VMware has written a cheque for Dell EMC’s Service Assurance Suite as part of a cunning plan to boost its comms provider offerings.
The business offers services across network health and performance monitoring, VMware said, and will be integrated with VMware’s Telco NFV portfolio.
Shekar Ayyar, general manager of VMware’s Telco NFV group, said: “As carriers are readying for 5G, they are increasingly virtualising edge and core networks with network functions virtualisation, or NFV.
“Service assurance is a critical need for any network.”
At VMworld 2017, VMware CEO Kicking Pat Gelsinger said that the vendor would be making a push to work with more telcos, claiming that the firm is “transforming” the telecoms infrastructure space.
VMware said this latest acquisition will enable comms providers to “maintain operational reliability in their core network, cloud and IT domains”.
It also stated that service assurance “becomes critical” as customers look to bridge the gap between 4G and 5G’s imminent arrival.
VMware claims that 50 communications service providers globally, including “many tier-one operators” are currently using the Dell EMC Service Assurance Suite.
