CenturyLink, Inc. adds Software Defined Networking, Network Functions Virtualization services to Defense Research and Engineering Network contract
January 14, 2017 at 12:11 am IST
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CenturyLink, Inc. added Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) services to its Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN) III contract with the US Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program (DoD HPCMP). CenturyLink will provide a secure research and development, production-like environment for the implementation of SDN and NFV services at DREN sites, which will be some of the first DoD sites to adopt these services. This project will establish the necessary security standards for the agency to use in its own implementation of SDN and NFV, which is the future of network infrastructure. SDN and NFV implementation will also help DoD move beyond traditional network technologies into a more dynamic, scalable software workload that allows the agency to more easily add new on-demand services and additional capacity. All applications--including multi-label protocol switching, firewall, encryption and orchestration services-will run on software instead of costly hardware, thus speeding up the testing and review of applications. The project will also help reduce the number of network devices DoD has to buy and manage.
Lumen Technologies, Inc. is a facilities-based technology and communications company. The Company provides a range of integrated products and services to its domestic and global business customers and its domestic mass markets customers. It operates through two segments: Business segment and Mass Markets segment. Its Business segment provides its products and services under four sales channels to meet the needs of its enterprise and commercial customers. Its products and services in this segment include Dark Fiber, Edge Cloud Services, Internet Protocol (IP), Managed Security Services, Software-Defined Wide Area Networks (SD WAN), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Optical Services, Ethernet, VPN Data Networks, Voice Services, IT Solutions and Other Legacy Services. Its Mass Markets segment provides products and services to residential and small business customers. Its products and services in this segment include Fiber Broadband, Other Broadband and Voice and Other.