Today at the Mobile World Congress, EMC Corporation introduced its new EMC Provider Cloud System (PCS). The EMC PCS is a software-defined Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI) reference architecture designed to enable communications service providers’ (CSPs’) to deliver distributed, multi-service, carrier-grade cloud solutions quickly and economically.
Today at the Mobile World Congress, EMC Corporation introduced its new EMC Provider Cloud System (PCS). The EMC PCS is a software-defined Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI) reference architecture designed to enable communications service providers’ (CSPs’) to deliver distributed, multi-service, carrier-grade cloud solutions quickly and economically.
In the past telecom services could only be provided by major players, it was just too cost-prohibitive for the little guys to jump in and take a swing at it. Now there are lots of factors that can lower these barriers including the Internet, advanced software, and mobile connectivity. With the barriers lowered companies are more likely to compete, but to get a leg up they may add addition services such as streaming media or public cloud hosting. If CSPs really want to get an edge they need a platform that enables them to deliver communications services as well as other new services in a quick and cost-effective manner.
The EMC Provider Cloud System is designed to address the above. It delivers carrier-grade availability and reliability, blending automation, programmability, and predictive analytics to support next-generation workloads. The reference architecture to EMC PCS is based on Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) industry standards and leverages technologies from VMware. The system is comprised of an NFVI layer, advanced data and security services, and a management and orchestration layer. The EMC PCS can deliver traditional and next-generation telecommunication services. Not only that, communication service providers can use the PCS to create revenue by analyzing Big Data. And EMC claims that service providers can achieve more than 60% lower TCO.
Underpinning EMC PCS is a modular NFVI stack that can scale from a single node to large distributed environments. This scalability is enabled by software that can cluster server, storage and networking into a platform that hosts virtual network functions (VNFs). VNFs include traditional telecommunications services, such as the software that implements cellular networks, co-existing side-by-side with nontraditional services, such as cloud hosting and media and content delivery. Carrier-grade availability is provided by management and orchestration software that helps ensure resiliency and six nines availability across the entire environment and by EMC’s industry-leading disaster recovery and data protection technology. It also provides flexibility and agility by allowing customers to choose software components to fit their specific needs.
EMC’s Provider Cloud System delivers:
- Choice: Providing flexibility with Commodity Off the Shelf (COTS) hardware and integration with open standards and Application Programming Interface (API) instrumentation at all layers.
- Agility: Management and orchestration software enables the provisioning of different NFVI personalities to support a variety of VNF workloads.
- Intelligence: Big & Fast Data capabilities combine real-time intelligence with Data Lake technology to optimize network operations and unlock new use cases.
- Automation: Advanced software services provide the carrier-grade data protection and service assurance features that operators require.
Availability
The EMC Provider Cloud System reference architecture is available today.
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