The OPNFV Project recently announced the OPNFV Verified Program (OVP) in an effort to ease the adoption of commercial network functions virtualization (NFV) products. The purpose of the program, according to OPNFV, is to help operators establish entry criteria for their proof of concepts (POCs) and request for proposals (RFPs).
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OPNFV has released OPNFV Euphrates, the project’s fifth platform release, focused on enabling service providers to accelerate network functions virtualization (NFV) transformation via open-source NFV.
A key element of the new release is that OPNFV Euphrates delivers Kubernetes integration as well as enhanced cross-community continuous integration (XCI) and new carrier-grade features such as increased virtualized networks visibility.
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The OPNFV Project today announced availability of its fifth platform release — Euphrates. It’s the first release that delivers container integration and Kubernetes support. It gives the ability to deploy containerized OpenStack via Kolla, which provides production-ready containers and deployment tools for operating OpenStack clouds.
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Open source group OPNFV is taking a big step forward in the cloud-native direction with its latest release, Euphrates, announced today at the Open Network Summit Europe event in Prague. The release also brings to the fore more practical tools for real-world network deployments. (See OPNFV Starts Cloud-Native Trek With Euphrates.)
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Collaboration is crucial in the land of open source, and with the rapid growth of projects and communities, cross-community activities are more important than ever. As an example of OpenStack’s dedication to cross community collaboration, we are working closely with the OPNFV community to help accelerate the adoption and innovation of Network Function Virtualization (NFV).
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Depending on whom you talk to there are many enablers for CSP success in NFV deployment – interoperability, orchestration, dev ops, back office agility, the list goes on. This panel discusses what those primary drivers are and the role that Open Source and OPNFV, in particular, can play in helping facilitate them.
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Telecoms and cloud service providers are gearing up for two of the largest functional changes in decades: The Internet of Things (IoT) which is happening now and 5G which is on the horizon. Both will require substantial investments in capital and operations for today’s networks to be competitive and thrive in this connected future. No single vendor can deliver the full stack, and proprietary technologies will not keep pace with these future needs.
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Four vendors collaborated to create a miniature OPNFV developer’s lab in a box.
The Swedish software vendor Enea worked with ARM, Marvell, and PicoCluster to create the NFV PicoPod. The one-cubic-foot device acts as a data center on a desktop for NFV developers.
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The Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV) holds its annual summit in Beijing next week, and as this particular open source effort moves closer to commercial deployment, both vendors and other open source organizations are factoring heavily into the agenda. (See Telcos Digging In on Open Source NFV and OPNFV’s Danube Dubbed ‘Milestone’ Release.)
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NFV adoption may still be in its relatively early stage, but a new joint report from OPNFV and Heavy Reading says that service provider confidence around open NFV is growing.
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