DALLAS, July 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* is
launching a transformative solution that lets businesses easily and
flexibly manage their network services. With AT&T Network
Functions on Demand, businesses can deploy a single universal piece
of equipment, choose virtualized functions and set them up in
different countries. It helps save costs, it's quick to set up and
easy to manage. Businesses will benefit from the consistent,
integrated management experience – in locations around the
globe.
AT&T Network Functions on Demand simplifies the process of
buying and adding network functions. It reduces hardware
requirements so businesses can create a simple, more agile network
experience. And it's now available in 76 countries and territories,
including:
- AMERICAS – Argentina,
Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El
Salvador, Guatemala,
Mexico, Panama, Peru,
Puerto Rico, United States, Uruguay, U.S. Virgin
Islands and Venezuela
- ASIA PAC – Australia, Hong
Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New
Zealand, Philippines,
Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand
- EMEA – Austria,
Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South
Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom
Before, adding a router or firewall could take weeks – even
months. Businesses had to buy multiple appliances to run these
specific networking functions. It's expensive, cumbersome and takes
too long.
"Building networks by deploying network functions in software is
a major shift in network design," said Ralph de la Vega, Vice Chairman of AT&T Inc.
and CEO of AT&T Business Solutions and International. "We've
broken through traditional, cost-prohibitive barriers. Our software
platform delivers a simple, flexible and efficient experience for
any business, virtually anywhere and anytime they need it."
Our software-defined network technology is behind the AT&T
Network on Demand platform. The platform offers a highly secure and
scalable network built to meet customers' individual needs. It
speeds ordering, simplifies network operations and helps improve
total cost of ownership. This provides customers with a foundation
to create flexible services that can grow as their needs
change.
AT&T Network Functions on Demand is the third service we're
rolling out on the platform.
Leading global companies are interested in the service. One is
global appliance manufacturing company, Fisher & Paykel.
"We quickly realized AT&T Network Functions on Demand would
help us transform our business. We can launch, change and manage
network functions in our offices around the world quickly and
easily," said Jon White, General
Manager, Information Technology, Fisher & Paykel Appliances
Ltd. "We often talk about simplifying our on-site network
infrastructure upgrades and deployments – this solution checks that
box. It will not only provide us with visibility and control to
drive down IT and operations costs, but also help us quickly
respond to evolving business needs."
The first AT&T Network Functions on Demand capabilities that
customers can choose from include:
- Juniper Networks virtual routing
- Cisco virtual router
- Fortinet virtual security
- Riverbed virtual WAN optimization
Since its launch in 2015, more than 1,200 businesses across
multiple industries have signed up for AT&T Network on Demand
solutions. We'll continue to add additional products and features
on the platform in the future.
Businesses looking to increase their business agility can visit
www.att.com/nfv to learn more.
*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by
subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T
brand and not by AT&T Inc.
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around the globe connect with leading entertainment, mobile, high
speed internet and voice services. We're the world's largest
provider of pay TV. We have TV customers in the U.S. and 11 Latin
American countries. We offer the best global coverage of any U.S.
wireless provider.* And we help businesses worldwide serve their
customers better with our mobility and highly secure cloud
solutions.
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