DriveNets unveils DNOR 2.0 network orchestrator
DriveNets has announced the addition of the DriveNets Network Orchestrator (DNOR 2.0) to the company’s Network Cloud portfolio (see "DriveNets 400G Network Cloud software, white-box disaggregated router in Tier 1 service provider tests"). DNOR 2.0 is already in use at AT&T, the company says (see "AT&T deploys DriveNets Network Cloud for core routing with white boxes").
DNOR 2.0 offers service providers several benefits, according to DriveNets:
- Simplified operations via orchestration of open disaggregated networks, from the hardware component level to the software container of the hosted network services and apps
- Improved visibility into network elements and operations
- Shorter maintenance windows
- Rapid integration with other orchestration and lifecycle management platforms.
“DNOR 2.0 changes the paradigm of traditional network operations that grow in complexity and costs as the network grows. We have developed a state-of-the art orchestration platform with complete automation, transparency, and intelligence, starting from the white boxes to the software containers and finally to the entire network level,” stated Ido Susan, CEO and co-founder of DriveNets. “With DNOR 2.0 DriveNets Network Cloud gains the operational integration of monolithic routers while maintaining the cost and scale efficiencies of the disaggregated cloud-like network architecture.”
“The growing complexity of IP networks creates a challenge most users never think about, which is the complexity of the control plane. Separating the control plane lets DriveNets Network Cloud scale and redeploy control-plane processes to keep up with that complexity, using cloud and container technology. The heart of that technology is the DriveNets Network Orchestrator, and Release 2.0 of DNOR combines cloud orchestration principles with microservice-optimized performance,” added Tom Nolle, president of CIMI Corp., via a DriveNets press release. “The result is the only orchestrator in the industry that’s designed for demanding network control plane, automation, and service assurance missions. It’s a quantum leap forward in realizing the benefits of disaggregated routers.”
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