A new step for Ekinops to unlock business at the edge
Ekinops (Euronext Paris - FR0011466069 – EKI), a leading network access and virtualization specialist, today announced the launch of the Nuvla.io App Vendor Programme built by its subsidiary, SixSq, to accelerate the delivery and monetization of edge computing applications.
SixSq’s Nuvla.io is a proven B2B digital platform for industrialisation and automation of containerized edge applications and device management.
Delivering simplified go-to-market for App Vendors
“Using the Nuvla.io Marketplace and App Vendor Programme we can springboard customers into adopting and deploying meaningful edge computing with minimum risk and a positive ROI,” said Marc-Elian Bégin, SixSq CEO and Co-founder. “Both vendors and customers benefit from unprecedented agility, flexibility and scalability, with minimum complexity and without compromise on security.”
The App Vendor Programme gives app vendors and customers tools to interact in a seamless way, including clear pricing and contractual terms. It also provides hassle-free monetisation of business applications for telcos, service providers and system integrators.
App vendors can now more quickly reach their customers and at the same time benefit from a simple mechanism to deliver regular software updates. Customers can purchase their apps in a secure manner, at scale, using Nuvla.io.
Serving all sectors with Edge Apps for Business
The App Vendor Programme launches with selected innovative leaders in their fields. The first vendors bring turnkey apps in the following sectors:
- Logistics and railway
- Manufacturing and machine monitoring
- Next generation GDPR compliant people and crowd tracking solution
- Cyberattack detection driven from AI analysis
- Smart city audio based real-time analysis using AI
App vendors wishing to join the App Vendor Programme are invited to get in touch with the SixSq team. Specific press announcements will be made shortly regarding the first app vendors to join the programme.
Details of the programme can be found here: https://nuvla.io/marketplace
About Ekinops
Ekinops is a leading provider of open, trusted and innovative network connectivity solutions to service providers around the world. Our programmable and highly scalable solutions enable the fast, flexible, and cost-effective deployment of new services for both high-speed, high-capacity optical transport as well as virtualization-enabled managed enterprise services.
Our product portfolio consists of three highly complementary product and service sets: EKINOPS360, OneAccess and Compose.
- EKINOPS360 provides optical transport solutions for metro, regional and long-distance networks with WDM for high-capacity point-to-point, ring, and optical mesh architectures, and OTN for improved bandwidth utilization and efficient multi-service aggregation.
- OneAccess offers a wide choice of physical and virtualized deployment options for access network functions.
- Compose supports service providers in making their networks software-defined with a variety of software management tools and services, including the scalable SD-WAN Xpress and SixSq Edge-to-Cloud solutions.
As service providers embrace SDN and NFV deployment models, Ekinops enables future-proofed deployment today, enabling operators to seamlessly migrate to an open, virtualized delivery model at a time of their choosing.
A global organization, Ekinops (EKI) - a public company traded on the Euronext Paris exchange operates on four continents.
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