BATM Advanced Communications Limited (LON:BVC) is becoming part of the recently-launched Arm Neoverse ecosystem, which serves the global internet infrastructure market.
BATM subsidiary, Telco Systems, is a platform provider within the Arm Neoverse ecosystem based on Telco’s NFVTime virtualisation technology.
READ: Announcing Arm Neoverse
Telco describes its NFVTime technology as “a holistic solution for network function virtualisation (NFV) uCPE [universal customer premises equipment] and edge compute”.
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Edge computing is computing that’s done close to the source of the data, instead of somewhere (potentially thousands of miles away) in a data centre. The NFVTime operating system provides the NFVi virtualisation software that can turn any Arm-powered or Intel x86-based “white box” device into a high-performance uCPE, running any virtual network function (VNF).
The NFVTime solution is optimised to run in the Arm environment using unique acceleration and security capabilities.
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"The next generation infrastructure must be prepared to support a world of a trillion Intelligent devices," said Mohamed Awad, Arm’s vice president of Marketing, Infrastructure Line of Business.
"Ecosystem partners such as Telco Systems are meeting the challenge by leveraging the Arm Neoverse platform to create a diverse set of innovative solutions that scale from cloud to edge," he added.
Telco Systems and Arm are working together to expand the technology partner ecosystem, customer pipeline and other go-to-market activities for the newly developed offerings. Telco Systems and Arm are focusing on developing NFV virtualisation and operational software to support NFV use cases, such as software-defined wide area network, security and others. The two companies are also creating an ecosystem for system-on-a-chip vendors, such as Marvell, Cavium and NXP, white box vendors, VNF providers and leading service providers.
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Dr Zvi Marom, the chief executive officer of BATM, said becoming part of the Arm Neoverse ecosystem was an important milestone for BATM.
“Network function virtualisation will enable the transformation of the world's IT infrastructure and we believe that we are at the forefront of market development,” Dr Marom said.
In a note to clients, analysts at ‘house’ broker Shore Capital commented: “Given ARM’s strategic position in networking architecture and their strategy for future participation in the connected world, we see this a very welcome news.”
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