Transport, control and services planes

Telecommunications and network-equipment providers face competitive pressure to rapidly update their infrastructures to support next-generation networks (NGNs).

A converged, IP-based network promises to deliver many benefits to service providers seek to achieve through transformation. The cost, scalability, simplicity and flexibility of a converged network can be very compelling. However, the process to get to this converged network world can pose a challenge to some service providers. Typically it is not feasible to implement a “fork-lift” network transformation, meaning that many telecom service providers will require a transition period where they need to maintain their legacy networks. Service providers need a solution that bridges the traditional network with the new IT service models and IP technologies.

IBM BladeCenter: The IT and Network Convergence Platform, and our wide ecosystem of industry leading ecosystem partners, enables service providers to rapidly deploy today’s converged IP infrastructures – quickly, cost effectively, and efficiently. The IBM BladeCenter family spans the entire NGN infrastructure to include transport, control and services planes, and can be a key component to accelerating convergence. But few available solutions span all three planes, leading to mixed infrastructures and the integration and flexibility challenges they can bring. Learn more about the IBM BladeCenter; our NGN Transport, Control & Services plane solutions provided through industry leading ecosystem partners; and, how IBM can assist you in achieving reduced infrastructure cost, complexity and time-to-market; while increasing scalability, flexibility and resource utilization.

IBM BladeCenter solutions for Transport, Control and Services Planes

• Leverages best-of-breed IT and Network convergence to increase responsiveness, reduce time-to-market, cost and complexity.
• Increases speed of deployment for new, revenue generating services by deploying a fully compatible family of open, standards based, COTS platforms; integrating seamlessly into existing network infrastructures.
• Optimizes network performance through increased network intelligence, and network resource efficiency with comprehensive management tools, resource sharing, virtualization and load balancing capabilities.
• Delivers significant cost savings through density, scalability, footprint, and environmental savings.
• Enables flexible deployment options - deploy solutions where needed; Data Center, Central Office, or Customer Premise. AC or DC Power and NEBS compliant options available.
• One family, one strategy, full compatibility and investment protection.