Network Communications News (NCN) August 2017 | Page 7

INDUSTRY NEWS
SoftBank Corp. adopts Cisco
Network Convergence System
Cisco Systems has announced
that SoftBank Corp. has adopted
the Cisco Network Convergence
System 5500 Series, providing
high-density 100GE routing and
Segment Routing technology for
optimizing network operations
for its next-generation mobile IP
core network.
According to the recent
Cisco Mobile Visual Networking
Index Forecast (VNI) 2016-
2021, global mobile data traffic
will increase seven-fold to 1.4
zettabytes over the five years.
The backdrop to this is believed
to be the rapid increase of
mobile users, smartphones and
the Internet of Things (IoT),
along with the rise in network
speeds and the expansion of
mobile video consumption. Furthermore, large-scale implementation of 5G
infrastructure is forecast to begin around 2020.
Mobile carriers such as SoftBank not only need to respond to the
demands of increasing users by obtaining the revolutionary communication
speed and low latency, and dynamic provisioning capabilities realized
through 5G networks, but also provide new ser vices to mobile home and
enterprise markets.
Yvette Kanouff, Cisco’s Senior Vice President, General Manager, Service
Provider Business, said: ‘Cisco’s ground breaking cloud-scale network
technologies, such as Cisco NCS 5516 and segment routing, help SoftBank
build a highly-reliable, next-generation mobile IP core network featuring
bandwidth capacity that supports the future mobile traffic increase with
optimised low-cost operation.
‘This enables SoftBank to bring to market the mobile experience and
service that sets the new industry standard in the 5G/IoT era.’
For further information contact: www.cisco.com
Syrex and Redstor
deliver cloud backup
and security solutions
Syrex, provider of virtualised and hybrid
network infrastructures and solutions, has
partnered with Redstor, market leader in
data management and security solutions,
to provide clients with a cloud backup and
security solution.
Together, the two organisations deliver an
enterprise level package that is ideally suited
to challenging South African conditions,
assures of comprehensive security and
capability and yet remains accessible and
intuitive to use.
‘We have undertaken the move to the
cloud as an organisation so we are ideally
placed to support our partners and clients
in making the move themselves,’ said Jason
Kotze, Pre-Sales Consultant at Redstor.
‘We have been providing cloud backup
solutions for enterprises since 2005, and
have consistently invested in businesses and
solutions which support this growth. By 2014
we had more than 9,000 cloud customers
and today we have more than 1,000 resellers
and 25,000 end users of our solutions.’
Ralph Berndt, Syrex’s Sales Director,
added: ‘Redstor Enterprise Backup Pro is
tailor-made for the SMME and Enterprise
looking to invest in cloud and wanting
assurances that their data will remain secure,
accessible and in their control.
‘The system is extremely advanced and is
designed to protect the entire organisational
infrastructure, regardless of whether it is
virtual or physical.’
For further information visit: www.syrex.co.za
Challenging the Edge:
The “Data Centre in a Box” concept enables
equipment to be deployed in non-traditional
Data Centre environments.
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