Complete end-to-end service monitoring and
testing supporting autonomous workflows with critical service and
network KPIs for managing customer experience
QUEBEC CITY, Sept. 21, 2018
/PRNewswire/ - EXFO (NASDAQ: EXFO) (TSX: EXF), the
communications industry's test, monitoring and analytics experts,
today announced the integration of their active service assurance
solution into Amdocs NFV powered by ONAP (Open Network Automation
Platform). Delivering real-time, active testing and monitoring
functionality as an integral part of ONAP, provides the foundation
for fully autonomous service assurance in support of orchestrated
service lifecycle management operations models.
Highlights:
- EXFO's active service assurance probes and test orchestration
platform provide NFV-based service activation testing and real-time
service monitoring. The solution delivers 100% end-to-end
visibility of virtualized services and network performance.
- Closed-loop, autonomous network and service management
solutions demand extensive insights to support policy driven
operations. EXFO's active service assurance solution supports the
industry's most complete set of service and network KPIs, enabling
unmatched, end-to-end visibility for quality of experience
optimization.
- Partnering to deliver open, standards-based networks. As a key
member of Amdocs Open Network Partners Program, EXFO's solutions
are fully ONAP onboarded and certified, greatly simplifying
adoption, reducing costs and allowing carriers to focus on the
delivering new, innovative services demanded by their
customers.
"Virtualized networks and services challenge the carrier's
ability to manage end-to-end service quality since they are
continuously changing" says Abdelkrim
Benamar, EXFO's Vice President, Service Assurance, Systems
and Services. "Embedding active service assurance in the service
chain and making it an integral part of the service definition,
gives service providers the ability to automate the entire service
lifecycle and drive autonomous network and service
optimization–unleashing the true benefits of virtualization".
"With EXFO's vVerifier virtual network functions onboarded to
Amdocs NFV powered by ONAP, CSPs can easily and efficiently build
self-monitoring services and closed-loop operations policies,
reducing time to market and operational costs, and improving
customer experience," said Yogen
Patel, VP, Head of Marketing for Amdocs Open Network. "The
Amdocs EXFO NFV solution provides end-to-end visibility and
monitoring and control of dynamic service-oriented, cloud-centric,
NFV and hybrid networks."
For further details about this solution, click here.
About EXFO
EXFO (NASDAQ: EXFO) (TSX: EXF) develops
smarter test, monitoring and analytics solutions for fixed and
mobile network operators, webscale companies and equipment
manufacturers in the global communications industry. Our customers
count on us to deliver superior network performance, service
reliability and subscriber insights. They count on our unique blend
of equipment, software and services to accelerate digital
transformations related to fiber, 4G/LTE and 5G deployments. They
count on our expertise with automation, real-time troubleshooting
and big data analytics, which are critical to their business
performance. We've spent over 30 years earning this trust, and
today more than 2,000 EXFO employees in over 25 countries work side
by side with our customers in the lab, field, data center and
beyond. For more information, visit EXFO.com and follow us on the
EXFO Blog.
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