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Marvell, IP Infusion Jointly Enable New Generation Software-Defined Networks

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May 08, 2012

Marvell, IP Infusion Jointly Enable New Generation Software-Defined Networks

By Ashok Bindra, TMCnet Contributor



To accelerate the innovation and evolution of private/public cloud and infrastructure applications, communications silicon supplier, Marvell (News - Alert) Semiconductor, in conjunction with IP Infusion, has announced integrated hardware, software solutions for enhanced Ethernet and IP services. In fact, according to Marvell, it will enable a new generation of software-defined networks (SDNs).


Both, Marvell and IP Infusion (News - Alert) plan to demonstrate a number of new capabilities for the next generation SDN services this week at the Interop conference in Las Vegas. According to Marvell, it will include the company’s Prestera and Xelerated (News - Alert) programmable packet processors, as well as ARMADA XP multi-core service processors and IP Infusion’s ZebOS and Advanced Hardware Integration Software (AHIS).

In essence, stated Marvell, the exponential growth of mobile devices, cloud-centric applications and virtualization demands a dynamic compute, networking and storage capability. Conventional hierarchical network architectures need to adapt to changing traffic patterns and provide elastic scaling of resources, while maintaining consistent policy enforcement and ease of manageability. Consequently, according to Marvell, service and network providers must continue to innovate to accommodate a surge of mobile users and the emergence of all-encompassing cloud services via new business models that are driving significant revenue. As a result, SDNs are gaining popularity as systems and networks that can be built, deployed and operated to address these new challenges, said Marvell.

In a statement, said Paul Valentine, vice president of marketing for the Cloud Services and Infrastructure (CSI (News - Alert)) Business Unit of Marvell Semiconductor, “We are thrilled to be working with IP Infusion. Marvell is creating an ecosystem designed to accelerate product development cycles and maximize revenue for our ODM/OEM partners and their end customers.” “Marvell’s ARMADA XP, Prestera and Xelerated products are well suited for delivering on the compelling promise of SDNs,” added Valentine.This new class of programmable devices by Marvell will enable service delivery solutions for data center and network infrastructure. When coupled with the Marvell devices, IP Infusion's ZebOS Network Platform offers a powerful and synergistic solution, providing a new generation of products designed to enable cloud-based services. The Prestera CX/DX as well as the Xelerated family of packet processors enables operators to deliver the high-performance, feature-rich and cost-effective cloud connectivity solutions.“Together with Marvell, we are opening the door to a whole new era of services enabled by our SDN architecture, leveraging our data and control plane abstraction, coupled with programmatic control of the infrastructure, ” said Sandy Orlando, vice president of marketing at IP Infusion. “IP Infusion has built the ZebOS software platform upon a modular and secure architecture to power mission-critical applications, while enabling a high degree of scalability and services agility to accelerate the transition to SDNs,” noted Orlando.







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