Avaya Introduces Virtual Networking Architecture: Page 2 of 2

In addition to the new VENA partners announced on Wednesday, Avaya said many additional companies have joined as members of its DevConnect program to participate in the VENA program, which is based on open industry standards. Avaya noted that VENA can create a private cloud, by delivering always-on content and access to applications. VENA's "Virtual Services Fabric" is able to span an entire network while producing one-touch provisioning for the capabilities and features of Virtual Services Networks. The approach helps defend enterprise core networks from costly failures and human-error issues that often accompany the complicated process of provisioning -- adding, deleting, changing apps -- in a virtualized environment.

"Yankee Group research shows that human error accounts for 37% of all network downtime -- the single biggest factor in network disruption," said Zeus Kerravala, senior research fellow at the market research firm.

Already developing next-generation, top-of-rack solutions for its VSP data center portfolio, Avaya observed that the new portfolio will support high-density 10G with evolutions to 40/100G and FCoE. Avaya's flagship VSP 9000 is designed to provide a seamless evolution to 40/100 Gigabit capacity architected to scale up to 27 Tbps.

The company said a series of campus products are slated to be introduced in 2011; they are aimed at reducing enterprise operating costs and helping eliminate costly forklift upgrades.