February 19, 2020 - Orange Business Services has chosen Ekinops and Dell Technologies as partners for a universal customer premise equipment (uCPE) solution. Orange will deliver solutions based on this uCPE to mid-market and large enterprise customers worldwide starting in 2020.
The solution is a result of co-innovation between Orange and its strategic partners Ekinops and Dell Technologies, combining Enterprise Branch Server IT and Virtualization Management. The uCPE uses hardware provided by Dell Technologies OEM | Embedded & Edge Solutions running middleware built by Ekinops, a supplier of network access solutions. It will allow enterprises to consolidate their site connectivity and functionality with virtual network functions (VNF) management.
Enterprises can install VNFs remotely to a uCPE deployed at any site. A single box can run multiple network functions, such as routers, SD-WAN, firewalls and WAN optimization, allowing customers to provision new sites and services much more quickly. The Ekinops VNF certification program currently has certified over 30 third-party VNFs.
The solution will also help enterprises move toward Edge computing, with use cases such as video, AI or IoT running locally on the uCPE. Carrying out data processing at the Edge will help them improve application performance and assure data privacy.
