Attempts to unify developer work on software-defined networking and network functions virtualization received a boost this week as the OpenDaylight Project announced that Coriant and ZTE have joined the “community-led and industry-supported open source platform.” The group, which is a project spun out of The Linux Foundation, now claims 31 member organizations working to integrate technologies and code to deliver a common, open source platform for network programmability.
“OpenDaylight represents the largest community of developers working collaboratively to develop an open platform with a consistent set of APIs, expected systemic behaviors and a rich ecosystem of applications and supporting technologies that increase interoperability and reduce risk of implementation and evolution,” the organization noted. “Because it is open source, OpenDaylight can be a core component within any SDN- and NFV-based architecture, and anyone can use, modify and contribute to the codebase.”
Both new members noted that by joining the OpenDaylight Project they expected to help foster quicker and simpler rollout of SDN and NFV by wireless operators.
“SDN and NFV have the potential to greatly transform the telecom industry by delivering a level of network flexibility and agility previously unavailable,” said Cissy Yuan, chief architect and OpenDaylight PR with ZTE, in a statement. “Industry wide collaboration on an open SDN and NFV platform with OpenDaylight will help us achieve this faster and allow carriers to more quickly innovate and roll out new services while preserving resources.”
A recent report from ACG Research noted that annual spending on all SDN-related equipment could hit $29.5 billion per year by 2018, compared with less than $4.5 billion expected to be spent this year. For actual equipment set to be used in live network operations that growth is forecast to increase from $858 million this year to $15 billion by 2018.
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