DZS accelerates network process strategy with RIFT acquisition In its second recent strategic acquisition, transport and broadband access solutions provider swoops for automation firm to deliver and manage intelligent network and processing functions at the network edge Share this item with your network: By Published: 08 Mar 2021 10:00 Just weeks after acquiring coherent optics firm Optelian, packet-based mobile transport and broadband access solutions provider DZS has signed a deal to purchase network orchestration and automation solutions company RIFT. The acquisition includes the carrier-grade RIFT.ware software platform that is designed to simplify the deployment of network slices, services or application on any cloud, and is part of a strategy that recognises that the trend toward cloud-based and open software communications solutions is undeniable.