Paper Title: High-Speed Secure Virtual Application Delivery Using FPGA-Based SmartNICs

Paper Abstract: Today’s clouds, service providers, and data centers require rapid, secure delivery of virtualized applications throughout their complex networks. They want to use all facilities as efficiently as possible without ever subjecting users to substandard performance. A solution using FPGA-based SmartNICs provides the required features efficiently and transparently. It is ideal for service providers and large enterprises deploying on-premises and edge infrastructure since it offers ultra-high performance application delivery for CPU-intensive functions such as CGNAT for internet access and DDoS mitigation for cybersecurity, as well as ultra-low-latency connections that accelerate video streaming, financial trading, and other time-critical workloads. The solution is easy to deploy since the software is preloaded onto readily available, low-cost COTS hardware. The use of SmartNICs also simplifies revisions and upgrades, offers scalability as the numbers of users and applications grow, and allows quick identification of overstressed or failing components.

Paper Author: Tim Michels, Distinguished Engineer, F5 Networks
Geetha Jayagopi, Strategic Planner, Intel

Author Bio: Darren Van Wageningen is a Strategic Business Development Manager for Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Networking, and Wireline at Intel . He has 25 years experience as a design engineering and strategic marketing manager with Intel and Altera (acquired by Intel). He earned a BSEE from Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada). He is a long-time active participant in the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF). His areas of interest include 5G networks, large data transfers, and cloud application execution. He has published several Intel whitepapers and holds nine patents.

Author 2 Bio: Darren Van Wageningen is a Strategic Business Development Manager for Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Networking, and Wireline at Intel . He has 25 years experience as a design engineering and strategic marketing manager with Intel and Altera (acquired by Intel). He earned a BSEE from Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada). He is a long-time active participant in the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF). His areas of interest include 5G networks, large data transfers, and cloud application execution. He has published several Intel whitepapers and holds nine patents.