ENARADA, Bangalore, September 3, 2013:
Huawei, a global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, today announced the collaboration between Huawei’s Indian R&D Center and People’s Education Society Institute of Technology, in the areas of cloud-based data center & network optimization for software defined networks (SDN).
“Applications such as cloud computing, video gaming, HD video streaming, live concerts, remote medical surgery, etc are offered by data centers. These geographically dispersed data center (cloud balancing) is creating new demands on the network. As more and more organizations move towards cloud, there is a need for communication and joint optimization of network and data centre application IT resources. Software defined network (SDN) aims to improve and optimize the network behavior and performance by controlling the network devices using a centralized controller across multiple technologies, thereby simplifying the overall network.” said Mr. Nagaraja Upadhya, Vice President of Network product line, Huawei.
New partners are closely working in this area to innovate and resolve key problems in data center and network cross optimization by enhancing application layer traffic optimization (ALTO) and path computation element (PCE) as an evolutionary approach to SDN.
Dr. K N B Murthy, Principal and Director, PESIT said “This is yet another example of our strong Industry collaboration that is so essential to drive a culture of innovation and research on our campuses. This is one more step towards achieving our vision of providing education for the real world.”
“A strategic focus for Huawei in bridging the digital divide is to stay committed to the transfer and sharing of ICT knowledge and skills as well as to the nurturing of ICT talent. Huawei partners with universities and colleges around the world to transfer knowledge, promote a greater understanding of, and interest in the telecommunications sector and encourage participation in the digital community” said Mr. Wilson Wang, Chief Operating Officer of Huawei’s India R&D Centre.
