VMware to acquire Dell EMC’s service assurance team, tools

VMware has agreed to buy Dell EMC’s service assurance software for network performance monitoring and root-cause analysis in communications service provider networks, saying that the capabilities will help hasten deployments of virtualized network functions. VMware is also acquiring the Dell EMC team that works on CSP service assurance and says that the purchase of the tools and team “demonstrates VMware’s growing commitment to the telecommunications industry.” The Dell EMC Service Assurance Suite will be added to VMware’s Telco NFV portfolio, and VMware said that the combined abilities “[equip]CSPs with the ability to maintain operational reliability in their core network, cloud, and IT domains across physical and virtual infrastructure—enabling them to operationalize competitive new services faster.” VMware said that more than 50 CSPs around the world, including Tier 1 operators, already use Dell EMC’s service assurance offering to enable new services for their customers.