Delivering a Carrier-Grade Platform with OpenStack: From Sprints to Marathons

Telco Network Equipment Vendors (NEPs) and Communication Services Providers (CSPs) are fast moving from Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) solutions in their respective labs to real world deployments with OpenStack as the overwhelming Cloud Operating System. NFV deployments pose a number of additional unique challenges over any traditional enterprise cloud deployment and vendors are looking up… Continue reading Delivering a Carrier-Grade Platform with OpenStack: From Sprints to Marathons

OpenStack Enhancements to Support NFV Use Cases

At the last Summit, we presented “Developing OpenStack as a Framework for NFV”. Here, we will present an update covering the structure and operation of the Telco Working Group, its relationship with other OpenStack groups, and industry initiatives such as ETSI-NFV and Open Platform for NFV. We will deep dive on leveraging features to deploy… Continue reading OpenStack Enhancements to Support NFV Use Cases

The Next Step of OpenStack Evolution for NFV Deployments

NFV is now a well-known concept and in an early deployment stage, leveraging and adapting OpenStack and other Open Source Software systems. In the OPNFV project, a large group of industry peers is building a carrier-grade, integrated, open source reference platform for the NFV community. The telco industry has successfully adopted Open Source Software for… Continue reading The Next Step of OpenStack Evolution for NFV Deployments

Dell Advances Data Center Networking Fabrics and Control for SDN, NFV and Cloud Solutions

Interop Las Vegas 2014 Dell today announced new networking solutions to help customers deliver faster results, maximize efficiency and modernize and transform operations in scale-out and cloud-based environments. New products introduced include the Dell Networking Z9500, an energy-efficient, highest density per rack unit, and only pay-as-you-grow 10/40 GbE data center core switch available today. The… Continue reading Dell Advances Data Center Networking Fabrics and Control for SDN, NFV and Cloud Solutions