VMware Helps Service Providers Accelerate Production Deployment of Network Functions Virtualization With Growing Portfolio of VMware Ready Solutions

PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwired - August 25, 2016) - VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced new VMware Ready™ for NFV certified solutions, further demonstrating its ongoing commitment to supporting communications service providers (CSPs) in the adoption and production deployment of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). These new certified solutions from Brocade, Check Point, Infoblox, Mitel and Netrounds support virtualized mobile infrastructure and SD-WAN.

The complete list of VMware Ready for NFV certified solutions is available on the VMware Solution Exchange (VSX). VMware Ready for NFV allows partners to certify their virtual network functions (VNFs) for interoperability with two fundamental VMware NFV components: NFV Infrastructure (NFVI) and a Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM). The VMware Ready certification provides CSPs with the confidence that VMware partner VNF solutions will seamlessly and effectively deploy, run, and interoperate with VMware vCloud NFV. The VMware Ready program designates VMware's highest level of endorsement for products and solutions created by our established partners, and accreditation builds customer confidence and accelerates further opportunities for collaboration as leaders in the cloud.

• Brocade vRouter: The Brocade^® vRouter enables CSPs to deploy comprehensive high-performance, resource-optimized and secure NFV solutions. Utilizing a next generation data plane, the Brocade vRouter provides virtual network services that operators can deploy with massive scale performance on commodity services. These services include advanced routing, secure user and site connectivity, traffic management and inspection, and network address translation. With the Brocade vRouter, CSPs can deliver end-to-end network services with greater efficiency, higher performance and reduced cost. The Brocade Virtual Evolved Packet Core previously achieved VMware Ready for NFV certification.
  
• Check Point vSEC: The Check Point vSEC Cloud Security portfolio delivers comprehensive threat prevention for NFV to securely enable applications and service delivery across dynamic virtualized environments. Check Point's latest R80 Management platform brings sophisticated automation and advanced orchestration capabilities to help organizations effectively manage security across both on-premises and off-premises environments -- all from a single unified console.