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Intel® Network Builders Website Offers New Features, Accessibility

Since the beginning of the Intel Network Builders program, our website has been a leading hub for content and resources designed to help accelerate network transformation. Now based on feedback from our partners and stakeholders, we’ve improved site usability and functionality so you can more easily find and use these industry-leading tools.

Visit the newly redesigned and refreshed Intel® Network Builders website to see the improvements:

• Find what you’re looking for quickly with improved search; consistently tagged and categorized content; and new page layouts with sub-navigation.

• Save assets as favorites and access them easily from your member dashboard.

• Share assets with colleagues on social media or through email with a click of a button.

In addition, we’ve improved our site’s accessibility in order to ensure it is fundamentally designed to work for all people, whatever their hardware, software, location, or ability.

Thank you to all our partners who participated in our user research interviews and to all our stakeholders who supported this initiative.

As always, please submit feedback to contact@intelnetworkbuilders.com.

 

 

The Network & Edge vSummit Series

Intel® Network Builders invites you to the Network & Edge vSummit Series. This virtual summit series will bring you the latest on technologies driving the evolution of network and edge infrastructure. Hear from thought leaders and connect virtually with industry experts and members of the Intel® Network Builders community.

New vSummits are being released every two weeks, featuring dynamic keynotes, interviews, and panel discussions on the challenges and opportunities facing the networking industry today.

Following each vSummit, join us for an exclusive opportunity to connect with presenters on a live call and ask questions during our Network & Edge Q&A Panel Series.

Please visit the Network & Edge vSummit Series page to watch the series and add upcoming live Q&A sessions to your calendar.

 

 

Intel® Network Builders University Announces Three New Courses

Intel Network Builders University continues to expand its Security program this month with the addition of two new courses.

• Secure Cloud Native Network Platform – An in-depth overview of using Intel® Security Libraries for Data Center (Intel® SecL-DC) to build an end to end platform security solution with a Kubernetes cluster.

• Intel® SGX DCAP: The Data Center Caching Service – The third in a series on Intel SGX DCAP, this course provides a closer look at the Data Center Caching Service and how it removes barriers for enterprise environments and data centers with restricted internet access.

A new course was added to the Intel Technologies and Platforms program that introduces Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost), a new feature in the third generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors which helps accelerate deep learning training workloads - Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost) With New BFLOAT16 Instructions.

More about the Intel Network Builders University

There are more than 228 courses available across five languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese & Korean), with new content released each month. The online portion of the university is available to Intel® Network Builders program members through a simple registration here and for the public here. Intel Network Builders University is one of three learning centers in Intel® Builders, which also includes the Intel® Data Center Builders University and Intel® AI Academy. Registrants have access to content in both learning centers.

Please take a look and after exploring the offerings, let us know what content you would like to see added to the university.

 

 

Driving the Future of 5G and the Mobile Core Network

Learn more about how Intel and other industry leaders are collaborating and driving 5G acceleration. A recent blog from Alexander Quach “5G Accelerates Mobile Core Network Innovation” explains Intel’s leadership role that is driving both the modernization and rapid deployment of 5G Stand Alone (SA) core networks that will occur over the next several years. A joint whitepaper with SK Telecom “Low Latency on 5G UPF URLLC” summarizes the joint collaboration where results demonstrated that low latency and jitter can be achieved for a range of applications when using standard server infrastructure for the 5G SA User Plane Function (UPF). Hear from Intel, SK Telecom and Supermicro in the Groundbreaking 5G Core Performance Webinar to learn more about 5G core transformation, including insights on the transition to a cloud-native core architecture.

 

 

OpenNESS 20.06 Released

We are pleased to announce the 20.06 release of OpenNESS, which includes several feature enhancements and introduces the Intel® Distribution of Open Network Edge Services Software with enhanced features and optimizations. OpenNESS 20.06 enables new capabilities, including inferencing at the network edge with the Visual Cloud Accelerator Card – Analytics (VCAC-A), support for extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF), a new telemetry service, and Helm Charts to package and deploy applications faster.

Learn More

 

 

Welcome to Our New Ecosystem Partners and End Users

With more than 400 ecosystem partners, the Intel® Network Builders program continues to grow! We welcome the following new ecosystem partners: ALBORA Technologies, Computacenter, Evercoast, Keysight Technologies, LINKS Foundation, LUDIUM LAB, PictoryTale AS, Prodapt Solutions Pvt Ltd, SkyLab, Sturfee Inc, Virtium LLC, and ZPE Systems

To see all of our members, visit the Ecosystem Partners page, the Intel® Network Builders Edge Ecosystem page, the Intel® Network Builders Visual Cloud Ecosystem page, and the End User Members page on our website.

Equus Compute Solutions Introduces the SuperServer 1029U-TN12RV for Visual Cloud Delivery Workloads Communications service providers (CoSPs) are anticipating continued market expansion with the rise of new over-the-top (OTT) services, richer content, and network services offering augmented and virtual reality. The SuperServer 1029U-TN12RV provides next-generation content delivery network services as a verified Intel® Select Solution for Visual Cloud Delivery Network to help support the increased Visual Cloud workloads. Learn More     Low Latency 5G UPF Using Priority Based 5G Packet Classification The ability to efficiently deliver on the 5G requirements (eMBB, mMTC, and URLLC) and implement a common NFV infrastructure with high levels of throughput, utilization, and determinism is a key enabler to deploy a virtualized UPF system for 5G and beyond. The 5G SA UPF collaboration by Intel and SK Telecom demonstrates how a standards-based solution can be used to achieve low latency and jitter and deliver a scalable and flexible system for network deployments. Read the Paper     Teradici Delivers High Performance Virtual Workstations Enterprise 3D content creators need remote work solutions with the high performance, low latency, and security features offered by Teradici PCoIP® and Cloud Access Software running on Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors Read the Paper     Telefónica Tests Open Source flexiWAN for New SD-WAN Service Telefónica is developing a new software defined wide area network (SD-WAN) service for small- and medium-sized enterprises, and it considers the modular, open source flexiWAN SD-WAN software as a strategic investment that will open and democratize the branch networking market. flexiWAN allows third parties like Telefónica to create flexible and customized SDWAN services that are differentiated from the competition. Teaming up with Intel and Silicom, Telefónica conducted performance benchmark tests with two universal customer premises equipment (uCPE) servers to demonstrate that its flexiWAN-based service can meet the performance needs of its customers. Read the Paper     Parallel Wireless Creates OpenRAN “All G” Radio Access Network Parallel Wireless’s OpenRAN solution combines OpenRAN controller with edge core, analytics, and hardware products for open standard virtual RAN. Virtualized solution utilizes Intel® architecture-based servers for performance. Read the Paper     Laying the Foundations for a 5G Data Center Through NFVI Partnering with Red Hat and Intel, QCT delivers its QxStack with Cloud Native Network, a NFVI solution to create robust 5G data centers that can effectively serve any telecom’s growing customer base. With Intel Enhance Platform Awareness (EPA), the open source virtualized infrastructure enables granular visibility over workloads and platform capacity for better performance tuning. Read the Paper     IP Infusion introduces Open SD-Edge platform The Universal Customer Premise Equipment (uCPE) platform enables Service Providers to deliver a variety of software-defined applications in the cloud with ease. Leveraging DANOS-Vyatta edition software, service providers and their customers can exploit the many benefits of open networking and disaggregation. KGPCo is partnering with IP Infusion to commercialize their new uCPE solution, coupled with a rich VNF portfolio including the DANOS–Vyatta edition. Learn More     128 Technology Announces New Release of Session Smart™ Router 128 Technology is excited to announce new features to deliver massive scale, breakthrough economics, and seamless application delivery for SD-WAN, Multi-cloud, and IoT. 128T Session Smart™ routers installed in thousands of customer sites worldwide running on Intel® platforms support can now also inherit new capabilities for SD-Branch, Remote Work, and 5G. Learn More

For our ecosystem’s latest news, podcasts, webinars, blog posts, and more, visit Social Hub. Recent contributions from our community have included podcasts from Accedian, Qwilt, Wipro, and WWT.

Don't miss these webinars on the Intel® Network Builders webinar channel:

Network-as-a-Service (NaaS): Transforming the Enterprise Network Services Marketplace, with Ofer Farkash, Products and Solutions Marketing Manager at Amdocs, upcoming on July 22

Maintaining Customer Experience Through Major Shifts in Traffic, with Tom Footit, VP of Product Management at Accedian, upcoming on July 16

CGNAT Infrastructure at the Edge, with Terry Young, Director Service Provider Product Marketing at A10 Networks, and Siddhartha Aggarwal, Lead Product Marketing Engineer at A10 Networks, upcoming on July 14

Delivering a Multi-Cloud Solution for Network Services – A New Approach, with Nati Shalom, CTO and Founder at Cloudify; Shay Naeh, Solution Architect at Cloudify; and Bill McDonald, Segment Manager for the Enterprise Edge / uCPE at Intel, upcoming on July 9

DoH – Strengthen DNS Infrastructure Security and Improve Subscriber Privacy, with Terry Young, Director Service Provider Product Marketing at A10 Networks, and Siddhartha Aggarwal, Lead Product Marketing Engineer at A10 Networks

Zero Trust Network with SECUI & Intel, with Sooman Choi, Overseas Sales Department at SECUI

 

 

 

Join the Conversation on Twitter

Intel® Network Builders offers a variety of online options for you to reach out to fellow ecosystem members between events. Follow our new Twitter handle @Intel5GNetworks or use the Intel Network Builders hashtag, #IntelBuilders. You can also follow industry leaders from Intel via their Twitter handles.

– Renu Navale, General Manager, Edge Computing and Ecosystem Enabling (ECEE), Network Platforms Group – @RenuNavale

– Dan Rodriguez, Vice President, Data Center Group, General Manager, Network Compute Division – @DanRod2000

– Jeni Panhorst, Vice President, Data Platforms Group and General Manager, Network & Edge Platforms Division – @jeni_p

– Allyson Klein, Director of Marketing, Data Center Group – @TechAllyson

– Lisa Spelman, Vice President and General Manager, Intel Xeon Products and Data Center Marketing – @LisaSpelman

– Cristina Rodriguez, Vice President, Data Center Group and General Manager, Wireless Access Network Division – @CristinaR_5G

– Rajesh Gadiyar, Vice President, Network Platforms Group and General Manager Architecture & Systems Engineering – @rgadiyar

– Caroline Chan, Vice President, Network Platforms Group, and General Manager, Network Business Incubator Division – @CarolineChan5G

– Alex Quach, General Manager of Wireline and Wireless Core Networks Division – @QuachAlexander

– Lynn Comp, Vice President, Network Platforms Group, and General Manager, Visual Cloud Division – @comp_lynn

– Jim St. Leger, Technology Marketing Manager – @JimStLeger

– Brian Aherne, Senior Director of Network Platforms and Systems – @aherne_brian

– Bob Ghaffari, General Manager, Data Center / Network Platforms Group – @BobGhaffari

– Bryan Madden, Marketing Director – @maddsey