Sandvine Enables CSPs to Offer Managed Analytics, Traffic management and Security Services

 
Sandvine announced a "..virtual offering that provides Communications Service Providers (CSPs) the ability to offer Sandvine’s entire suite of network policy control solutions as managed services to their business customers. 

The new offering is made possible by Sandvine’s fully virtualized policy control platform – the first of its kind [see "Sandvine: 'leading edge CSPs around the world are currently working with Sandvine on virtualization pilot projects'" - here]. Virtualization allows Sandvine’s DPI-based policy enforcement (PCEF) and policy decision (PCRF) elements to be deployed as Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware at a business’s premise, or in a multi-tenant environment at the CSP’s data center

CSPs will be able to offer their business customers .. Analytics as a Service (AaaS), Traffic Management as a Service (TMaaS) and Network Security as a Service (SECaaS).

Business Intelligence as a Service - data shown in Google Charts

See "Sandvine to Empower Network Operators with Managed Business Services" - here.

[Infonetics]: "Buyers are moving to managed security services to deal with increased attack volume and complexity"

 
A new research by Jeff Wilson, principal analyst for security, Infonetics Research, finds that "Buyers are moving to managed security services to deal with increased attack volume and complexity, manage security product sprawl, deliver consistent security for a distributed workforce and device population, and provide security for cloud infrastructure"

" .. the global cloud and CPE managed security service market grew another 12% in 2012, to $13 billion"

"While the majority of security service revenue in 2012 came from CPE-based services, by 2017 CPE revenue is expected to dip to 50% of total revenue; Infonetics forecasts sales of cloud-based security services to grow 69% over the next 5 years". 

See "Managed security services top $13 billion in 2012; strong growth ahead for cloud security" - here.

[ABI]: Optimization as a managed Service to Reach $2.5B by 2017

  

According to new research by Aditya Kaul (pictured), practice director of mobile networks, ABI Research "Optimization is expected to become a larger component of the mobile network managed services portfolio going forward .. optimization as a managed service to account for 10% of the total network managed services market by 2017. The market opportunity for optimization as a managed service is estimated to be $2.5 billion by 2017"

"ABI Research expects the large infrastructure vendors [the reports covers Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei and ZTE] to soon start providing dedicated monitoring and optimization on an on-going basis from their Global Network Operations Centre’s (GNOCs). While some of the network optimization elements are already provided today, the service and customer experience optimization is where the opportunities lie"

See "Optimization as a Managed Service will be 10% of Total Network Managed Services Market by 2017" - here.

CEM Announcements: ALU Offers Managed QoS Assurance Service

The recent popularity of CEM (as Shira Levine tweeted today "At #nokiasiemensnetworks analyst day, where #CEM is the phrase of the day") encourages creativity.

Alcatel-Lucent announced it is "launching a new managed service for telecommunications operators and service providers that will allow them to assure consistent quality of service for their subscribers. Drawing on Alcatel-Lucent’s Motive Customer Experience Solutions portfolio – launched in February – as well as patent-pending methodology developed by Bell Labs, the new managed service will monitor and improve aspects of a consumer’s experience that have the most impact on their satisfaction with the service provider – anything from dropped calls to issues with video downloads and connecting to the Internet".

See "Alcatel-Lucent launches new customer experience service to assure consistent quality for users of smartphones and tablet devices" - here.

Traffic Management Deployments (37): Telefonica [Brazil] Uses Allot for Managed Wan Optimization Service

      

Allot Communications announced today that "Telefonica Brazil has selected Allot as a partner in their “Smart” solution, a managed services offering targeted at enterprise customers.  Allot’s real time carrier-class monitoring, reporting and application management solutions play a strategic part in the optimization of the network.  By facilitating a comprehensive view into what is happening on their network, Allot’s solutions enable Telefonica’s customers to optimize their network for business critical applications".

See "Telefonica Brazil Selects Allot to Deliver Network Management Services" - here.

“With more and more enterprise customers moving to cloud-based solutions, the quality of the network is becoming even more strategic," said Vin Costello, Allot’s Vice President and General Manager for the Americas. “Operators are now offering their enterprise customers network management services which address this growing business need. Allot’s solutions, which are already deployed in a number of leading Tier 1 operators, enable a managed services offering which ensures the prioritization of business critical applications.”

Related posts:

• Riverbed to Manage Traffic on Verizon's Managed WAN - here
• Reliance Globalcom Uses DPI for App-Aware Services - here

Oi [Brazil], Orange[Spain], Zain[East Africa], ICON+ [Indonesia] Use NSN's Managed Transport Services

     

Nokia Siemens Networks unveiled its Managed Transport Services a service for management of transport networks on behalf of operators - "
Transport is traditionally the costliest part of the overall transmission network to run. Operators need to keep this operational expenditure at a minimum while maintaining Quality of Service (QoS) and coping with increased data traffic, driven by fixed and mobile broadband. Scaling and managing transport networks efficiently is a challenge due to their multi-vendor environment, and a mix of legacy and new technologies. The end-to-end approach to Managed Transport Services from Nokia Siemens Networks allows operators to maximize network capacity and optimize the operational expenditure of transport."

See "Meeting growing bandwidth demand now simpler for operators" - here.

“The transport network contributes a significant share of the overall transmission-related operating cost, with some analysts estimating its share at up to 70% [Source: Analysis Mason, 2009]. The challenges in scaling and managing are compounded by multi-vendor, multi-generation environments,” said Ashwini Bakshi, head of global managed services at Nokia Siemens Networks. “With our Managed Transport Services, we provide a holistic approach that combines advanced transport products from our own R&D and our partner ecosystem with our world-class operations support systems and end-to-end services.”

"The delivery model balances and optimizes the mix of local and global delivery of network management and care services. The model is underpinned by standardized operations model and innovative tools that support third-party solutions. Nokia Siemens Networks has already demonstrated its managed transport services capability as part of its ongoing managed services contracts with network operators including Oi in Brazil, Orange in Spain, Zain in East Africa, and ICON+ in Indonesia."