Offering increased visibility into network performance
through high-performance polling and test orchestration
QUEBEC CITY, July 15,
2014 /PRNewswire/ - EXFO Inc. (NASDAQ: EXFO, TSX: EXF) today
unveiled its new BrixNGN Infrastructure Performance
Suite, designed to provide service providers with significantly
enhanced visibility into the performance of network infrastructure
in the context of its impact on service quality.
As network equipment transitions to virtualized
and software-centric architectures, the need to monitor performance
while guaranteeing the availability and response time of critical
network services is essential to ensuring smooth and uninterrupted
network operation. With the sharing of hardware capabilities among
virtualized equipment, operators can easily lose visibility over
equipment performance which may lead to poor quality, service
outages and much longer repair times.
With this in mind, EXFO added the
Infrastructure Performance Suite to its market-leading
BrixNGN product line as it enables the correlation of service-level
KPIs with key infrastructure metrics such as port speed and flow
performance as well as CPU, memory and interface utilization among
others. Using patented optimization methods, the suite is highly
scalable to support the largest networks and provides sub-second
polling for real-time performance assessment.
With added support for control and provisioning
of specific devices from Cisco, Juniper, RAD and others, the
Infrastructure Performance Suite makes BrixNGN the perfect platform
for wireless backhaul and business services.
"With the ability to address both existing and
emerging technologies, BrixNGN is critical to ensuring
infrastructure performance and to meeting the challenges that come
with the shift to software-defined networking (SDN) and network
functions virtualization (NFV)," said Claudio Mazzuca, Vice-President of EXFO's
Transport and Service Assurance Division. "BrixNGN ensures the
successful delivery of services—virtual or otherwise, by providing
operators with a comprehensive view of both network and service
performance."
For more information about BrixNGN Infrastructure Performance,
please visit EXFO.com.
About EXFO
Listed on the NASDAQ and TSX stock exchanges, EXFO is a leading
provider of next-generation test, service assurance and end-to-end
quality of experience solutions for mobile and fixed network
operators and equipment manufacturers in the global
telecommunications industry. EXFO's intelligent solutions with
contextually relevant analytics improve end-user quality of
experience, enhance network performance and drive operational
efficiencies throughout the network and service delivery lifecycle.
Key technologies supported include 3G, 4G/LTE, VoLTE, IMS, video,
Ethernet/IP, SNMP, OTN, FTTx, xDSL and various optical technologies
accounting for more than 38% of the global portable fiber-optic
test market. EXFO has a staff of approximately 1600 people in 25
countries, supporting more than 2000 customers worldwide. For more
information, visit www.EXFO.com and follow us on the EXFO Blog,
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