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Lanner vCPE/uCPE platforms have been adopted by world-leading SD-WAN solution vendors in diverse market landscapes, from traditional WAN optimization companies, communication service provider, to software startups and cloud-based services.

Though 5G has been successfully demonstrated in some major sports games, the formal launch of the finalized specifications will take a couple more years, anticipated in 2020. Yet, enterprises all over the world, regardless of the fields, have been urging the implementations of new technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality/augmented reality (AR/VR), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), smart city, self-driving buses, video content delivery, and Central Office Re-Architected as Data Center (CORD), to drive business growth and competitiveness, but all of these have been waiting for the launch of 5G in order to realize their true potential.

he recent widespread of edge computing in some 5G showcases, like the major sports events, has generated the ongoing discussion about the possibility of edge computing to replace cloud computing. In fact, there have been announcements from global tech leaders like Nokia and Huawei demonstrating increased efforts and resources in developing edge computing. For instance, Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, announced in Microsoft Build 2017 that the company will focus its strategy on edge computing. Indeed, edge computing will be the key for the success of smart home and driverless vehicles.

To build a platform for multi-vendor SD-WAN deployments, Lanner will discuss how white box vCPE/uCPE optimized by leading VNF companies can ease the rollout of SD-WAN services with cost-effective and agile management.

It is clear that 5G is already around, as demonstrated in a couple large-scale sports games, like Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang and World Cup 2018 in Russia. The successful demonstration of the new networking architecture has encouraged the accelerated 5G rollouts across leading vendors like AT&T and Nokia.

The term Industry 4.0 covers the concepts of “smart factory”, which has been the buzzword for the manufacturing sector over the past few years. In fact, there is an increasing number of manufacturers deploying computer vision, motion control, and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to improve production efficiency. However, there are deployment challenges since real-life applications are rarely simple.

Branch networking is going rapid changes driven by cloud computing and SaaS (Software as a Service) applications. In fact, the flooding uses of mobile devices and Apps have become the driving force for the change of branch LAN and WAN infrastructures. Thus, IT management has turned their attention to Software-Defined Branch (SD-Branch).