Elisa launches edge data center with Wind River
Aug 02, 2023 | Posted by MadalineDunn
Elisa Oyj and Wind River have reportedly deployed a "fully automated" Edge data center. This is the second edge site to go into commercial production this year.
The project combines Wind River Studio Cloud Platform combines Wind River Studio Cloud Platform as the production-grade distributed Kubernetes solution for managing cloud infrastructure, User Plane Function (UPF) application from Elisa's current 5G core vendor, and the Wind River Studio Conductor, to manage and automate applications deployment in large-scale distributed environments.
Elisa shared that the site represents a "significant achievement" to strengthen Elisa's position as the "leading digital service provider in automating operations." The two did not share further details regarding location or specifications.
"We are delighted to continue our efficient collaboration with Wind River and take the first fully automated Edge data center into commercial service. Constant automation development is our key to future success," commented Elisa's Markus Kinnunen, VP of cloud services.
Avijit Sinha, chief product officer of Wind River, added: "As a leader in the 5G landscape that powers the majority of 5G vRAN/O-RAN deployments with global operators, our Wind River Studio capabilities address service providers' complex challenge of deploying and managing a physically distributed, ultra-low latency cloud-native infrastructure."
The project combines Wind River Studio Cloud Platform combines Wind River Studio Cloud Platform as the production-grade distributed Kubernetes solution for managing cloud infrastructure, User Plane Function (UPF) application from Elisa's current 5G core vendor, and the Wind River Studio Conductor, to manage and automate applications deployment in large-scale distributed environments.
Elisa shared that the site represents a "significant achievement" to strengthen Elisa's position as the "leading digital service provider in automating operations." The two did not share further details regarding location or specifications.
"We are delighted to continue our efficient collaboration with Wind River and take the first fully automated Edge data center into commercial service. Constant automation development is our key to future success," commented Elisa's Markus Kinnunen, VP of cloud services.
Avijit Sinha, chief product officer of Wind River, added: "As a leader in the 5G landscape that powers the majority of 5G vRAN/O-RAN deployments with global operators, our Wind River Studio capabilities address service providers' complex challenge of deploying and managing a physically distributed, ultra-low latency cloud-native infrastructure."