DCN enters HP's NV line

INDIA: HP has announced the expansion of its network virtualization portfolio with a new Distributed Cloud Networking (DCN) solution. Legacy networks are constraining the full potential of a unified software-defined data center, limiting IT‘s ability to simplify complex frameworks and enable seamless multi data center deployments, it stressed. While IT has the ability to provision, manage and oversee virtualized servers and storage, they are still required to manually configure networking systems, HP added.

DCN is a software-defined networking (SDN) solution that enables service providers and large organizations to automatically deploy secure cloud networks across a distributed infrastructure in minutes versus months. DCN is also accelerating communication service providers' (CSP) journey to Network Function Virtualization (NFV) by optimizing network resources, increasing agility and speeding time-to-market through dynamic, service-driven configuration, as the announcement explains.

Through SDN and network virtualization, DCN is said to enable network administrators to control the distributed networking environment from one central location, whether the organization incorporates private, public or hybrid data centers. Through highly automated management, DCN not only provides a true return on investment of networking equipment, it also lowers the total cost of ownership to deliver an enhanced user experience and increased productivity, HP said.

“Customers are looking for ways to upgrade their networks to better focus on building business and incorporating new technologies that adapt to rapidly changing demands,” said Prakash Krishnamoorthy, country manager, HP Networking, HP India. “Distributed Cloud Networking allows customers to seamlessly work across their distributed environment, removing the need to manually reconfigure the network and offering a more efficient infrastructure at reduced costs.”