple to purchase, deploy, manage, and upgrade in a “use before you buy” model with subscription and perpetual licensing options. This approach is an ideal fit for mobile operators and service providers looking to software-based infrastructures as part of their network evolution.
To this end, F5 is announcing an expansion of its NFV packaged solutions with a new Carrier Grade NAT (CGNAT) standalone package. The new packaged solution, which includes the F5 VNF Manager, will offer a broad set of tools that enable service providers to successfully migrate to IPv6 while continuing to support and interoperate with existing IPv4 devices and content, simplifying network planning, sizing, and purchasing. The CGNAT VNF package will be available in the first half of calendar year 2019.
F5’s NFV offerings will also see new performance enhancements through Intel® Quick Assist Technology (Intel® QAT), a feature of the Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor. BIG-IP® Virtual Edition support of Intel QAT for SSL/TLS acceleration and offload will provide up to four times the performance of encryption done in software, freeing up the CPU to perform other application delivery tasks including L7 inspection, policy enforcement, and programmability.
Higher performance and increased throughput will also be enabled with BIG-IP Virtual Edition support of the Mellanox ConnectX family of network interface adapters, including 100G. Working together, F5 and Mellanox solutions can boost data plane performance to near line rate using optimized drivers that reduce the overhead associated with processing packets. Mellanox network adapters will significantly improve the performance of the entire portfolio of F5 VNF solutions.
“5G is going to lead to an exponential increase in data usage and the
creation of new applications and services that have only been imagined
in the past,” said
F5 also made several other announcements about solutions and services
that will be featured at next week’s
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