Through a collaborative relationship with our industry partners, SNAPP accelerates the introduction of new features and solutions to customers. By working with our partners and customers, Soapstone Networks is removing “the least common denominator” effect where the customer cannot deploy new features until all vendors in the network have implemented an interoperable solution. Utilizing a separate software control plane from Soapstone Networks, many features can be implemented in the control plane software itself and put into service independent of the forwarding plane hardware. Moreover, a separate multi-vendor control plane can mediate differences in implementation between vendors enabling a seamless service that otherwise would not be possible. Since it is a software based implementation, it is not tied to long hardware development cycles greatly increasing feature velocity and the ability to grow new revenues through new services and features.
By promoting an alliance with the best-of-breed equipment vendors, OSS suppliers, and system integrators, integrated solutions can be quickly deployed by customers in support of their business needs. The Soapstone Networks Alliance Partner Program was designed to strengthen marketing and development initiatives among our partners.