Edition #21 of the MPLS+SDN+NFV World Congress was held last week in Paris and was once again an important gathering of  service providers and enterprise networking players. At the event, Advantech joined the Telco Systems  NFVTime partner ecosystem in their uCPE Quick Deploy Zone. Together with Fortinet we teamed up to give a live demonstration featuring the provisioning and monitoring of Fortinet’s SD-WAN and NGFW consolidated...

There’s a revolution underway in enterprise networking and it’s gaining more followers as businesses accelerate their deployment of Software-Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WANs). CIOs are realizing that SD-WAN technology gives them greater agility, helps them to alleviate network congestion and allows them benefit from more cost-effective and flexible internet connectivity. Imagine a network where a new branch office or...

NFV has had a dramatic effect on branch office networking, providing an opportunity for new technology, new deployment techniques, and new network management schemes. This blog covers a complete solution which Kapsch CarrierCom has developed, composed of universal CPE equipment, based on Advantech white box hardware using Intel processors and specialized software from a community of vendors. Combined, these elements help Communication...