Cloudify and Datavision Partner to Extend Network Automation to Enterprise and Edge Use Cases

AMSTERDAM, Open Networking Summit 2018, Sept. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Cloudify Platform Ltd., the award-winning open source cloud native orchestration platform, has teamed up with Datavision to deliver end-to-end automation solutions for software-defined networking (SDN), network functions virtualization (NFV), edge computing, 5G, open vCPE and VNF management, as well as customized networking stacks. These advanced solutions can be deployed across hybrid environments - including OpenStack, VMware, Azure, AWS, Kubernetes and even bare metal.

This collaboration, driven by customer demand, will enable Datavision to architect and implement systems built on open, best of breed stacks leveraging Cloudify to provide API pluggability and interoperability with popular networking technologies, standards and platforms such as: Netconf, TOSCA, YANG, Cisco NSO, Open Daylight, ONAP, Ansible, alongside tributary technologies integrating seamlessly into clients' existing operations.

These joint solutions are already being delivered to leading Fortune 100 companies around the globe, including industrial, manufacturing, and communications service providers (CSPs).

A recent McKinsey Report states that as many as 70% of NFV and digital transformation initiatives fail when organizations are required to rip out old technology for new technology. Cloudify was built to power successful NFV transformations, by enabling organizations to integrate new technology alongside existing technology, by disaggregating the monolithic networking stack. This makes it possible for organizations to gradually achieve NFV transformation, realizing immediate time to value through reduced OPEX and CAPEX, increasing the success rate of cross-organizational transformation processes.

"While many organizations are trying to undertake digital transformation initiatives, many initiatives fail when attempting the end-to-end fork lifting approach. An agile transformation approach lowers the barrier to entry for organizations looking to truly transform their legacy networks," says Nati Shalom, CTO and Founder, Cloudify. "The technology partnership with Datavision makes it possible to architect real-world systems that run monoliths alongside traditional stacks, and any virtual network function (VNF), all while bringing DevOps concepts to the networking layer through intent-based networking - making NFV transformation initiatives much more attainable for the modern organization."

*** Meet Cloudify & Datavision to see a live demo of the end-to-end network automation solution at upcoming leading industry events:

• Open Networking Summit Europe, Amsterdam, the Netherlands | September 25-27, 2018
• SDN & NFV World Congress, the Hague, the Netherlands | October 8-12, 2018
• MEF18, Los Angeles, California (USA) | October 29-Nov 2, 2018
• Africacom, Cape Town, South Africa | November 13-15, 2018

The integrated solution demonstrated in a recent joint webinar, illustrates how both open vCPE and VNF management can be achieved through a simple declarative blueprint.

You can schedule an on-the-ground meeting with the Cloudify & Datavision teams here.

Solution Benefits

• End-to-end best of breed, and fully managed solution built by Datavision
• Built-in network configuration management through the integration of Ansible, Netconf, Restful plugins.
• Cloud network automation which included support for Amazon VPC, Azure , OpenStack Neutron, VMware NSX, as well as public clouds, Azure ARM, AWS Cloud Formation, and tools such as Terraform.
• Edge management using the support for Kubernetes on Bare Metal

"Datavision and Cloudify are partnering to modernize legacy networks through standard-based automation and abstraction built on TOSCA, providing the interoperability critical to service provider transformation," says Mark Abolafia, Chief Operating Officer, Datavision Inc. "With such flexibility, operators can reduce time to revenue through increased velocity, and improve margins by continuing to leverage existing stacks, while gradually introducing new and more cost effective technology."

About Cloudify
Cloudify specializes in IT operations automation technology that manages application and network services through open orchestration. The company's Cloudify software enhances the velocity and reliability of software deployment, lifecycle management and network functions in cloud-native environments. Built and maintained by an open source community, Cloudify is used by telecoms, internet service providers, financial services firms, e-commerce companies and others for NFV operations and cloud management & orchestration.

Cloudify is spearheading open standard initiatives in cloud management and NFV and is the leading orchestration provider behind the TOSCA specification. Cloudify is a founding member of ONAP, next-generation network automation standards, and an active member in OASIS and ETSI standard bodies.

Cloudify has corporate offices in the US, Europe and Asia. More at cloudify.co.

About Datavision, Inc
Datavision is a full-service information technology firm specializing in networking solutions for software-defined networking (SDN), network functions virtualization (NFV), edge computing, 5G, data center, network security and other next-gen technologies. Datavision brings their formidable expertise at leveraging innovative orchestration solutions such as Cloudify, accelerating customer access to service automation. The company has extensive experience across a multitude of orchestration platforms, with a long history of network engineering and software development experience in the SDN/NFV space. We work with our clients through the automation and virtualization journey with a complete approach, looking at the services to be offered as well as current processes, and how to optimize for automation. Our solutions help our clients to lower their operational costs and increase their agility while reducing their time to revenue.

SOURCE Cloudify