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If you had never seen a ‘real’ computer and were to research the latest directions in computing it would not be surprising if you thought they were comprised of condensed water vapor and floated in the sky. Cloud computing and all the associated data center and networking infrastructure is very real and solidly grounded in a market that is growing rapidly in every conceivable direction. (Global Cloud IT Decision Maker Study) from last fall validated these concerns as over 3,500 enterprise decision makers cited performance issues as the key inhibitor to them increasing their usage of public cloud....

Carrier Cloud Application Opportunities External Applications Internal Applications Through the addition of their own virtualized data centers Carriers open up significant new revenue streams. For enterprises such as those mentioned earlier who express concerns over the performance and assurance of the public cloud, carriers can offer a new breed of end to end cloud service that they are prepared to backup with specific Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Today’s complex networks contain much more than basic telephony and a significant amount of application software running on carrier grade compute...

operations as they have used to build their highly reliable and available networks. Existing public cloud providers wishing to add carrier cloud to their portfolio will need to segment parts of their operations and install carrier grade servers and platforms. These platforms can the be used to offer the more highly available carrier cloud style service offerings. Kontron Platform Products for the Carrier Cloud Kontron have been supplying the world’s leading network equipment manufacturers with highly reliable, mission critical server technologies for over 25 years . A wide variety of Kontron’s...

Kontron CG2200 Carrier Grade Server The CG2200 Carrier Grade Server may look just like any regular general purpose server platform, but unlike its enterprise brethren it is designed to meet the needs of the carrier cloud. This is Kontron’s 5th generation NEBS-3 and ETSI-compliant 2U rack mount server and it is equally at home in the Telco central office or the network data center. The CG2200 combines the performance, ruggedness and reliability required of long life-cycle products. It provides dual socket support for the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 series, bringing the outstanding processor...

White Paper Kontron designs and manufactures embedded and communications standards-based, rugged COTS and custom solutions for OEMs, systems integrators, and application providers in a variety of markets. Kontron engineering and manufacturing facilities, located throughout Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, work together with streamlined global sales and support services to help customers reduce their time-to-market and gain a competitive advantage. Kontron’s diverse product portfolio includes: boards & mezzanines, Computer-on-Modules, HMIs & displays, systems & platforms, and rugged &...