DCConnect Selects Cumulus Networks’ Operating System to Power Its Next-Generation Software Defined Network (NG-SDN) Solution
Silicon Valley-based Cumulus Networks provides an open source, Linux-based Operating System (OS), Cumulus Linux, for DCConnects NG-SDN, which has been made available to customers and carriers throughout Asia.
DCConnect, a Singapore-based innovator of on-demand connectivity to global data centers and Cloud Service Providers, is excited to announce its selection of Cumulus Networks, a market leader in building open, modern and scalable networks, to power DCConnect’s Next-Generation Software Defined Network (NG-SDN). Silicon Valley-based Cumulus Networks provides an open source, Linux-based Operating System (OS), Cumulus Linux, for DCConnect’s NG-SDN, which has been made available to customers and carriers throughout Asia.
Leveraging the Cumulus Linux OS and Cumulus NetQ for telemetry-based network visibility, DCConnect has evolved the simple concept of SDN as a network automation tool into a predictive, automated network with meaningful analytic tools. DCConnect focuses on assisting customers and carriers to develop NG-SDN technology in emerging countries, especially in Asia. DCConnect has developed an innovative and comprehensive service portal to provide users with a scalable, agile and flexible solution, allowing users to provision and reconfigure the port locations, bandwidth, route path and cloud connectivity via a virtual portal in a matter of minutes.
DCConnect’s NG-SDN solution focuses on software-to-software control, which is entirely different from the software-to-hardware approach currently employed by most vendors. This merges networking and computing, enabling DCConnect, with the support of Cumulus, to transform networking into a process that is similar to computing. This is accomplished by using the same toolsets that developers are already familiar with, such as making a snapshot of the entire network configuration in a second or virtualizing an entire network in one virtual host to test configuration changes before pushing them on to live production hardware. The NG-SDN also supports service instances, so service provisioning can be achieved instantly or on a scheduled basis without the constraints to maintain long term contracts and deployments of network capabilities and availability of resources. Proactive monitoring on all end-to-end services is empowered by powerful graphical presentations and other analytical and reporting tools. With the ability to monitor and archive all historical service data, DCConnect’s NG-SDN is able to perform diagnosis and provide recommended actions to users before the user may even be aware that a change must be made.
“In the past, with the traditional vendors, Software Defined Networks have been based on the idea of software controlling hardware,” says Billy Fung, Chief Technical Officer of DCConnect. “Now with Cumulus’ Linux-based platform deployed within our network, software controls software. This is game-changing technology that will revolutionize the way companies provision and manage their network solutions.”
“Cumulus is excited to partner with DCConnect during this important market transition from a closed and proprietary environment to one that embraces open and standards-based systems,” adds Josh Leslie, CEO of Cumulus Networks. “DCConnect’s NG-SDN enables customers to reach new levels of flexibility, control and scalability by leveraging automation and VXLAN/EVPN to seamlessly connect and provision services across the region in a secure, multi-tenant environment.”
For more information about Cumulus Networks, please visit www.cumulusnetworks.com. To learn more about DCConnect and its innovative SDN solutions, please visit: http://www.dcconnectglobal.com/.
About DCConnect Global
DCConnect, headquartered in Singapore, is an innovator of on-demand connectivity to global data centers and Cloud Service Providers. DCConnect has developed innovative portal connectivity to global data centers and Cloud Providers via a comprehensive user interface. This provides users with a scalable, agile, flexible solution allowing users to define via a virtual port to cost effectively turn up or turn down bandwidth within minutes. DCConnect has recently been awarded the finalist of “Most Innovative NFV/SDN Implementation” in the Telecom Asia Awards 2019. It has also received an award of “Best Innovative Product and Best Practice” from 2018 Global Internet and Communications Cross Border Connectivity and Settlement Seminar.
For more information, visit: http://www.dcconnectglobal.com/
About Cumulus Networks
Cumulus Networks provides networking software to design, run, and operate modern data centers that are simple, open, agile, resilient, and scalable. Cumulus Linux is the only open networking software that allows you to affordably build and efficiently operate your network like the world’s largest data center operators, unlocking vertical network stacks. Combined with Cumulus NetQ, an operational management tool, organizations can take advantage of deeper analytics and advanced telemetry to increase visibility across the network and reduce mean time to resolution. Cumulus Networks has more than 1,500 customers globally and has received venture funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Telstra Ventures, Peter Wagner, four of the original VMware founders, among others. For more information, please visit www.cumulusnetworks.com.
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