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OPNFV Project Gains Momentum with EMC and VMware Membership

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The OPNFV Project, a community-led open source platform for Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), has announced the addition of EMC as a Platinum member and VMware as a Silver member. This move is expected to accelerate the evolution of NFV, a key technology in the telecom industry's transformation towards software-defined networks. With over 100 developers from service providers and commercial suppliers collaborating on the project, OPNFV has established itself as a leading open source platform for NFV.

Key Takeaways:

  • EMC joins OPNFV as a Platinum member, bringing its expertise in driving innovation for telcos in a rapidly transforming market.
  • VMware joins OPNFV as a Silver member, bringing its deep ecosystem of solutions, technologies, and partnerships to support telcos in leveraging NFV, big data, and the cloud.
  • The partnership between EMC and VMware will enable telcos to transform their core networks using NFV, big data, and the cloud.
  • David Hudson, Senior Director of the Communication Service Provider Group, Office of CTO at EMC Corporation, emphasized the need for open source in accelerating the evolution of NFV for the telecom industry.
  • Paul To, director, Cloud & NFV, EMC, will join OPNFV's board of directors and Technical Steering Committee, bringing additional employee resources to dedicate to the project.
  • OPNFV's mission is to create a flexible, open source framework for NFV, and the addition of EMC and VMware is expected to accelerate this goal.

Statistics:

  • Over 100 developers from service providers and commercial suppliers are collaborating on the OPNFV project.
  • OPNFV has established itself as a leading open source platform for NFV, with a strong community of developers and industry leaders.
  • 14 companies have joined OPNFV as Platinum members, including AT&T, Brocade, China Mobile, CISCO, Dell, Ericsson, HP, Huawei, IBM, Juniper Networks, NEC, Nokia Networks, and Vodafone.
  • 13 companies have joined OPNFV as Silver members, including VMware.
  • OPNFV is a Collaborative Project at The Linux Foundation, which has a strong track record of enabling innovation across industries and ecosystems.

Sources:

  • [OPNFV Press Release]
  • [EMC Press Release]
  • [VMware Press Release]
  • [Linux Foundation Collaborative Projects]

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