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DAY 2
O
verture has announced the third install-
ment of newmembers to its Harmony
Partner Ecosystem, a program that enables
participating members to demonstrate
product integration and industry cooperation.
The collaboration allows communication service
providers (CSPs) to combine best-of-breed components,
avoid single-vendor proprietary systems and decrease
project risks while accelerating deployments.
“The speed and breadth of our Harmony ecosystem
expansion speaks to the veracity of the telecom industry’s
transformation to NFV,” or network functions virtualiza-
tion, said Brian Irish, Overture’s director of Marketing. “Our
customers have been clear – they are looking for open
solutions that combine best-of-breed solutions for real-
izing the benefits of
NFV.Wewelcome these new partners
to the Harmony program and look forward to accelerating
industrywide NFV transformation together.”
The newest members of the Harmony Partner
Ecosystem include:
• H-Log QoS Telecom, a provider of network and
application performance monitoring solutions
for carriers, service providers and IT enterprise
markets. H-Log QoS Telecom’s solution is soft-
ware-based and is NFV ready. It can be deployed
easily at any remote location through NFV orches-
tration, with minimal effort. Customers can initiate
around-the-clock, end-to-end quality of service
(QoS) and quality of experience (QoE) monitoring.
• Ixia, a provider of application performance and
security resilience solutions so organizations
can validate, secure and optimize their physical
and virtual networks. Enterprises, service providers,
network equipment manufacturers and govern-
ments worldwide rely on Ixia’s solutions to deploy
new technologies and achieve efficient, secure
ongoing operation of their networks. .
• Spirent Communications, which provides test and
service management solutions for the communi-
cations industry. It is at the forefront of helping
its customers assure SDN and NFV deployments.
• TransCirrus, which is focused on simplifying the
deployment, management and scalability of cloud
infrastructure. Based on Red Hat’s standardOpen-
Stack distros wrapped with its own software and
bundled into dedicated appliances, TransCirrus
offers rapid set up, a self-service user interface and
automated non-disruptive scale out via its products.
• Veryx is a provider of innovative network testing and
monitoring solutions. Veryx SAMTEST measures key
performance indicators and diagnoses service degra-
dation quickly, thereby enhancing customer experi-
ence for services delivered using Carrier Ethernet,
NFV, cloud and SDN. SAMTEST delivers superior
network visibility and higher productivity, using
physical or virtual probes.
These new partners join existing Harmony
members: 6WIND, Aeroflex, Brocade, Certes
Networks, Dell, EnterpriseWeb, InfoVista, Intel,
JDSU, Kapsch CarrierCom, Metaswitch Networks,
Qosmos, Red Hat and Wind River.
Overture transforms delivery of dynamic
communications, media and data services with
Ensemble OSA, a carrier-class open network func-
tions virtualization (NFV) solution providing
analytics-driven orchestration and control. With
hundreds of CSP customers worldwide Overture
is revolutionizing the way the world connects,
communicates and captivates.
Founded in 2000 and based in Research Triangle
Park, N.C., Overture is a leader in the development
of innovative control and orchestration solutions for
virtual and Carrier Ethernet systems.
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For more information on theOverture Harmony
Ecosystem visit booth 301 or go to
www.overturenet-
works.com/Harmony.
Harmony Grows as NFV Gains Traction