We are at the beginning of 2011 and everything seems to be calm.
But if you could look over the Network Intelligence horizon, you would see that a perfect storm is brewing. You would see that three game-changing megatrends are combining and reinforcing each other to accelerate the adoption of Network Intelligence technology.
Megatrend 1: Exponential increase in broadband wireless communication
The massive adoption of smartphones and wireless laptop PCs is putting pressure on mobile networks and services, which increases the need for network optimization and service assurance. As a result, Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) and Network Intelligence (NI) technology have become essential in telecoms and in particular for the transition to next generation mobile networks based on LTE. You can read more about this in the newly published white paper by Heavy Reading: "The New DPI: Challenges & Opportunities in the LTE Era".
Megatrend 2: Necessity to protect citizens and network assets
Physical and cyber worlds are becoming more complex and more dangerous. Governments need detailed traffic visibility to identify criminals communicating over the Internet and protect citizens. Sensitive government and utility networks can only be defended by using sophisticated cyber defense solutions based on network intelligence: think of the latest generation malware like Aurora, Zeus and Stuxnet. Vendors of cyber security products require application-level visibility brought by NI to strengthen solutions such as Firewalls, IDS and Network Forensics.
Megatrend 3: DPI and NI technology are no longer developed in-house
In addition to the need for DPI and NI described in the first two megatrends, there is a clear paradigm shift from first generation "Do It Yourself DPI" to sourcing of "Next Generation DPI/NI technology" from specialist vendors such as Qosmos. The reasons are obvious: by leveraging ready-to-use decoding software, engineers dramatically shorten time-to-market and can focus on developing solutions, instead of enabling technology. They get instant access to 1,000+ application protocols and 4,500+ communications metadata and benefit from continuous updates by Qosmos.
Let's work together to make 2011 a successful year of partnership!
Thibaut Bechetoille, Qosmos CEO
The New DPI: Challenges and Opportunities in the LTE Era
By Graham Finnie, Chief Analyst, Heavy Reading
In this white paper, Graham Finnie describes how and where Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) and network intelligence will be used in LTE networks, how DPI use cases are evolving, and what this means for the stakeholders in the DPI value chain. In LTE, policy control is in effect mandatory, meaning that policy enforcement is an essential requirement—a requirement that will be met to a large degree by DPI. Graham also analyzes the challenges and opportunities when building and deploying DPI, as traffic loads, subscribers and use cases multiply in the broadband and LTE era. In particular, he looks at the "make vs. buy" DPI case for different kinds of stakeholders.
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- Need to embed powerful DPI into your solutions?
- Feel the pressure from tight development schedules?
- Want to focus your energy on your core solution business?
Our new datasheet describes how Qosmos ixEngine can help you. Qosmos ixEngine is a software development kit used by TEMs and Solution Vendors to embed state of the art DPI and flow decoding technology into policy management solutions. ixEngine delivers complete visibility on network traffic in real time, including classification of 1000+ protocols and applications and the extraction of 4500+ communications metadata. Designed with developers in mind, ixEngine accelerates product development cycles and lets you focus on your core solution business.
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Discover Network Intelligence at Mobile World Congress
Network Intelligence technologies are used by telecom operators to:
- Optimize traffic
- Carry out service assurance and policy management
- Ensure accurate charging and billing
- Increase subscriber knowledge
- Identify fraudulent user behavior
The Network Intelligence Alliance (NI Alliance) unites an ecosystem of NI technology providers who work together to deliver ready-to-use, high performance, network data mining and packet management solutions. Many NI Alliance members will be present at Mobile World Congress (14 – 17 February, Barcelona, Spain) providing an excellent opportunity to see Network Intelligence technology in action:
For more information visit the NI Alliance website (www.nialliance.org).
New on the NI Alliance Website
Discover the following new white papers on the member pages of the NI Alliance website:
Napatech page:
- Consolidating multiple network appliances
Continuous Computing page:
- Towards a New Generation of Holistic DPI & Policy Management Technology
- Bearer-Aware Policy Management and Charging
- Examining the Role of DPI in Device-Aware Policy & Transcoding
- Context-Specific “Managed Offload” for Mobile Data Traffic
Argon Design becomes a Qosmos Expert Developer (QED)
Argon Design, a high technology design company focused on delivering Multicore, Manycore and parallel processing design solutions, has joined the Qosmos Expert Developers (QED) program.
Qosmos Expert Developers work as subcontractors to Qosmos customers and partners who require advanced expertise or just want to reinforce their own R&D capabilities. Argon Design's membership in the QED program will be of special interest to Qosmos customers who need video expertise.
Qosmos Technology in Action - See Argon Design at Mobile World Congress
Argon Design will showcase a demo of mobile video quality monitoring on the Qosmos stand (Hall 2, stand 2A70).
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