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PacketFront becomes a member of the Intel Network Builders Winner’s Circle

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PacketFront Software has been awarded a partnership in Intel’s Network Builders Winners’ Circle program with the following motivation:

“As a member of the Intel Network Builders ecosystem, PacketFront Software has contributed to the acceleration of network transformation by working closely with Intel and our ecosystem and we recognize your contributions by awarding PacketFront Software in our Winners’ Circle Program as a Partner”

The award was presented at the SDN NFV World Congress 2019 event in the Hague, the Netherlands.

More information about the Network Builders ecosystem:

https://networkbuilders.intel.com/

Intel’s PacketFront introduction:

https://networkbuilders.intel.com/ecosystem/packetfront-software

 

BBE 2.4.0 and BECS 3.17 Released

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Latest BBE and BECS releases are now available for existing customers at www.pfsw.com/support. Highlights of the releases include following features:

BBE 2.4.0 Release

  • Support for ON-API 2.4
  • Support for OpenJDK

BECS 3.17

  •  Automatic CLOB creation – BECS users can synchronize configuration from network elements, which helps in automation of manually created configuration
  • Python support – A new script engine supporting Python as a complement to the Tcl script engine

  


  

      






  

    
PacketFront Software Joined State Visit In Ireland
          

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His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia did a State Visit to Ireland on 22–24 May 2019 at the invitation of President Michael D. Higgins. The Government was represented by Minister for Foreign Affairs Margot Wallström, Minister for Energy and Digital Development Anders Ygeman, and Maja Fjaestad, State Secretary to Minister for Health and Social Affairs Lena Hallengren.




PacketFront Software participated in an associated business delegation arranged by Business Sweden.




A Digital Infrastructure summit 2019 was arranged in conjunction with the State Visit at Ericsson´s R&D site in Athlone, where among other PacketFront Software’s BECS and BBE products were highlighted in the context of how City Carriers have successfully contributed to the fiber rollout in Sweden.

  


  

      






  

    
PacketFront introduces new BBE features for City Carriers
          

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PacketFront Software announces new BBE functions to support City Carriers’ operations and interaction with Service Providers.


Service Providers can now manage customer address registers, service provisioning and troubleshooting via Hubory’s web portal. This means, for example, that service providers can access multiple open access networks via a single interface rather than working directly in operators’ systems or using manual processes. The integration between Hubory and BBE also improves GDPR compliance as no customer sensitive information is sent over the interface.


The second new feature is a report suite to accommodate City Carriers’ requirements for standard reporting for various purposes, such as:


    

  • Service Provider invoicing
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  • Follow-up of economic data
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Even if standardized, it is easy to select what information is presented in each report.


The report suite reduces the need for customized reports and makes sure that all templates are fully tested and supported in new software releases. As a result, the already smooth software upgrade process becomes even faster than today.

  


  

      








  

    
PacketFront Software and Mintly Oy sign Partnership
          

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PacketFront Software, which develops and sells Network Orchestration solutions for Data Centers, Service Providers and Campus networks, has signed a partnership agreement with Mintly Oy. The agreement covers distribution of PacketFront Software’s products in Finland.


Mintly provides the latest knowledge and solutions within data networks, security and infrastructure to ensure innovation, reliability and providing a competitive edge for its customers. Mintly has established partnerships with leading technology companies to operate high quality Data networks and information security solutions.


This partnership further strengthens Mintly’s product portfolio by including PacketFront Software’s BECS orchestrator, which provides network automation to achieve cost efficient operation, service innovation and elimination of human errors. BECS offers e.g. an out of the box solution, for Juniper based Data Centers and MPLS networks.

  


  

      






  

    
Nordix Foundation to advance innovation on open source across the Nordics
          

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Stockholm – Today Nordix Foundation is announced, a Nordic open source foundation with the objective to enable more companies and organizations in the region to leverage open source across entire digital environments. Nordix Foundation will provide an open source network for sharing of knowledge, expertise, training and code.


The foundation is established as a direct response to corporations and organizations expressing a need to increase their knowledge about open source innovation in order to enhance their abilities to successfully use and develop open source projects in their digital transformations.


Founding members of the organization, that in the spirit of open source will be a non-profit and democratic organization, are some of the leading forces within open source in the Nordic countries including; Ericsson, a world leader in in communication technology, infrastructure cloud provider City Network, Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), IT Monitoring Software Solutions company OP5 and PacketFront Software, maker of network orchestration software.


“In order to innovate the best applications and run it on a flexible and scalable platform, companies across the Nordic region are increasingly leveraging open source. At the same time, many organizations are still hesitant to go the open way because of lack of knowledge and support. With Nordix Foundation, we want to address these issues and enable Nordic companies to take the same advantages as organizations in the US and Asia where open source is a natural part in all innovation”, says Johan Christenson, founding member of Nordix Foundation and CEO of City Network.


“Across the Nordics, we have some extremely talented developers and there are many examples of innovative companies disrupting business models and creating new large corporations. Establishing Nordix Foundation to further this innovation and enable the acceleration of new technologies at a global scale is important for our region”, says Christopher Price, founding member of Nordix Foundation and President at Ericsson Software Technology.


The program and specific initiatives that Nordix Foundation will focus on will be agreed upon by participating members where the foundation acts as a framework providing the international connection to other open source organizations, webinars, events and meetings.


For more information about Nordix Foundation, please visit www.nordix.org.


Contact


Johan Christenson, founding member of Nordix and CEO of City Network

johan@citynetwork.se


Christopher Price, founding member of Nordix and President at Ericsson Software Technology

christopher.price@est.tech


press@nordix.org

  


  

      








  

    
PacketFront Software and SEC Datacom AS sign partnership
          

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PacketFront Software, which develops and sells solutions for MPLS VPN and Data Center network orchestration, has signed a partnership agreement with SEC Datacom AS. The agreement covers distribution of PacketFront Software products in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland.


SEC Datacom is a well-recognized distributor and competence center supporting Telecom and Datacom operators with a large product portfolio consisting of leading vendors. The partnership further strengthens the portfolio by including PacketFront Software’s BECS orchestrator, which automates the build-out and operation of networks. For example, BECS provides support for Data Center underlay and overlay configuration. The result is error-free, fully documented networks meeting high SLA requirements.

  


  

      






  

    
GDPR Support in Latest Versions of BECS and BBE
          

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BECS and BBE, new functionality included for GDPR compliance


In the recent BECS 3.14.0 and BBE 2.1.0 releases we have added a number of functions to support GDPR. The main features are:


    

  1. An operator can easily remove sensitive end-user data. By using the GUI or APIs in these products, the operator can swiftly remove data when an end-customer has requested to be forgotten once their service(s) has terminated.
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  2. The newly introduced Person Data Report in BBE collects current and historical information about end-customers and can be presented in an organized format if requested by an end-customer.
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  3. For operators using registration via portal service, new functionality in the Service Selection Portal (SSP) API allows an operator to choose whether sensitive end-user data is stored in the BBE database or is only relayed to a Service Provider.
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Professional Services assistance


Operators needing assistance with BECS or BBE upgrade are welcome to contact PacketFront Software’s Professional Services. The team can advise and assist as system configuration may need to be updated in BBE in order to follow the GDPR regulation. Please visit https://pfsw.com/contact-us/ for full contact details.


What is General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?


The GDPR is a comprehensive regulation that unifies data protection in all EU countries. It will directly apply in all EU member states from 25 May 2018. The GDPR has a very broad territorial scope and will apply to any organization that manages the personal data of individuals who are based in the EU, regardless where the organization is registered. The GDPR requires organizations to implement reasonable data protection measures to protect the personal data of consumers and employees against data loss or exposure. To achieve that goal, the law regulates all areas related to data management and processing, from obtaining user consent to setting up company-wide data protection practices and handling data breach incidents.