Specifically, Telefónica selected Nuage Networks as its provider of next-generation software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) services based on Nuage Networks' virtualized network services (VNS). SD-WAN services are becoming a strategic area of ​​differentiation for large telecommunications and service providers seeking to enhance their existing MPLS VPN and hybrid WAN offerings to enterprises with cloud-ready capabilities.
 
A key part of Telefónica Group's Telco cloud vision is to offer businesses the ability to easily order, customize, and configure value-added services through a self-service portal for on-demand delivery. Organizations worldwide gain a single platform for simplified branch networking and seamless connectivity to public cloud services or any value-added service offered by Telefónica from its data centers. Thanks to Nuage Networks' VNS technology, Telefónica can leverage its global broadband and quality of service network, making it easily consumable by businesses in a cloud-friendly way.
 
Telefónica's new SD-WAN service is expected to be available in Spain in the second half of 2017, followed by Telefónica Business Services (International) and other subsidiaries. Telefónica is integrating Nuage Networks' SD-WAN solution with a new full-stack approach across the Group and will develop a superior, customized portal for user-centric service personalization and fulfillment, accelerating deployment and bringing individual customer sites online.
 
Javier Gavilán, Telefónica Global CTO and Chief Technology Officer, said: "To meet the rapidly emerging business requirements for agility and on-demand deployments, we moved decisively to build our business connectivity services around a new cloud-based Telco architecture. A highly scalable SD-WAN architecture that could support all our services across all our regions without interruption. We are confident that our customers will be delighted with these new cloud-based services.".
 
Sunil Khandekar, founder and CEO of Nokia's Nuage Networks, said: "The IT, communications, and service needs of today's businesses are much higher than they were just a few years ago. Businesses need new cloud technologies to support them. We worked closely with Telefonica to ensure that Nuage Networks' VNS solution meets their new SD-WAN service requirements worldwide. Enterprise customers who need more flexibility and agility to adapt to changing business needs can get it through a trusted provider like Telefonica.".

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