Network function virtualization: Difference between revisions

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For some cases there are clear advantages for a service provider to locate this virtualized functionality at the customer premises. These advantages range from economics to performance to the feasibility of the functions being virtualized.<ref>{{Cite news |title= RAD Rolls Out Distributed NFV Strategy |date= 3 October 2013 |author= Carol Wilson |work= Light Reading |url= http://www.lightreading.com/carrier-sdn/nfv-(network-functions-virtualization)/esdn-rad-rolls-out-distributed-nfv-strategy/d/d-id/705938 |access-date= 2 January 2014}}</ref>

The first ETSI NFV ISG-approved public multi-vendor [[Proof of concept#Engineering|proof of concept (PoC)]] of D-NFV was conducted by [[Cyan, Inc. (telecommunications company)|Cyan, Inc.]], [[RAD Data Communications|RAD]], [[Fortinet]] and Certes Networks in [[Chicago]] in June, 2014, and was sponsored by [[CenturyLink]]. It was based on RAD's dedicated customer-edge D-NFV equipment running Fortinet's Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) and Certes Networks’ virtual encryption/decryption engine as Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) with Cyan's Blue Planet system orchestrating the entire ecosystem.<ref name=poc>{{cite news|title=4 Vendors Bring Distributed NFV to BTE|url=http://www.lightreading.com/4-vendors-bring-distributed-nfv-to-bte/d/d-id/709403|publisher=Light Reading|date=June 11, 2014|access-date=March 3, 2015}}</ref> RAD's D-NFV solution, a [[Data link layer|Layer 2]]/[[Network layer|Layer 3]] [[Network interface device|network termination unit (NTU)]] equipped with a D-NFV [[X86]] server module that functions as a [[virtualization engine]] at the customer edge, became commercially available by the end of that month.<ref name=commerciallyavailable>{{cite news|title=RAD launches customer-edge distributed NFV solution based on ETX NTU platform|url=http://www.opticalkeyhole.com/eventtext.asp?ID=121877&pd=6/17/2014&bhcp=1|work=Optical Keyhole|date=June 16, 2014|access-date=March 3, 2015}}</ref> During 2014 RAD also had organized a D-NFV Alliance, an ecosystem of vendors and international [[systems integrator]]s specializing in new NFV applications.<ref name=dnfvalliance>{{cite news|title=RAD adds new partners to D-NFV Alliance|url=http://www.telecompaper.com/news/rad-adds-new-partners-to-d-nfv-alliance--1054140|work=Telecompaper|date=December 9, 2014|access-date=March 3, 2015}}</ref>

==NFV modularity benefits==