Ciena adds six new partners to blue orbit ecosystem
Hanover, md.--(business wire)--ciena ® (nyse: cien) today announced that six new organizations have joined blue orbit, an ecosystem of partners focused on delivering applications and infrastructure platforms for real-world, multi-vendor software-defined networking (sdn) and network functions virtualization (nfv) deployments. formed in june 2013, blue orbit accelerates real-world network operator sdn and nfv deployments. partners are added to the blue orbit ecosystem based on customer demand and interactions. as customer proof of concept trials and deployments develop, blue orbit partners provide applicable solution elements to ciena’s blue orbit lab. from this facility, ciena, blue orbit partners and customers are able to test and demonstrate the viability of sdn and nfv solutions. “as the industry heads toward open and software-defined multi-vendor networks, it is essential to assure that new virtual functions can run in live networks without disruption,” said kevin sheehan, vice president, global customer operations, blue planet division, ciena. “we are excited to welcome these leading sdn and nfv solution providers as our newest partners in the blue orbit ecosystem.” blue orbit’s newest partners include: • active broadband networks provides software applications for delivering and managing packet services at the edge of the fixed broadband networks. the vedge is all-software control and packet processing applications, running on cloud server hardware, managed by cloud orchestration, simply connecting broadband customers directly to the cloud. • calix, inc. is a global leader in access innovation. its linux-based access extensible operating system (axos) is built for the specific needs of the software-defined access network. • centina systems provides strategic service assurance and innovative network performance solutions. its vsuretm service assurance for virtual networks provides end-to-end and top-to-bottom visualization and assurance of nfv and sdn services. • dell combines the latest sdn technologies with the economic advantages of virtualized x86 compute platforms, deployed strategically throughout the service infrastructure. its solutions are paving the way with nfv solutions for telecommunications providers, cable operators, and mobile operators. • qwilt open caching nfv solutions optimize operator networks for ott video with a unified, turnkey solution that combines open caching, video delivery, and analytics technologies deployed at the subscriber edge. • silver peak delivers wan solutions that give enterprises and service providers the flexibility to securely connect users to applications via the highest quality and most cost-effective source of connectivity available. existing blue orbit partners include: • vnfs: blackridge technology, brocade, certes, exfo, fortinet, genband, metaswitch networks, powerdns, spirent communications, versa networks • physical network elements: accedian, omnitron systems, rad, telco systems • virtual infrastructure: adi engineering, aria networks, arista, boundary, canonical, intel, mellanox, pica8, red hat, ryu, vmware, wind river partner quotes: • - adam dunstan, president and chief executive officer, active broadband networks • - shane eleniak, vice president, product line leadership, calix • - anand gonuguntla, founder and ceo, centina systems • - tom burns, vice president and general manager, dell networking and enterprise infrastructure • - alon maor, chief executive officer, qwilt • - bob rodio, vice president and chief technologist, service providers, silver peak about ciena ciena (nyse: cien) is the network specialist. we collaborate with customers worldwide to unlock the strategic potential of their networks and fundamentally change the way they perform and compete. ciena leverages its deep expertise in packet and optical networking and distributed software automation to deliver solutions in alignment with its opn architecture for next-generation networks. we enable a high-scale, programmable infrastructure that can be controlled and adapted by network-level applications, and provide open interfaces to coordinate computing, storage and network resources in a unified, virtualized environment. for updates on ciena news, follow us on twitter @ciena or on linkedin. investors are encouraged to review the investors section of our website at www.ciena.com/investors, where we routinely post press releases, sec filings, recent news, financial results, and other announcements. from time to time we exclusively post material information to this website along with other disclosure channels that we use. note to ciena investors forward-looking statements. this press release contains certain forward-looking statements based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties. these statements are based on information available to the company as of the date hereof; 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