HP, Wind River collaborate on Open Stack-based NFV solution
November 7, 2014
Grazed from BCN. Author: Tim Skinner.
HP has announced it will begin developing original NFV capabilities in partnership with network virtualization specialist Wind River. Carrier-grade network technologies from Wind River will be integrated into HP’s Helion OpenStack technology, and is intended to provide service providers with an open-source based cloud platform bringing enhanced reliability to NFV.
HP claims the cloud-enabled NFV platform will deliver enhanced reliability, performance and manageability by utilising a Linux and kernel-based virtual machine hypervisor. Combined with self-healing properties, high performance vSwitch-based networking, and advanced orchestration of workloads, HP claims the solution will include the three primary properties being demanded by carriers for an NFV platform…
“CSPs want the benefits of cloud computing, while meeting their rigorous reliability, performance and management requirements,” said Saar Gillai, SVP and COO of HP Cloud and General Manager of NFV. “HP and Wind River…
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