Eagle-Lanner tech blog

 

Looking at the natural synergy of VoIP and SD-WAN, Lanner and Versa Networks have tested and validated an integrated solution that combines Lanner’s compact virtual CPE equipment and Versa Networks’ highly-flexible SD-WAN software. The joint solution enables VoIP service providers to deliver improved and reliable voice and data connectivity with flexibility and cost advantages for creating agile and profitable managed VoIP services.

The momentum in automated mobility is flourishing at global level, with many field tests conducted in France, Japan, Taiwan, and United States. For instance, there have been successful field tests of self-driving shuttle buses in Taipei and London recently (at the time of this writing).

The strong demand for artificial intelligence (A.I) and machine learning has contributed to the shift from cloud to edge. There have been claims that computing related to A.I. algorithm should return to the edge, where A.I based devices are deployed. The claims also suggest that device-based edge computing can enable real-time analytics and execute algorithms to keep A.I and machine learning applications on premise better than the cloud.

The rapid adoption of IoT technology and Big Data infrastructure in recent years is driving enterprises to shift their attentions from the centralized computing architecture to a distributed, edge-oriented approach. As more data from more sources is generated from the network edge, there is an increasing number of enterprises to adopt edge computing to reduce the latency arise from the required communication bandwidth between the data source and the central data centers.

Industrial and other mission-critical facilities and processes are increasingly being connected and digitized to provide greater process insights and improve efficiency and safety. But traditional operational technology (OT) infrastructure such as programmable logic controllers (PLCs), remote terminal units (RTUs), and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems were not designed to defend against the types of sophisticated hackers and malware attacks that target devices connected to the Internet.

Sven Freudenfeld examines the landscape of network edge virtualization through the lens of Lanner’s open compute platforms for vCPE and mobile edge computing.

Deploying vNF’s in a controlled environment can be simple and without downtime. Moving it towards a Distributed NFV environment in a real deployment scenario can be potentially a challenge on how to manage the actual rollout for vCPE’s and SD-WAN solution. We will look on how this can be addressed.

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