Cloud-Native Testing

The Lab-to-Live white paper, produced in partnership with Appledore Research, explores the critical shift required for modern networks to adopt a seamless testing and deployment approach. As cloud-native networks become central to enabling scalable, resilient, and agile infrastructure, traditional testing methods can no longer keep up. Lab-to-Live is a holistic strategy that integrates lab testing, network deployment, and operational monitoring into a unified lifecycle, fostering continuous improvement and stronger collaboration across development and operations. __Key takeaways__ from this research emphasize the importance of agile testing environments and proactive monitoring for cloud-native network resilience. With networks increasingly defined by software-driven applications, ensuring reliability involves rapid fault recovery and a shift from hardware-based resilience to software-based fault tolerance. This approach leverages continuous testing and visibility across all network components to proactively address failures, optimize resource usage, and support multi-vendor environments.

Service providers expect 5G to help power critical business transformation by diversifying and growing revenue streams. The right strategy will support rollout of new services in weeks versus months, with always-on, high-performance, and expansive coverage attracting and delighting customers.

New first-to-market capabilities test the impact of cloud-native environments on 5G application and service performance to help overcome deployment challenges

This detailed session delves into the transformative innovations that could reshape the entire telecom industry as telecommunications operators search for tangible returns on investment (ROI). It addresses how telecoms can streamline interfaces for developers, effectively bridging the critical gap between traditional network performance monitoring and the increasingly application-centric expectations of modern consumers through the standardization of APIs. In this webinar, expert panelists unpack the essential architectures, cutting-edge technologies, and strategic partnerships that can accelerate innovation within telecoms. Discussion topics prominently feature the implementation of Service-Based Architecture, aimed at creating scalable, resilient, and extensible service-oriented environments. Furthermore, the panel explores the concept of Network-as-a-Service (NaaS), which expands the Telco Edge Cloud to include multi-MNO federation and robust network service APIs.

Landslide CNF Resiliency Testing Solution is a cutting-edge automated solution that evaluates and validates cloud-native functions resiliency within 5G networks. It provides comprehensive testing capabilities to assess the robustness, fault tolerance, and performance of cloud-native functions in various real-world scenarios, enabling network operators and developers to ensure the reliability and stability of 5G deployments.

Greater technology complexity, growing supplier diversity, and shortened innovation and upgrade cycles are defining next-gen network deployments. Operators, network vendors, government entities and large enterprises are all bracing for change. DevOps practices of continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) are now part of every successful strategy.