DCConnect’s internally-developed
network control technology automates legacy network operations for service
delivery throughout Asia
DCConnect, a Singapore-based innovator of on-demand connectivity to
global data centers and Cloud Service Providers, is excited to announce its selection of Cumulus Networks, a market leader in
building open, modern and scalable networks, to power DCConnect’s Next-Generation
Software Defined Network (NG-SDN). Silicon Valley-based Cumulus Networks provides an open source, Linux-based
Operating System (OS), Cumulus Linux, for DCConnect’s NG-SDN, which has been
made available to customers and carriers throughout Asia.
Leveraging
the Cumulus Linux OS and Cumulus NetQ for telemetry-based network visibility,
DCConnect has evolved the simple concept of SDN as a network automation tool
into a predictive, automated network with meaningful analytic tools. DCConnect
focuses on assisting customers and carriers to develop NG-SDN technology in
emerging countries, especially in Asia. DCConnect has developed an innovative
and comprehensive service portal to provide users with a scalable, agile and
flexible solution, allowing users to provision and reconfigure the port
locations, bandwidth, route path and cloud connectivity via a virtual portal in
a matter of minutes.
DCConnect’s NG-SDN solution focuses on
software-to-software control, which is entirely different from the
software-to-hardware approach currently employed by most vendors. This merges
networking and computing, enabling DCConnect, with the support of Cumulus, to transform networking into a process that is similar to computing. This is accomplished by using the
same toolsets that developers are already familiar with, such as making a
snapshot of the entire network configuration
in a second or virtualizing an entire network in one virtual host to test
configuration changes before pushing them on to live production hardware. The
NG-SDN also supports service instances, so service provisioning can be achieved instantly
or on a scheduled basis without the constraints to maintain long term contracts
and deployments of network capabilities and availability of resources.
Proactive monitoring on all end-to-end services is empowered by powerful
graphical presentations and other analytical and reporting tools. With the ability
to monitor and archive
all historical service data, DCConnect’s NG-SDN is able to perform diagnosis
and provide recommended actions to users before the user may even be aware that
a change must be made.
“In the past, with the traditional
vendors, Software Defined Networks have been based on the idea of software
controlling hardware,” says Billy Fung, Chief Technical Officer of DCConnect. “Now with Cumulus’
Linux-based platform deployed within our network, software controls software.This is game-changing technology that will revolutionize the
way companies provision and manage their network solutions.”
“Cumulus is excited to partner with
DCConnect during this important market transition from a closed and proprietary
environment to one that embraces open and standards-based systems,” adds Josh
Leslie, CEO of Cumulus Networks. “DCConnect’s NG-SDN enables customers to reach
new levels of flexibility, control and scalability by leveraging automation and
VXLAN/EVPN to seamlessly connect and provision services across the region in a
secure, multi-tenant environment.”
Source: DCConnect media announcement, ITW2019