LightRiver Optical Waves IBN

Feb. 20, 2019
LightRiver says netFLEX® is the industry’s only multi-function (discovery, analytics, and control) and multi-vendor optical domain control platform for direct network element SDN abstraction. Optical Waves Intent Based Networking (IBN) provides programmability and automation of real-time service path, analytics overlay, and control automation to detect, test, and remediate issues as they occur.
LightRiver says netFLEX® is the industry’s only multi-function (discovery, analytics, and control) and multi-vendor optical domain control platform for direct network element SDN abstraction. Optical Waves Intent Based Networking (IBN) provides programmability and automation of real-time service path, analytics overlay, and control automation to detect, test, and remediate issues as they occur.

Judge’s comment: “A good control plane for optical layer support of a large number of platforms.”

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