Written By Volker Tegtmeyer, Senior Manager Product & Solution Marketing

The adoption of Network Functions Virtualization is a top item on every Service Providers' agenda.Agility,FlexibilityandCost Reductionsare the drivers pushing for network transformation. Cisco is announcing Cisco NFV Infrastructure Solution. Enabling services providers to deploy virtual network functions at scaleandopening opportunities for new revenues and reducing the time to market."This solution is another step in delivering on our strategy for an open,modular and expandable network architecture,"saidGee Rittenhouse, senior vice president and general manager of Cisco's Cloud and Virtualization group.

Cisco NFV Infrastructure provides you:

• Optimized and validateddesign
• Reduced costof operations
• Carrier Classquality, quick and easy deployment
• Deliveringhigh and predictable performances
• Openand supporting multiple service domains

Cisco NFV Infrastructuresolution is providing all the necessary physical and virtual compute, storage, networking infrastructure and operating software to run NFV network services.

Cisco NFV Infrastructure(cisco.com/go/nfvi) makes it easy for service providers to embrace the network transformation towards virtualization. Further simplifying and automating their NFVoperationsto deliver applications and services even faster providing them new levels of business agility

Cisco NFV Infrastructure Solution is leveraging a leading industry partnership with Intel and Red Hat

• Intel's Open Network Platform (ONP)and Enhanced Platform Awareness (EPA)

• Red Hat's OpenStack (OSP, CEPH, KVM)

The solution values are showcased at Mobile World Congress 2016 at Cisco and Intel booths.

Stop by our booth for more information.