Cisco Evolved Services Platform

Cisco Evolved Services Platform (ESP) is a software platform of comprehensive virtualization and management.

The platform is intended for creation, automation and delivery of services in real time, implementing means of calculation, storage, network functions. It provides delivery of the results demanded by business for the applications existing in a set of domains, facilitating transition to new business models.

Cisco Evolved Services Platform model, 2014

A system facilitates to providers of automatic providing from a pool of resources of previously grouped services which can be reused and personalized for each client.

Representation of Cisco Evolved Services Platform (ESP), 2015

Basic functions of Cisco ESP

• the delivery service - this element works as a show-window of provider of services, providing action of the directory of self-service, and, the portal - for transformation of plans of business in development of the operating services. It helps to automate and activate the self-service mode for the user and to deliver it offers of network and application services.

• service of profiles - the platform helps the operator with creation and setup of profiles of service, providing to a full range of attributes of the services and the politician connected by means of the mechanism of management so that they promote automation and acceleration of delivery of the personalized services.

• the mechanism of management - it helps to automate development, monitoring and delivery of necessary physical and virtual resources of infrastructure, functionality, in process of their need. He uses open program interfaces (API) for applications connection to infrastructure, than the general policy and a single system of management of a subscriber base for delivery of services is provided.

• the directory of physical/virtual functions - the expanded modular set of opportunities of a virtual network and the application connected with profiles of services for creation of offers which can be developed on demand in any place and in any scale.