Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) announced last week what they call “a world’s first” implementation of an integrated solution to customize and manage end-to-end network slices for enterprise cloud-based applications. In a proof-of-concept, the partners instantiated a secure network slice that automatically connects to private cloud services.
The solution is an effort to address an enterprise’s need to ensure employees get the network performance required for a smooth and secure operation of their cloud-based workplace applications. Designed for enterprise usability, it provides for automated configuration, provisioning and end-to-end orchestration of the enterprise slicing service order. And it is enabled without the need for any additional configuration by the user on their enterprise devices.
This integrated solution contains a slice design tool that enables an enterprise’s IT administrators to flexibly manage, monitor and analyze slice performance. Via a single management interface, the administrator can supposedly customize, order, configure and manage an end-to-end network consisting of enterprise smartphone devices, a 5G network slice and private cloud services. Enterprise employees can then access private cloud-based applications on their enterprise smartphone device via a secure network slice over the public network.
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