WiLine employs Facebook Open/R as the foundation for next generation network.
Redwood City, Calif. – November 15th, 2017 – WiLine Networks, a leading provider of business broadband, private-networking today announced that it has begun deploying access network hardware platform powered by Facebook’s open source Open/R protocol software suite.
The newly introduced, highly-redundant network module will be integrated into WiLine’s existing in-building hardware platform. It seamlessly supports WiLine’s current services and, more importantly, provides a foundation for next-generation software-defined networking, virtualization, and security-based services. These services are being introduced to WiLine’s customers in response to growing demand for security, reliability, application-level visibility, ownership of remote-office interconnectivity, and control over cloud-based services.
John McGuire, CEO of WiLine Networks Inc., emphasized that Facebook’s Open/R routing protocol was selected for several reasons. These include its suitability for highly-redundant mesh networks—similar to the one currently deployed by WiLine—its zero-touch provisioning and deployment capabilities, its ability to simplify network architecture, and its use of proven technologies such as Thrift and ZeroMQ. Additionally, Open/R offers ease of integration with centralized SDN network controllers and monitoring systems.
“Open/R allows us to significantly reduce the cost and complexity traditionally associated with network infrastructure deployment,” McGuire said. “This platform enables us to virtualize our network in ways that were previously impossible. Facebook’s decision to release the Open/R protocol to the open-source community provides us with greater visibility into the software that supports our network, allowing us to offer an extraordinary level of responsiveness and customer support. We have enjoyed collaborating with Facebook on this project and will share our experience in line with our commitment to the open-source community.”
Facebook developed Open/R as an extensible distributed network application platform to prototype and deploy new network applications more quickly and reliably than was previously possible. WiLine has leveraged Open/R to overcome similar challenges in its network infrastructure.
