Amdocs to use Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform to power
its Network Cloud Service Orchestrator for NFV
BARCELONA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced that Amdocs, the leading provider of customer
experience solutions, has integrated Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack
Platform with the Amdocs Network Cloud Service Orchestrator - an open,
vendor-agnostic, catalogue-driven solution designed to help
communications service providers (CSPs) transition from physical
networks to cloud service environments.
Using Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform, Amdocs Network Cloud
Service Orchestrator offers a complete solution for the orchestration of
telecommunications services in a software-led environment. By enabling
the continuous design, instantiation and assurance of complex network
services comprising virtual network functions, the solution enables
agile operations and gives CSPs the ability to rapidly introduce new
services and quickly address customer needs and competitive pressures.
With this open source-based solution, CSPs can more rapidly deploy
virtual network functions (VNFs) from different vendors across its
service catalogue and evolve towards running multi-vendor,
multi-operation, end-to-end services for customers.
Amdocs chose Red Hat because of its position as an open source and
OpenStack leader and because of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack
Platform's emergence as a leading cloud platform for NFV that enables
faster, open innovation. Amdocs relies on Red Hat as a stable platform
partner offering security features and global support capabilities that
can deliver the performance, scalability and deployment requirements of
a carrier-grade operation, all of which are fundamental for CSPs as they
undertake the transformation of their legacy infrastructure for
cloud-based services delivery.
Amdocs Network Cloud Service Orchestrator utilizing Red Hat Enterprise
Linux OpenStack Platform has been part of several NFV lab trials with
tier one telco providers globally, implementing a range of use cases
with multiple vendors, including virtual CPE (customer premises
equipment), virtual EPC (evolved packet core) and virtual IMS (IP
Multimedia Subsystem).
Red Hat, a leader in making open technologies safer, more secure, and
more easily consumable for business-critical use, provides
virtualization and cloud platforms that are emerging as leading
solutions for NFV. Red Hat Enterprise Linux, including the
high-performance Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor, forms a
more stable, more secure, more reliable operating system foundation.
Co-engineered with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and hardened and backed by
Red Hat's support lifecycle, Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
offers a proven foundation for NFV deployments, and is relied on by
leading telecommunications companies, Internet service providers (ISPs),
and public cloud hosting providers for their advanced cloud deployments.
Red Hat also offers professional services to help customers plan,
design, implement, and operate a virtualized network environment. With
these services, businesses can build a more secure, stable
infrastructure faster and learn how to operate it as efficiently and
effectively as possible.
Supporting Quotes
Radhesh Balakrishnan, general manager, OpenStack, Red Hat
"With OpenStack having become a de facto lingua franca for NFV trials
across the globe, we're excited about broadening our collaboration with
Amdocs to meet the needs of CSPs that want to offer cloud-based delivery
of virtualized network and business services, while operating more
cost-effectively. Amdocs Network Cloud Service Orchestrator, built on
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform, offers service providers
with choice and the ability to deploy services faster, helping them to
remain competitive in this fast-changing market."
Ann Hatchell, head of Marketing for Network, Amdocs
"Using software automation and orchestration, CSPs can accelerate
service agility with operational efficiencies and speed of innovation.
Open solutions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform,
also accelerate innovation, by addressing the challenges of vendor
lock-in. Red Hat is a key partner in the Amdocs Network Cloud Ecosystem
bringing an open solution that reinforces the open, vendor-neutral
pedigree of the Amdocs Network Cloud Service Orchestrator. Our
relationship with Red Hat showcases strong collaboration to enable joint
solutions and support for our customers, as they transition to next
generation networks."
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