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IDC Distinguishes Top Innovators in Disaggregated Routing

At its core, network disaggregation is the, “architectural decoupling of the software that runs on a networking device from the physical device itself.” This helps network operators and businesses with management and efficiency goals.

Today it’s used beyond switching applications and is helping with the control and management of data planes and network devices for communications services, intelligent edge environments data centers and so much more.

Market intelligence and advisory services provider International Data Corporation (IDC) publishes an “Innovators Report” to specify vendors its analysts deem top-level within a specific market.

Recently, the company named three companies to its profile for Network disaggregation.

IDC says these companies offer the high-performance, scalable disaggregated routing platforms that are needed for today’s network environments.

The 3 companies being distinguished in the IDC Innovators: Disaggregated Routing Platforms, 2019 report are:

• Arrcus
• DRIVENETS
• Volta Networks

The criteria to meet this status include innovative new technology, a groundbreaking approach to an existing issue, and/or an interesting new business model.

Commenting on the importance of network disaggregation today and the significance of this reports findings, Brad Casemore, research vice president, Datacenter Networks, said, "Hyperscalers were the first to embrace and derive compelling value from network disaggregation in datacenters of unprecedented scale. As the cloud effect reverberates across markets and industries, however, network disaggregation has evolved, moving both up the stack into routing and into a wide range of use cases, not only in datacenters, but also in carrier core and edge deployments, and broader telco cloud strategies. IDC recognizes a new wave of startup vendors addressing needs and opportunities for disaggregated routing platforms.”

Edited by Maurice Nagle