OPNFV Project now counts 60 member companies, adding Altera, Brain4 Net, CertusNet
The Linux Foundation’s Open Platform Network Function Virtualization Project welcomed in a trio of new members this week, pushing the number of OPNFV Project supporters to 60 companies.
The latest to join the project were Altera, Brain4 Net and CertusNet, all of which joined as “Silver” members.
Altera brings expertise in the field of programmable solutions for electronic systems; Brain4 Net works on providing network orchestration and control solution platforms for multivendor network infrastructure deployments; and CertusNet provides “elastic” cloud services, triple-play streaming media monitoring, smart city business platforms and customer experience assurance platforms in China.
OPNFV was formed last September as a “carrier-grade, integrated, open source reference platform intended to accelerate the introduction of new products and services,” with a focus on working with upstream projects to coordinate continuous integration and testing while filling development gaps. Founding members included the likes of AT&T, China Mobile, Cisco, NTT DoCoMo and Vodafone.
Early last month, OPNFV released its first software platform, dubbed Arno, which it said is a “develop-focused” release designed to foster the development of NFV, virtual network functions and use case-based testing. The platform is said to offer an initial build of the NFV Infrastructure and Virtual Infrastructure Manager components of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s NFV architecture, which is seen as the de facto NFV model for telecom deployments.
Heather Kirksey, recently installed director of OPNFV, added that future releases are expected to look at enhancing the platform with “new features that address specific real-world scenarios and carrier-grade requirements.”
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