Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments through its weekly “Software” wrap up.
—IBM announced a partnership with Bancroft to use IBM’s cloud-based MAAS360 mobile management and security platform to help secure and monitor tablet devices that Bancroft’s special education teams use to teach people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. IBM said the partnership will provide staff and students with secure access to more than 300 educational and clinical applications via Apple iPad devices.
IBM added that the secure nature of its platform also allows Bancroft to adhere to confidentially standards and HIPAA compliance requirements, as well as remotely lock and wipe data if a device is lost or “compromised in any way.”
—Interop Technologies announced it received a U.S. patent covering its deployment of rich communication services that do not rely on an underlying IP multimedia subsystem architecture. The patent covers technology that incorporates the signaling, authorization and session setup necessary to support RCS directly into the RCS platform.
Interop said the now patented technology will allow mobile operators to offer standards-compliant RCS services, including “network-based interworking to legacy protocols such as [text and multimedia messaging], without the need for an IMS core network.”
—Radisys launched its T-100 Series platform that includes its FlowEngine data plane software technology that the company claims is designed to support SDN and NFV deployments. The hardware component of the platform is based on commercial off-the-shelf silicon technology, which is then bolstered through the use of network virtualization.
Radisys said the hardware leverages “virtualized COTS processor technology, with the latest 100G optical interfaces” to provide a platform able to support up to two terabits per second in throughput.
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