A Fundamental Shift in How Telecom Networks are Built

Introducing Dell Telecom Multi-Cloud Foundation

This week, Dell Technologies announced a new solution for telecommunications operators called Dell Telecom Multi-Cloud Foundation. Dell Telecom Multi-Cloud Foundation integrates with management and orchestration tools provided with the leading cloud software platforms from Red Hat®, VMware and Wind River to deliver an integrated, hardware/software cloud stack with automated deployment and lifecycle management. It consists of approved Dell hardware, Dell Bare Metal Orchestrator (BMO) which we announced back in October, along with new offerings called Dell Bare Metal Orchestrator Modules. These modules, available later this year, will extend BMO functionality to include the deployment and lifecycle management of the cloud software platform of your choice. Dell Telecom Multi-Cloud Foundation will enable you to affordably deploy, scale and lifecycle manage an open telecom network across your core, edge, and RAN.

On the surface, this might seem like just another product announcement. But I believe that Telecom Multi-Cloud Foundation signals a fundamental shift in the way that telecom networks will be built in the future. It’s no secret that 5G will place a unique set of demands on mobile networks, including ultra-low latency, ultra-high bandwidths, and the rapid scaling of new services. This, in turn, will require a disaggregated, cloud-based architecture that allows network functions to be easily moved to the edge, the core, or the cloud as needs dictate. Read more.

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