The Challenge
DojoNetworks is a rapidly growing Internet Service Provider for multi-dwelling units (MDUs): apartments and multi-tenant housing, including student housing, senior housing, condominiums, and HOAs. The company has grown more than 40% per year for five consecutive years and now serves hundreds of properties nationwide. Increasing demand for services, plus the need to add new features, created pressure to upgrade in a way that was sensible, capability rich, and timely to deploy.
Dojo had been running Cisco transport network devices between sites. Traditional vendor options were costly, and lead times on chassis hardware stretched into years.
The Solution
Dojo chose an open networking strategy: IP Infusion OcNOS Aggregation Router software deployed onto Edgecore Networks open hardware, designed in partnership with IP ArchiTechs and supplied through EPS Global. OcNOS now carries the transport layer in Dojo's metro distribution networks and runs beside the Cisco, Juniper, and Ruckus gear already in the field, so the operator upgrades property by property instead of all at once.
- Product: IP Infusion OcNOS Aggregation Router software
- Hardware: Edgecore Networks switches with 10G and 100G ports
- Design partner: IP ArchiTechs
- Distributor: EPS Global
Résultats
Working with IP Infusion and EPS Global, Dojo saw results as soon as the first sites came up:
- Significant savings on upfront equipment spend, measured against the traditional vendor options Dojo had priced.
- Lead times for new hardware fell from years to days, which matches the pace of a company adding properties every quarter.
- IP Infusion support engineers and developers resolved issues quickly during the rollout.
- Existing Cisco, Juniper, and Ruckus devices keep running beside OcNOS, so earlier investment stays in service instead of being written off.
Pourquoi OcNOS
"IP Infusion offers a broad set of features and support for very diverse hardware, which are two key aspects in ensuring a practical networking platform," said Michael Caldwell, CTO of DojoNetworks. "Additionally, we wanted a networking partner that would be nimble and receptive to our needs, and the support we got throughout the process really cemented the choice as being the correct one."
Dojo Network Engineer Idriss Nokour described OcNOS as "remarkably user-friendly and deeply capable in a complex service provider environment. IP Infusion's engineering and support teams consistently demonstrate their knowledge and dedication in our interactions with them."