NOVEMBER 2015

That means proven solution optimization, integration, and interoperability are required across stack layers and across the network, and that's what the recently announced Intel® Network Builders Fast Track program is focused on. Read more in this blog post by Lynn Comp, Director of Market Development Organization, Network Platforms Group, Intel.

A fully integrated telecommunications cloud offers service providers a path to new opportunities, new services, and new business. The Intel Network Builders Fast Track initiative is accelerating network transformation to address three main pain points for partners: optimization, integration, and interoperability.

To view our partners, please visit our Ecosystem Partners Page.

Sandra will be joined by guest speakers from leading ecosystem players in the telecommunications industry, who will share perspectives on how new technologies for network transformation will reshape the networks of the future.

Visit 01.org and to evaluate Intel ONP Server Release 1.5 software for best-in-class network functions virtualization infrastructure. On the same page, you will find release notes that describe the new features introduced and a complete performa nce benchmark report that will familiarize you with the latest data plane performance gains achieved on Intel® Xeon® processors.

[1] See Intel ONP Server Release 1.5 Performance Test Report on 01.org.

The following table provides links to additional resources for Intel ONP.

Some of the key features targeted at this release are:

• Cryptodev API: Creation of a cryptodev API and Poll Mode Drivers for both Intel® QuickAssist Technology and the Intel® Multi-Buffer Crypto Library, allowing both hardware and software crypto acceleration.
• Virtio Optimization and Vhost TSO Support: Virtio and vhost performance will be optimized to allow efficient high performance packet movement between guest and host.
• Increased Multi-Architecture Support: Hyper-V Support, OSv Support, ARM v7/v8 Support, Mellanox ConnectX-4 PMD, and Liberouter COMBO-80G/COMBO-100G PMD.
• Performance Thread Sample App: A sample application showing how lightweight threads can be used with DPDK.
• NFV Use Cases Using Packet Framework (Edge Router): Enhancements to the DPDK Packet Framework to support an edge router use case.
• IEEE1588 Sample App: A sample application that acts as a PTP slave using the DPDK IEEE1588 functions.
• DPDK Keep-Alive: This feature provides functions for detecting and reporting when DPDK cores have failed, allowing a heartbeat mechanism to be implemented.

To learn more about DPDK, contact admin@dpdk.org.

As an initial deliverable, Intel has made available two patches to the open source version of NGINX to increase security processing by the application. The first improves SSL termination performance for NGINX through the use of Intel® QuickAssist Technology. The second, created jointly by Intel and the OpenSSL Foundation,* increases security performance with new OpenSSL Asynchronous extensions. The patches are available here.

NGINX plans to integrate these same security enhancements in support of its commercial customers in NGINX Plus. There is also good progress on the joint investigation into combining OpenSSL Asynchronous with a User Space TCP/IP Stack built with the Data Plane Development Kit for use in a future NGINX release.

Hyperscan pattern-matching software, which is now open sourced and available on Intel's 01.org, is an ideal pattern-matching solution for both fixed-function and virtualized security applications. The library provides a highly flexible and scalable content inspection capability, with optimized performance that scales linearly on a per core/thread basis on the Intel® architecture.

Hyperscan is ideal for resource intensive applications that need to scan large amounts of data at high speed, such as Intrusion Prevention (IPS), Antivirus (AV), Unified Threat Management (UTM), and Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) systems. It is designed to run on Intel® Atom® and Intel® Xeon® processors, on either 32-bit or 64-bit systems, as well as supporting most operating systems and distributions. You can access the software on 01.org.

For more information about Hyperscan, visit this page and listen to a recent podcast featuring Sab Gosal, Segment Manager of the Communication Infrastructure Division at Intel, on SoundCloud or The Hub.

This year at MEC Congress 2015, Intel also featured a demo by Intel Network Builders partner ACS*: their Smart Perimeter* solution. Smart Perimeter was built by leveraging software from the Intel Network Builders ecosystem and provides locally provisioned voice, data, and video services to a small-cell-enabled client. The many benefits include additional revenue streams, improved coverage, and a significantly faster time-to-market, all while reducing the cost of small cell deployment.

Other Intel Network Builders partners in attendance at MEC Congress 2015 included Advantech, Akamai, Amdocs, Ciena, Cisco, Huawei, Juniper Networks, Nokia, Quortus, Saguna, Sandvine, SpiderCloud Wireless, Vasona Networks, and ZTE.*

Read more about how you can step closer to 5G with MEC.

Watch the webinar here. (A free BrightTalk account is required.)

Webinar: "Reduce Costs & Optimize Infrastructure with Intelligent, VNF Workload Placement," with George Hamilton, VP of Product Marketing at RIFT

Webinar: "Real-World NFV Use Cases for Scalable Application Delivery Control & Security," with Louis Scialabba, Director of Carrier Solutions Marketing at Radware

Podcast: "Driving Better Analytics into Core Networks," with Bill Beckett, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Saisei

Podcast: "The Search for Simplicity in Networking," with Matt Rosenberg, VP of Global Sales at NetNumber

This workshop will consider the logistical implications when deploying Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) and how MEC would integrate within network operators' mobile broadband strategies. The workshop will discuss use cases and global market opportunity to MEC, while considering benefits, trade-offs, and the impact of MEC on legacy networks and evolving architectures.

Learn more about this IWPC informative workshop hosted by Intel. Due to overwhelming interest and a 100-person limit, register and book your hotel today! To learn more about IWPC membership, please visit the IWPC website.