Alcatel-Lucent is introducing a major enhancement to its Velocix Content Delivery Network (CDN) solution by unveiling virtualized CDN solution and a set of other feature enhancements, including automation and reporting. The Velocix Virtual CDN joins Alcatel-Lucent's network functions virtualization (NFV) portfolio announced earlier this year to enable network automation and efficient use of resources for rapid scaling up and down of services.
According to Alcatel-Lucent, the enhanced Velocix CDN will further simplify and improve the quality of experience for online IP video delivery and help operators to cope with the ever-increasing amount of IP-based video traffic. The new Velocix Virtual CDN decouples the software that controls and routes traffic on a network from the physical infrastructure that provides compute and storage resources, reducing the time needed to install or expand the CDN.
The telco network solution giant also added that the Velocix Virtual CDN will use automatic resource allocation to create an ‘elastic CDN’ capable of adjusting capacity to both planned and unexpected changes in demand, for example during a popular sporting event or due to a viral video. After the peak, computing resources can be released for other applications.
Among the set of new features is the Velocix Universal Network Application Programming Interface (UNAPI) that enables integration with external systems to develop customized applications for network configuration, content management and reporting.
Paul Larbey, Head of IP Video business, Alcatel-Lucent
Video represents the most traffic on a service provider’s network. Applying the principles of virtualization to content delivery networks is about giving service providers greater control over that traffic and subsequently providing a better experience to customers. The latest enhancements to our Velocix CDN further extends Alcatel-Lucent’s leading position in IP video and in cloud networking.
