Spirent launches standards-based NFV cloud test platform.

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Spirent Communications plc (LSE:SPT), the world-leading carrier network and SDN/NFV testing solution provider, has announced the release of Spirent CloudSure, the world's first commercially available test solution for assuring NFV performance as specified in ETSI GS NFV-TST 001, the company said.

Spirent CloudSure is designed to benchmark and validate performance and allow service providers to confidently rollout NFV deployments and reap the benefits of service flexibility and agility, without sacrificing performance.

NFV is a complex and difficult set of technologies to navigate, with deployment of network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVi) and the functionality of virtual network functions (VNFs) providing many challenges. Spirent CloudSure delivers value in the form of test packages, consisting of a set of templates that can be easily configured and customized to match service providers' unique NFV deployments.

Configuration is possible via both a graphical user interface (GUI) and an application programming interface (API) for automation users, with Spirent TestCenter Virtual ports and Spirent CloudStress agents...

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