Napatech
Executive perspectives from Napatech across NextGenInfra's event and research showcases.
6 video interviews · 2022–2023
Offloading infrastructure to IPUs frees host CPUs, accelerates apps, and enhances security
- Napatech's Charlie Ashton says IPUs accelerate networking, storage, and security while freeing host CPUs for applications.
- Napatech's hardware-plus-software IPU solutions offload servers and add workload isolation for greater security.
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Charlie Ashton, a Senior Director of Business Development at Napatech, discusses how cloud and enterprise data centers need IPUs (infrastructure processing units) to accelerate networking, storage, and security workloads while freeing up host CPUs for applications and improving security through workload isolation. Napatech provides complete IPU solutions comprising hardware and software that deliver high bandwidth and accelerated performance for infrastructure workloads via dedicated processing, offloading host servers and introducing workload separation for greater security.
Enterprise Opportunities for Mobile Operators
- Napatech's Charlie Ashton sees MWC evolving from a telco equipment event into a platform for software and IT vendors.
- Napatech's telco-origin solutions are now widely used in enterprise private wireless to boost network efficiency.
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Charlie Ashton, Senior Director of Business Development at Napatech, highlighted the evolution of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) from a traditional telco equipment event to a broader platform featuring software companies and IT vendors. He also emphasized that Napatech's solutions, initially designed for traditional telco network issues, are now widely used in enterprise private wireless applications to enhance network infrastructure efficiency.
Maximize the Efficiency of Private 5G
- Napatech's Charlie Ashton highlights financial challenges scaling private wireless, needing support optimization and lower energy use.
- Offloading the data plane to a SmartNIC boosts packet core performance and reduces data-center costs and energy.
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Charlie Ashton, Senior Director of Business Development at Napatech, highlighted the financial challenges operators face when scaling up private wireless networks, emphasizing the need for user support optimization and energy consumption reduction. Napatech offers solutions that enhance packet core performance, support more subscribers, and reduce data center costs and energy consumption by offloading the data plane to a SmartNIC, partnering with packet core software vendors and server OEMs to ensure end users can utilize their technology.
Accelerating Network Functions
- Napatech's Charlie Ashton says optimizing packet-core ROI grows critical as 5G deployments widen.
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As 5G deployments become more widespread, optimizing the return on investment (ROI) from the packet core becomes more and more important for the carriers, says Charlie Ashton, VP of Business Development at Napatech. Download AvidThink's MWC 2022 Report Collection to explore exclusive insights and research findings on hot topics covered at MWC 2022.
Colocating workloads at the edge of the network
- Napatech's Charlie Ashton describes strong interest in colocating workloads at the edge, in public or private networks.
- Telcos aim to consolidate RAN network functions with edge applications and services.
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There is strong interest in colocating workloads at the edge of the network, whether the public mobile network or a private, enterprise network. Charlie Ashton, Senior Director of Business Development, Napatech explains how telcos are looking to consolidate the RAN network functions with edge applications and services.
SmartNIC Offload for 5G User Plane Function
- Napatech's Charlie Ashton discusses offloading the 5G user plane function to accelerators like SmartNICs.
- Optimizing server utilization helps carriers maximize ROI on network infrastructure.
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Optimizing the utilization of servers is important to carriers as they look to maximize the ROI for their network infrastructure. In this video, Charlie Ashton, Senior Director of Business Development at Napatech, discusses the business benefits of offloading the 5G user plane function (UPF) to dedicated accelerators like SmartNICs and details Napatech’s UPF offload solution. Download AvidThink's 2022 SmartNICs and Infrastructure Acceleration Report to explore developments in network acceleration.