Citynet, the IT brand of Hall AG and the central municipal services provider for the town of Hall in Tirol, Austria, replaced its Cisco backbone with IP Infusion OcNOS running on Edgecore Networks hardware. The open networking upgrade, integrated by STORDIS GmbH, gave Citynet immediate hardware availability and a market-competitive price while serving its 5,000 residential and business customers.
The Challenge
Citynet faced rising bandwidth demand against a difficult upgrade environment. Pandemic-era hardware shortages, growing traffic, and limited upgrade options and high prices on the existing network combined to make a traditional refresh slow and costly.
- Growing bandwidth demand from a mixed residential and business customer base
- Pandemic market shortages limiting hardware availability
- High prices and limited upgrade paths from the existing platform
The Solution
Citynet selected an open networking upgrade developed by STORDIS GmbH, pairing IP Infusion OcNOS with Edgecore Networks switches. The combination delivered feature parity with the alternatives Citynet evaluated, plus the practical advantages of stock availability and competitive pricing.
An industry-standard CLI eased the cutover for the operations team, and OcNOS provided the feature depth required to run a provider backbone serving regional and international businesses.
Ergebnisse
Citynet now operates a 100Gbps backbone across Europe on OcNOS and Edgecore hardware, delivering internet services to residential and business consumers. The platform addresses the immediate capacity and supply constraints Citynet faced, and gives the team room to scale as future requirements emerge.
- Upgraded from Cisco to OcNOS on Edgecore hardware
- 100Gbps backbone serving 5,000 customers
- Open networking platform positioned for future growth
Why OcNOS
Matthias Feistmantl, Senior Network Operations Engineer and Architect for Citynet, summarized the experience: "IP Infusion's industry-standard CLI aided the transition immensely. The OcNOS feature set is extensive, and the product roadmap is compelling and timely. Their great after-sales support was appreciated in aiding the upgrade process."