Italtel Launches New Enterprise SDN-based Application to Enable Services-network Harmonization

- CiscoLive! BERLIN, February 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --   Italtel's Netwrapper application,utilizing Cisco's APIC-EMEnterprise SDN Controller,allows smart allocation of network resources according to applications' requirements.  Dynamic Admission Control is the first Italtel solution that employs Netwrapper to assure quality of experience for multi-technology UC&C services.  Italtel, a leading company in Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Managed Services and All-IP communication, today announced Netwrapper - its first Software-Defined Networking (SDN) application that "wraps" network and services (applications), enabling a fruitful harmonization between them.      (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130429/612742 ) Built on top of Cisco's Application Centric Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module (APIC-EM), Italtel's Netwrapper understands each service's need for bandwidth and determines the right allocation of network resources in order to offer users the best quality of experience (QoE). The new Italtel application will be released in Q2 2016 as the "policy engine" of Italtel's Dynamic Admission Control solution: admission control policies of the multi-technology Unified Communication and Collaboration (UC&C) applications are now centralized and dynamically managed by Netwrapper, which interacts with the IP network (through Cisco APIC-EM controller) on one side and with IP-PBXs on the other side. Cisco Unified Call Manager (CUCM) and Microsoft Skype for Business are among the first IP voice and video applications that will benefit from QoE improvements via Netwrapper. "We are veryexcited to announceNetwrapper. This powerful application ratifies Italtel's entrance intheSDN Enterprise market," says Camillo Ascione, Head of System Integration Strategy & Marketing at Italtel. "Our system is based on veryrefinedalgorithms,builtthanks to ourstrong system integration capabilities.Wehavealso developed a very smart data modelsuitableto address many other Enterprises' needsusingan SDN approach." Phil Casini,Director ofProductManagement for Enterprise Networking at Cisco says: "Netwrapper is another example of the collaboration withour ecosystempartners we are supporting to deliver high impact applications for APIC EM.By tapping itsexpertise in telecommunications to build this solution, Italtel is alsodemonstrating that ourpartners can utilize their core strengths and expertise totake advantage ofCisco's business intent focusedSDN approach and build new business models for their practices. Enabling dynamic and centralized network control according toapplications' requirements allows Italtel to advance voice and video communications over IP networks for their customersin a very big way." Netwrapper is the outcome of the strong cooperation between Italtel and Cisco and is presented at the Italtel booth at Cisco Live!™ (More) Italteldesigns and provides All IP communication solutions; Managed Services; IT System Integration Services; Network Integration and Migration activities. Italtel is present in several countries in EMEA and LatAm.http://www.italtel.com.