Nokia to buy network performance management company Deepfield

Nokia has announced plans to acquire US-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup, Deepfield, that helps enterprises and cloud service providers improve their network performance and security.

“We are impressed with Deepfield’s unique approach to network analytics and their deployments with major providers around the globe, delivering critical visibility into how leading cloud applications and services flow through their networks,” said Basil Alwan, president of Nokia’s IP/optical networks business group, said in a statement.

“Combining Deepfield’s cutting-edge analytics with Software Defined Networking techniques (SDN) will allow our customers to automate engineering and assurance processes while enhancing performance, utilisation and security. We believe this capability will only increase in importance as networks and applications become more complex, diverse and dynamic,” he added.

Deepfield provides real-time big data analytics to clients around their IP network performance and security, insights that can also help identify DDoS attacks.

The real strength of Deepfield's portfolio is its internet Genome technology, which can identify over 30,000 popular cloud applications and services, tracking how traffic runs to and through networks to reach subscribers, in real time.

After completing the acquisition, Nokia plans to couple Deepfield’s big data analytics capabilities with the dynamic control capabilities of open SDN platforms, such as the Nokia Network Services Platform (NSP) and Nuage Networks Virtualized Services Platform (VSP).