Spirent Brings Industry-First Benchmarking to Cloud-Native Infrastructure Testing

Provides comprehensive validation solution for benchmarking the design, deployment, and management of cloud-native 5G SA network environments

HOLMDEL, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spirent Communications plc (LSE:SPT), a leading provider of test and assurance solutions for next-generation devices and networks, today announced the introduction of benchmarking capabilities to the award-winning Landslide Test Solution. Cloud-Native Infrastructure Benchmarking further expands the unique capabilities of Spirent Landslide to help service providers accelerate roll-out of cloud-native 5G standalone (SA) networks.

The first comprehensive solution for benchmarking, deploying, managing, and optimizing 5G infrastructure performance to ensure networks are ready and capable of supporting 5G CNFs, Landslide will enable service providers to benchmark the infrastructure itself, including CPU, memory, storage, and networking, which is foundational for CNF scalability and resiliency testing. Critical to accelerating 5G SA and 5G-Advanced adoption, the capacity to validate infrastructure readiness before CNF deployment will reduce the risk of degraded quality of service, outages, wasted investments, and delayed service launches.

“Cloud-native complexity has slowed down the pace of 5G SA adoption because operators need confidence that their infrastructure can reliably support CNF workloads,” said Anil Kollipara, VP of Automated Test & Assurance Product Management at Spirent. “With this latest Landslide release, Spirent is delivering the most complete lifecycle solution that benchmarks, validates, and optimizes cloud-native infrastructures. We are helping operators bridge organizational gaps, reduce risk, and deliver the high-quality services their customers demand."

“By providing a complete solution that combines both cloud-native infrastructure benchmarking with advanced CNF validation for resiliency and scalability, we’re enabling CSPs to unlock the full potential of cloud-native transformation. This is a major step forward in ensuring 5G networks are reliable, resilient, and ready for the future,” said Kollipara.

Key Capabilities and Benefits:

• Infrastructure Benchmarking: First solution to benchmark CPU, memory, storage, and Kubernetes distributions (OpenShift, k3s, AWS EKS) alongside CNF resiliency and scalability testing.
• Workflow Automation: Embedded automation simplifies benchmarking with configurable workload scenarios.
• Visualization & Monitoring: Time-series performance tracking via Grafana and Prometheus integration.
• Complete Lifecycle Validation: Extends Spirent Landslide from CNF functional validation into infrastructure benchmarking, delivering a single, comprehensive platform.

Landslide Cloud Infrastructure Benchmarking addresses the organizational and operational realities of cloud-native transformation. By providing shared performance insights across infrastructure and CNF teams, Spirent helps CSPs align engineering efforts, avoid costly outages, and ensure efficient use of resources.

Early benchmarking evaluations are already underway with Tier 1 operators in the U.S. with benchmarking being seen as a top priority for operators globally.

For more information, visit: www.spirent.com/landslide.

About Spirent

Spirent Communications plc. (LSE: SPT) is a leading global provider of automated test and assurance solutions for networks, cybersecurity, and positioning. The company provides innovative products, services and managed solutions that address the test, assurance and automation challenges of a new generation of technologies, including 5G, AI, cloud, autonomous vehicles and beyond. From the lab to the real world, Spirent helps companies deliver on their promise to their customers of a new generation of connected devices and technologies. For more information, please visit www.spirent.com and follow us on LinkedIn, X, and Facebook.