The public cloud has been providing a range of benefits to enterprises for a considerable time. The so-called hybrid cloud has also seen the ongoing migration of infrastructure from carriers. A hybrid of private and public clouds, it offers carriers greater resilience and geo-redundancy, helping them to better manage unexpected traffic spikes.
A perfect example of this has been the ongoing global Covid-19 crisis, which has seen traffic levels increase exponentially, with a similar pressure on costs.
Becoming more Agile
To become more agile and better able to adapt, small and medium sized carriers have begun moving their infrastructure from commercial off the shelf services (COTS) in colocation facilities, to public cloud. They are now relying on technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes to better meet their needs.
What does this mean for the Session Border Controller (SBC)?
Grow with Network Demands
By using the cloud, carriers are better able to grow as network demands increase while still maintaining a consistency of performance.
Added Adaptability
Network operations center (NOC) operations are simplified. Enghouse BorderNet SBCs can run on COTS in a Data Centre, in public cloud or on private cloud such as OpenStack, using the same settings and configurations. This ensures that the performance of finely tuned hardware isn’t impacted when a “lift and shift” migration is performed. This creates a true hybrid solution during peak usage times.
Time and Resources
Being able to rapidly fire up SBCs around the world on demand in multiple sites frees up time and resources. There’s no longer any need to lease colocation space and install physical servers or send engineers to configure and cross connect those servers.
Reduce Costs
Because of Enghouse’s licensing approach it allows for multiple pooled instances. This means you can spread your sessions across both instances and geographies. By using AWS MarketPlace, you only end up paying for what you’re using based on the instance you’re using.
Learn More
You can find out more about our thinking on the development of the Session Border Controller in our detailed whitepaper, “Your SBC is Key: Five Telecom Industry Shifts That Will Dominate the 2020s”.
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