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AT & T extends voice core relationship with Nokia
AT & T is extending its voice core relationship with Nokia in a multi-year expansion deal that will support the delivering on its vision of securely providing customerfocused networks and automation that drive new services , faster deployment times , and operational efficiencies .
AT & T is evolving its current Nokia IMS Voice Core to include Voice over New Radio
( VoNR ). The updated IMS Voice Core is a fully cloud-native architecture that enables flexible scaling and increased automation to improve AT & T ’ s time to market with new services and yield greater cost savings .
Yigal Elbaz , Senior Vice President , Technology & Network Services , AT & T , said : “ With focused execution and investment , AT & T continues to make excellent progress in realizing automation at all levels of its network and service operations .”
AT & T will utilize Nokia ’ s voice core applications through the Nokia Cloud Platform ( NCP ) to streamline network activities , enhance automation , and minimize manual intervention .
AT & T will also use Nokia Digital Operations software solutions , open and designed for multi-vendor networks , to deliver capabilities that automate the design , delivery , and assurance of customer services at scale .
Raghav Sahgal , President of Cloud and Network Services , Nokia , said : “ As a longtime collaborator with AT & T , Nokia fully understands the important journey AT & T is on to enhance automation , reduce complexity , decrease deployment times , perform operational workflows faster to better serve its customers and glean more value from its network . Through our network solutions , Nokia will boost AT & T ’ s network agility , efficiency , and service offerings .”
DoiT uplevels Kubernetes capabilities with acquisition of PerfectScale
DoiT has acquired PerfectScale , an automated Kubernetes ( K8s ) optimization and governance platform .
The landmark acquisition – allows DoiT customers to manage , secure and optimize containerized workloads that run on Kubernetes – underpins what is already shaping to be a major growth year for the DoiT .
PerfectScale is an important part of DoiT ’ s comprehensive roadmap that puts DoiT Cloud Intelligence at the cutting edge of the nextgeneration FinOps market .
DoiT Cloud Intelligence takes an integrated approach to cloud optimization across critical architectural principles . PerfectScale ’ s solution addresses a critical use case of autonomous and proactive resource optimization for K8s workloads . combination of capabilities , market timing and value . PerfectScale is modern , incredibly well-built , has amazing user experience and simplifies Kubernetes operations – optimizing cost while promoting more performant and resilient environments .”
PerfectScale ’ s platform continuously and autonomously optimizes K8s environments for peak performance and resilience while keeping costs as low as possible .
Amir Banet , CEO and Co-founder , PerfectScale , said : “ By combining our two solutions , we ’ re addressing the critical intersection of Kubernetes optimization and FinOps – challenge faced by almost every modern organization yet underserved by existing solutions .”
“ While the application ecosystem keeps shifting , Kubernetes remains at the heart of infrastructure environments ,” said DoiT CEO Vadim Solovey .
“ We reviewed the landscape of Kubernetes observability and automation platforms closely and PerfectScale had the best
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