2024-10-08 20:40:00
Nokia and Furukawa Electric LatAm expand partnership in Brazil to reach the data center market
• Security and automation designed for the AI era are the focus of the new front of the partnership between Nokia and Furukawa Electric, designed for data centers of all sizes in Brazil;
• The solutions immediately available for the Brazilian market bring together Nokia’s platform for data center automation, Nokia’s Linux-based network and router operating system and Nokia’s software for detecting and mitigating DDoS attacks;
• Partnership between companies to commercialize advanced optical network technologies (Passive Optical Lan, POL) continues throughout Latin America.
Nokia and Furukawa Electric LatAm, partners since 2022 in offering advanced optical network technologies (Passive Optical Lan, POL) for the business market in Latin America, announced today that they have expanded their partnership to be able to immediately bring solutions to Brazil high-performance data center automation.
Nokia’s solutions immediately available for the Brazilian market bring together the platform for data center automation (Event-Driven Automation – EDA), the operating system for networks and routers based on Linux (SR Linux, 7750 SR and 7220 IXR) and the software for detection and mitigation of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS -Deepfield Defender) attacks.
Roberto Kihara, General Sales Manager for Furukawa Electric LatAm, commented: “We are very pleased to be able to expand our partnership with Nokia, with the most advanced technology available. The POL market is very hot in Latin America and we have a lot to achieve together in the region’s data center market. Brazil is a promising market and already exemplary in terms of investment volume and demand for automation solutions.”
Juan Pablo Anadon, Director of Enterprise and Network Infrastructure Partnerships for Nokia in Latin America, commented: “We are very confident in the power of our partnership with Furukawa Electric LatAm to quickly bring the best of technological evolution to the market. . Our new automation platform, EDA, designed for the AI era, simplifies data center management and has proven to reduce operational effort by up to 40%. It is now available in Brazil, just two weeks after being launched worldwide. We wish to make our best contribution to the data center sector in Brazil and continue to evolve with the sector.”
Nokia has been working to create modern data center networks that are highly reliable, secure and easy to operate, essential criteria to be able to meet the growing demands of AI workloads around the world.
Detailed information in the original article (in English)
Page: Nokia – Event-Driven Automation (EDA)
Page: 7220 Interconnect Router for Data Center Fabric
Page: 7750 Service Router
Page: Deepfield Defender
Press release: Nokia and Furukawa Electric LatAm partner to accelerate Optical LAN in Latin America
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About Furukawa Electric LatAm
Furukawa Electric Latam is a communications infrastructure solutions company with headquarters in Curitiba/PR and other plants in Sorocaba/SP and Santa Rita do Sapucaí/MG, as well as optical cable factories in Berazategui, Argentina, and Mexicali, in Mexico.
With a comprehensive portfolio of communication infrastructure solutions, it serves various markets such as data centers, industries, offices, operators and services, among others, at all application levels.
Its Furukawa Solutions brand is the result of the union of several development, production and support centers distributed throughout the world, counting on the Solidity of the Furukawa Electric group, which has been operating globally for over 135 years, offering world-class solutions with support and local services. With a strong commitment to society, it provides Infrastructure for life.
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