Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) allows network operators to reduce their dependence on single-purpose appliances by taking functions that were previously built into hardware and implementing them in software that runs on industry-standard servers, network, and storage platforms. Beyond reducing network operators’ dependency on dedicated hardware, leveraging NFV enables more programmability in the network and greatly reduces the complexity and time-to-market associated with introducing new services.
Blue Planet provides intelligent and automated NFV orchestration capabilities for instantiating, managing, and chaining Virtual Network Functions (VNFs). It conforms to the ETSI Management and Orchestration (MANO) guidelines for orchestrating NFV Infrastructure (NFVI) resources across single or distributed data centers. Blue Planet leverages RESTful APIs and intent-based and model-driven service templates to simplify integration with different OSS, SDN, and Virtual Infrastructure Manager (VIM) platforms.
Our open, vendor-agnostic strategy allows you to use the VNFs and cloud infrastructure of your choice to simplify the operationalization of new NFV-based services and scale them according to customer demand.
Blue Planet software is supported by Blue Orbit SDN and NFV Ecosystem, a group of like-minded, best-of-breed vendors dedicated to accelerating real-world SDN and NFV deployments. Collectively, Blue Planet and Blue Orbit enable network operators to focus on delivering differentiated new SDN- and NFV-based services to their customers instead of focusing on the operational mechanics of creating new services.