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DAY 2
A DVA Optical Networking announced
it has joined the Open Platform for
NFV (OPNFV) and will play a key role
in helping to shape the community’s
discussions and focus.
Established in September 2014, the OPNFV
is an open source project aimed at accelerating
the development and adoption of network func-
tions virtualization (NFV). The OPNFV’s community
comprises a range of service providers, hardware
manufacturers and software vendors, including AT&T,
IBM and Juniper Networks.
Together, the community is developing an inte-
grated open source platform that can be used to build
NFV functionality.
“NFV presents the industry with an incredible
opportunity; an opportunity to simplify network
infrastructure, an opportunity to rapidly respond to
networking needs. But we’re only at the start of this
journey,” said Christoph Glingener, CTO of ADVA
Optical Networking.
“What’s key in such an early stage of a technology’s
development is that the supporting community moves
forward together,” he continued. “The transition from
vendor-specific, monolithic networks to open architec-
ture requires clear collaboration and communication
throughout the entire ecosystem.
“It’s critical that there are no silos, no fragments. That’s
why we’re part of theOPNFV,” Glingener said. ADVA
Optical Networking’sOPNFVmembership is the latest in
a series of NFV-focused announcements that showcases
the company’s commitment to the technology. In addi-
tion to a number of demonstrations that showed how
NFV could be used to develop virtual customer premise
equipment solutions and virtualized radio access back-
haul networks, ADVAOptical Networking also recently
revealed its long-termNFV strategy.
This strategy is focused on the expansion of its
best-in-breed ADVA FSP 150 Carrier Ethernet portfolio
and will include new network interface devices (NIDs).
These NIDs will become a vital aspect of the OPNFV’s
activities as it seeks to fully highlight the benefits of
true NFV-centric networks.
“Communication service providers are eager to
benefit from speed of innovation, cost efficiency
and flexibility of NFV based on carrier-grade, inte-
grated, open-source platforms,” said Heather Kirksey,
director, OPNFV. “Various open source components
have emerged from the work of different standards
developing organizations (SDOs) and focusing on the
consistency, performance and interoperability is key
to the success of NFV.
“What’s critical about the OPNFV is its openness,
its deep-rooted sense of community,” added Stephan
Rettenberger, vice president of Marketing for ADVA
Optical Networking. “It shares our values here. It
understands that NFV’s true potential can only be
achieved if the industry works collectively.
“Our membership of the OPNFV is a clear signal
to our customers, to our partners and to the wider
industry that we believe in open collaboration, in
transparency,” he continued. “We’ve displayed
this already with our NFV demos at Mobile World
Congress and MPLS SDNWorld Congress. The key
question is how do we move forward together? We’re
going to be working closely with our partners at
OPNFV to answer this question and ensure that NFV
continues to advance.” ❏
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