BT Global Services will use the new
Cisco
ASR 1000 Series aggregation services routers in future
networking contracts to ease deployments and save customers
money.
BT Global Services had been involved in testing the 1000 Series
routers prior to their launch in March.
"One of our key challenges is to quickly roll out new services
while at the same time managing the operational complexity of
delivering those services," said David Stark, vice-president for
CPE and converged services at BT Global Services.
"Unlike past generation routers, which are dependant on specific
service blades, the Cisco ASR 1000 supports multiple services such
as high-speed firewall, security and flexible packet matching on
the platform in hardware.
"There is no need for engineering site visits to install service
blades and services can be turned on instantly with minimal network
downtime," Stark said.
The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers are driven by the new Cisco
QuantumFlow Processor (QFP), a fully-integrated and programmable
processing engine.
The ASR 1000 Series features software virtualisation to enable
"instant-on" provisioning, and the simultaneous use of a wide range
of service functionality, including firewall, IP security virtual
private networks (IPsec VPNs), deep-packet inspection (DPI) and
Session Border Control (SBC).
Such broad-ranging embedded capabilities eliminate the need to
deploy multiple single-function appliances in addition to a router,
offering savings in capital costs and operations expenses and a
reduction in users' carbon footprints.
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