CollateralApril 27, 2023

DriveNets Company Overview

DriveNets is a fast growing software company that has created a radical new way for communications service providers and cloud providers to build networks. DriveNets disaggregates the network in the same way hyperscalers built their cloud infrastructure.While the world has moved to software and cloud-native architectures, most networks have remained hardware-centric, based on complex monolithic software. They are not taking advantage of newer software technologies that enable better resource utilization, service scaling and innovative economic models. DriveNets was founded by Ido Susan and Hillel Kobrinsky, two successful telco entrepreneurs. AT&T deployed DriveNets Network Cloud across its core network – the largest backbone in the US. Similar deployments are already operational with additional global tier-1 operators. DriveNets Network Cloud is changing the game. The software-based cloud-native networking-infrastructure solution supports the highest capacity and scale in the market today, with an innovative economic model.The software-based cloud-native networking-infrastructure solution supports the highest capacity and scale in the market today, with an innovative economic model. Disrupting the networking market – moving it 20 years forward to cloud-native software Customer-proven – providing AT&T’s core network and in various phases of engagement with over 100 tier-1 service providers and hyperscalers New economic model – offering network services in an Infrastructure-as-a Services (IaaS) model, running over a shared infrastructure of white box clusters Optimal scaling – uniquely scales from a single-box router (4 Tbps) to clusters of 100s of white boxes (768 Tbps router) Tier-1 ecosystem – supported by a set of leading channel, solution, hardware and application partners, including chip manufacturers, white box ODMs, optical equipment, and software apps providers