TOKYO, Sept 5, 2024 – (JCN Newswire) – – The IOWN Community Answer (400G) (hereinafter, The Answer) combines the IOWN-related applied sciences of NTT Company (NTT) and people of IP Infusion Inc. (IP Infusion)(1), a number one software program firm in the USA, to understand high-speed, high-capacity, and low-power consumption communication.
NTT and ACCESS Co., Ltd. (ACCESS)(2) have been strengthening the collaboration of the R&D and productization of community OS in addition to gross sales and help within the international market by way of a capital and enterprise alliance(3) to develop the IOWN.
Immediately, 9 corporations, NTT, NTT Superior Expertise Company (NTT-AT), ACCESS, IP Infusion, Broadcom (NASDAQ:) Inc. (Broadcom), Edgecore Networks Company (Edgecore), UfiSpace Co., Ltd. (UfiSpace), Fujitsu Optical Parts Ltd. (FOC), and NEC Company (NEC), are asserting that they’re prepared to offer the answer to understand 400Gbps high-speed knowledge heart connectivity by their shut collaboration, with their applied sciences and merchandise. This answer will likely be offered by NTT-AT and IP Infusion.
With this answer, clients corresponding to knowledge heart operators and telecommunication carriers can assemble easy and decrease value inter-data heart networks primarily based on 400G ZR/ZR+ for high-speed and long-distance transmission. This may contribute to a 50% discount within the development and operation prices of the community tools(4), 40% discount in energy consumption(4), and rack house.
1. Background
The speedy enhance in energy consumption has change into a social concern as the information quantity in knowledge facilities will increase as a result of growth and unfold utilization of generative AI and machine studying. As the information quantity is anticipated to additional enhance sooner or later, there are rising expectations for low-cost development of high-speed connections between knowledge facilities to distribute increasing knowledge calculation processing and low-power consumption.
In setting up high-speed knowledge heart connections, software-hardware built-in community units with a restricted variety of optical transceivers choices are often used within the present community, which poses an issue when it comes to funding effectivity. In response, there’s a want to enhance funding effectivity by way of the software program and {hardware} disaggregation and the versatile number of optical transceivers.
2. IOWN Community Answer (400G)
Overview
This answer supplies a change/router able to long-distance transmission at 400Gbps. Its software program and {hardware} are disaggregated, it is consisted of a community OS (software program), a white field switches/routers ({hardware}), and a 400G ZR/ZR+ optical transceivers (optical transceiver). Relying on the wants, clients can mix optical transceivers that adjust to the open commonplace and is totally validated.
Options of IOWN Community Answer (400G)
1. FOC and NEC optical transceivers are outfitted with NTT Progressive Units Company’s Photonics-Electronics Convergence units that obtain low-power and secure transmission efficiency and adjust to the open commonplace specs.
2. A change/router is realized by combining Community OS and white field change/router, and clients can choose the suitable mixture from the a number of white field switches/routers and optical transceivers to fulfill the wants. (Fig. 2)
3. By combining the transponder features in switches/routers, it reduces procurement and upkeep value, energy consumption, rack house utilization, and development lead time (Fig. 3).
4. Community OS that mixes applied sciences of NTT and ACCESS/IP Infusion that gives a wealthy set of features that contribute to advance upkeep and operation high quality enchancment of buyer networks.
3. Answer Offering Formation
This answer is offered as a package deal of elements from the next formation with one-stop and complete help, from development to 24/7 upkeep and operation.
4. Buyer Inquiries
Please contact the gross sales consultant of NTT-AT and IP Infusion.
5. Future Developments
NTT, NTT-AT, ACCESS, IP Infusion, Broadcom, Edgecore, UfiSpace, FOC, and NEC will hold collaborating with their applied sciences and merchandise to fulfill the wants for high-speed and large-capacity connections between knowledge facilities, high-speed and large-capacity back-end networks in knowledge facilities, and discount of energy consumption.
As well as, we’ll meet the wants for the development of the information heart associated networks, corresponding to the conclusion of high-capacity, low-delay, and low-power communication between knowledge facilities and varied websites by connecting to IOWN APN.
6. Endorsement
Community OS Contributors
Takehiko Kawazoe, Senior Govt Vice President, NTT
“The presence of various global partners is essential to the promotion of IOWN. We are pleased that a new IOWN solution combining the technologies of NTT’s IOWN and each company will be offered to the world. The NTT Group will continue to work with global partners to release IOWN products as soon as possible and contribute to advance the customer networks. By implementing IOWN, which is a next-generation communication platform with high capacity, low latency, and low-power consumption, we will contribute to realize a well-being society.”
Tadashi Ito, President, NTT-AT
“As a member of the NTT Group, NTT-AT is working on the distribution of IOWN technologies. We expect that the launch of IOWN network solutions will accelerate the spread of IOWN technologies. We will provide total systems/solutions that combine the network OS “Beluganos”, which NTT has developed together with IP Infusion, the optical transceivers and white box device, and will actively contribute to the realization of the software-based and open architecture that NTT has been leading. Although Beluganos has been primarily deployed in data center networks so far, we will expand it into new business areas such as carrier and enterprise networks, and even as an IOWN solution from now on, aiming to develop our business as a system and service provider of IOWN solutions together with domestic and overseas partners.”
Kiyo Oishi, President and CEO, ACCESS
“ACCESS has grown by developing products and services that leverage innovative new telecom technologies, such as mobile Internet and IP-TV, to deliver new experiences in our daily lives. As generative AI technology rapidly advances, the high-speed, low-power communication technology realized by IOWN can overcome the challenges faced by modern data centers. IOWN will provide a new business opportunity for ACCESS by making widespread AI experiences available to everyone. We are extremely proud to be able to expand this solution globally alongside our wonderful partners.”
Atsushi Ogata, CEO and President, IP Infusion
“We are proud to partner with NTT in the development, go-to-market, and distribution with 24/7 support through a single point of contact for the NTT IOWN Network Solution, based on OcNOS. OcNOS continues to be relevant as the industry’s most mature and supported networking operating system for white box deployments in the industry and is positioned to be the platform for powering the next generation of computing and network applications.”
White Field Swap/Router Contributors
Ram Velaga, Senior Vice President and Normal Supervisor, Core Switching Group, Broadcom
“As a provider of switching, routing, and high-speed digital signal processing technology for AI/ML and data center networking, Broadcom is committed to the vision of the IOWN Global Forum. We are excited to collaborate with NTT and other members of the community to drive transformative changes in the connected world.”
Andy Wu, Chairman and President, Edgecore
“Edgecore is thrilled to collaborate with NTT, to drive the collective success of IOWN journey. With the robust design and manufacturing quality from our experienced team, Edgecore provides 400G open networking switches/routers to meet market requirements. Together, we are not just building a network, but fostering an ecosystem for growth, creativity, and excellence through our long-term partnership.”
Vincent Ho, CEO, UfiSpace
“UfiSpace leads in open networking innovation, fulfilling the need for high-speed, large-capacity inter-data center connectivity. Our participation in the IOWN Network Solution (400G) ensures our customers’ benefit from greater choices, flexibility, and optimized total cost of ownership.”
Transceiver Contributors
Takashi Yamane, President, FOC
“FOC has been providing cutting-edge optical transceivers that contribute to developing the communication infrastructure of society since coherent transmission was first introduced. We are pleased that our open standards-based coherent optical transceivers are recommended for use in the IOWN network solutions ecosystem. We will continue to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society by developing and providing cutting-edge technologies that meet the needs of our customers.”
Michio Kiuchi, Company Govt Vice President and President of the Telecom Companies Enterprise Unit at NEC Company
“NEC is pleased to announce co-creation activities with IOWN Network Solutions. The optical transceivers provided by NEC conform to open standard specifications and achieve low power consumption by incorporating Photonics-Electronics Convergence devices and optical integrated components from NTT Innovative Devices. Going forward, NEC will continue to provide optical transceivers that support open networks and contribute to large-capacity, low-power networks between next-generation data centers.”
(1) IP Infusion, a 100% subsidiary of ACCESS, has community OS know-how, data, and help capabilities, in addition to a worldwide supply and operation construction. IP Infusion’s OcNOS community working system has been named as a “Leader” and “Outperformer” in GigaOm’s Radar Report for all 3 community working programs classes for 4 consecutive years and has offered over 50,000 licenses worldwide.
(2) ACCESS supplies superior IT options centered on cellular and community software program applied sciences for telecommunications, power infrastructure, and different industries world wide. It has the potential and know-how to develop virtualization know-how in over 1.5 billion cellular software program and community software program that has been extensively adopted by a whole lot of corporations.
(3) NTT and ACCESS Signal Capital and Enterprise Alliance for Improvement of IOWN (2023.12.12)
Associated Hyperlinks: https://group.ntt/jp/newsrelease/2023/12/12/pdf/231212aa.pdf
(4) On our assumed setting
(5) Throughout the NTT Group, NTT conducts R & D and NTT-AT commercializes the know-how.
About NEC Company
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