Open Platform for NFV

UNISOC Joins the Largest Patent Non-Aggression Community in History - Open Invention Network

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Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Computing, Operating systems, Computer architecture, Linus Torvalds, Open Invention Network, Keith Bergelt, ONAP, Linux Foundation, Oin, Linux, Open Platform for NFV

DURHAM, N.C., July 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Open Invention Network (OIN) and UNISOC announced today that UNISOC has become one of OINs community members.

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  • DURHAM, N.C., July 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Open Invention Network (OIN) and UNISOC announced today that UNISOC has become one of OINs community members.
  • Growth in networking through Linux Foundation Networking projects such as OPNFV and ONAP is driving innovation in silicon, said Keith Bergelt, CEO of Open Invention Network.
  • By joining the Open Invention Network, we are demonstrating our continued commitment to innovation, and supporting it with patent non-aggression in Embedded Linux, Linux and other core open source projects.
  • Open Invention Network (OIN) is the largest patent non-aggression community in history and supports freedom of action in Linux as a key element of open source software (OSS).

Telcos Increase Focus on Cloud Native as LF Networking and Ecosystem Groups Solve Interoperability Challenges

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Thursday, April 30, 2020
Linux, Computer architecture, Emerging technologies, Network architecture, Operating systems, Linux Foundation, Cloud infrastructure, Open Platform for NFV, Cloud computing

SAN FRANCISCO, April 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- LF Networking (LFN), which facilitates collaboration and operational excellence across open source networking projects, today announced a turning point for the industry, with integrated initiatives focused on cloud native interoperability and deployment for telcos.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, April 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- LF Networking (LFN), which facilitates collaboration and operational excellence across open source networking projects, today announced a turning point for the industry, with integrated initiatives focused on cloud native interoperability and deployment for telcos.
  • "NFV continues to evolve as telcos increasingly adopt cloud native technologies," said Heather Kirksey, vice president, Community & Ecosystem Development, the Linux Foundation.
  • With input from telcos directly, collaborative efforts across CNTT, OVP, and OPNFV enable our ecosystem to benefit from cloud native adoption."
  • OVP 2.0 will enhance this effort with badges for cloud native telecom platforms and CNFs.

Open Source Community Connects Global 5G Cloud Native Network

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Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Computing, Technology, Digital technology, Mobile telecommunications, Internet of things, 5G, Technology forecasting, Cloud infrastructure, Cloud computing, Open Platform for NFV, Mirantis

As a thought leader in generating technology from multiple sources based on telecom 5G requirements, LFN's OPNFV community shepherded the cutting-edge Proof-of-Concept (PoC), which illustrates how to build, connect, and manage a global 5G network including on-prem, cloud, and edge operations on open architecture running network services using Kubernetes.

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  • As a thought leader in generating technology from multiple sources based on telecom 5G requirements, LFN's OPNFV community shepherded the cutting-edge Proof-of-Concept (PoC), which illustrates how to build, connect, and manage a global 5G network including on-prem, cloud, and edge operations on open architecture running network services using Kubernetes.
  • A team made up of volunteers from several project communities, companies, and network operators have taken a cloud native approach to developing an end-to-end 5G network Proof-of-Concept (POC) built on open source infrastructure.
  • "I am incredibly impressed by the collaborative effort to build a 5G network from the ground up in the open source community with a cloud native approach.
  • "The transition to 5G represents a generational shift of communications infrastructure where open platforms, open source, and cloud native technologies will accelerate customers' network transformations.

The promise and peril of network virtualization

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Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Data management, Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Telecommunications, Software, Networks, Telecommunications, Computing, Digital technology, Network architecture, Emerging technologies, Cloud infrastructure, Cloud applications, Computer networking, ONAP, Open Platform for NFV, 5G, GSMA

The brief explains why thats the caseand how ETSI, GSMA and MEF standards activities should be harmonized with open source initiatives such as Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) and Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV).

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  • The brief explains why thats the caseand how ETSI, GSMA and MEF standards activities should be harmonized with open source initiatives such as Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) and Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV).
  • As the iconectiv market brief explains, this complexity increases the cost and lead time for developing and deploying network services due to four roadblocks:
    Some service providers have additional challenges.
  • For example, network slicing is a fundamental part of fifth generation (5G) mobile technology.
  • Our cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) and information as a service solutions span network and operations management, numbering, trusted communications and fraud prevention.

Groundbreaking CloudCO Demo at Broadband World Forum 2019 Made Possible by UNH-IOL’s Role as Open Broadband Lab

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Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Software, Mobile, Wireless, Networks, Internet, Hardware, Data management, Technology, Other Technology, Telecommunications, Computing, Digital technology, Telecommunications, Emerging technologies, Network architecture, Computer networking, ONAP, Open Platform for NFV, DevOps, VMware, Nokia, Altice

The intention of the OB-Labs initiative is to demonstrate an open framework for cloud-based broadband for carriers globally, and bring the promise of SDN and NFV to fruition.

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  • The intention of the OB-Labs initiative is to demonstrate an open framework for cloud-based broadband for carriers globally, and bring the promise of SDN and NFV to fruition.
  • The demo at BBWF 2019 was built from a combination of open source from the OPNFV, ONAP, and Open Broadband Access Abstraction (OB-BAA) projects and products from Nokia, Altice Labs, DZS, and VMware.
  • A first of its kind demonstration, this implementation truly shows the power of a well-defined architecture and the agility of an open community.
  • This demo is a great example of collaboration between open source and standardization communities, said David Prez Caparrs, Lead DevOps Engineer, Swisscom.

China UnionPay, China Railway, Walmart Among Open Infrastructure Users Sharing Open Source Best Practices, New Ideas at Shanghai Summit

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Monday, July 22, 2019
Computing, Free software, Digital technology, Cloud infrastructure, OpenStack, ONAP, Ceph, Open Platform for NFV, Kubernetes, Mirantis

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 22, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --China UnionPay, China Railway, Walmart Labs and Haitong Securities are among the Open Infrastructure contributors slated to share their innovations and open source best practices at the upcoming Open Infrastructure Summit in Shanghai, China, November 4-6, at the Shanghai Expo Center.

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  • KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 22, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --China UnionPay, China Railway, Walmart Labs and Haitong Securities are among the Open Infrastructure contributors slated to share their innovations and open source best practices at the upcoming Open Infrastructure Summit in Shanghai, China, November 4-6, at the Shanghai Expo Center.
  • The Open Infrastructure Summit Shanghai will showcase a wide range of open source projects such as Ceph, Kubernetes, ONAP, OPNFV and many more, including the open source projects hosted by the OpenStack Foundation: OpenStack, Airship, Kata Containers, StarlingX and Zuul.
  • China Railway First BureauThe engineering and construction company will present on how it built an enterprise infrastructure-as-a-service platform based on OpenStack, integrating open source container technologies.
  • The full agenda for the Open Infrastructure Summit Shanghai will go live in early August, and community voting is currently open.

OPNFV Hunter Delivers Test Tools, CI/CD Framework to Enable Common NFVI for Verifying VNFs

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Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Emerging technologies, Network architecture, Articles, Systems engineering, Product testing, Open Platform for NFV, Verification and validation, Verification, Technology, Computing

"With continued evolution in areas of testing, verification, and CI/CD, OPNFV is on its way to enable a common NFVI stack that will meet the needs of operators.

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  • "With continued evolution in areas of testing, verification, and CI/CD, OPNFV is on its way to enable a common NFVI stack that will meet the needs of operators.
  • Continued cross-community collaboration makes OPNFV the natural home for the development of a common NFVI specification/reference implementation to dramatically reduce CSP and VNF vendor efforts in verifying VNFs against different NFVI platforms.
  • This significantly enhances the OPNFV Verification Program (OVP) by extending the testing of VNFs against a common NFVI (independent of management and orchestration (MANO)) layer offering a brand new path to commercialization.
  • OPNFV now also offers a test framework, Xtesting, that assembles dispersed test cases to accelerate CI/CD adoption and can be used to test non-OPNFV components as well.

ONAP Releases Casablanca, Enhances Deployment Capabilities Across Open Source Networking Stack

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Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Linux, Computer networking, Computing, ONAP, Linux Foundation, Open Platform for NFV, Computer network

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- LF Networking (LFN), which facilitates collaboration and operational excellence across open networking projects, today announced continued progress to ease deployments across the open source networking stack.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- LF Networking (LFN), which facilitates collaboration and operational excellence across open networking projects, today announced continued progress to ease deployments across the open source networking stack.
  • "The latest releases of ONAP and OPNFV usher in a new era for LFN as the community continues to foster an expanding commercial ecosystem."
  • "We are pleased with the continued growth and the diversity of contributors to ONAP, a key project within Linux Foundation Networking.
  • Together, LFN projects are crossing the open networking chasm by maturing capabilities that enhance deployability across an expanding commercial ecosystem.

LF Networking Approaches Inaugural Year With Addition of New Members

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Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Computer networking, Linux Foundation, Computing, ONAP, Linux, OpenDaylight Project, Open Platform for NFV

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --The LF Networking Fund (LFN), which facilitates collaboration and operational excellence across open networking projects, today announced the addition of four new members, continuing its rapid global growth.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --The LF Networking Fund (LFN), which facilitates collaboration and operational excellence across open networking projects, today announced the addition of four new members, continuing its rapid global growth.
  • The newest members will work with more than 100 other technology leaders to drive greater harmonization and development of LFN's networking projects, including FD.io , ONAP , Open Daylight , OPNFV , PNDA , and Tungsten Fabric .
  • LFN enables open source networking technologies by integrating the governance of participating projects in order to enhance operational excellence, simplify member engagement, and increase collaboration.
  • The company has deep expertise in many open-source networking technologies, including OpenDaylight, ONAP, VPP, FD.io, PNDA, Sysrepo, Honeycomb, networking for CNCF and others.

Linux Foundation Networking (LFN) Continues Rapid Global Growth With Addition of Eight New Members

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Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Linux, Computer networking, Computing, ONAP, Linux Foundation, OpenDaylight Project, Open Platform for NFV

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --The Linux Foundation Networking Fund (LFN), which facilitates collaboration and operational excellence across open networking projects such as ONAP and OPNFV, today announced the addition of eight new Silver and Associate members, continuing its rapid global growth.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --The Linux Foundation Networking Fund (LFN), which facilitates collaboration and operational excellence across open networking projects such as ONAP and OPNFV, today announced the addition of eight new Silver and Associate members, continuing its rapid global growth.
  • The new members will contribute to LFN's seven networking projects: FD.io , ONAP , OpenDaylight , OPNFV , P NDA , SNAS.io , and Tungsten F abric .
  • The LFN community will come together on September 25-27, 2018 in Amsterdam for Open Networking Summit Europe .
  • "Linux Foundation Networking unifies key networking projects, giving them a clear path to delivering deployment-ready open source solutions.