Both are collaborating on open source community projects to accelerate technological innovation in network virtualization, while Orange is using Red Hat OpenStack Platform for its network functions virtualization (NFVi) infrastructure deployments.
Orange is collaborating with Red Hat as part of a joint engineering program to deliver additional features that support NFV in OpenStack and other enterprise open source communities. The program aims to better address the specific needs of communications service providers and their networks in technology development. This community collaboration recently led to the integration of the OpenStack BGP VPN project and its reference deployment (BaGPipe), with Orange as a key contributor. This BGP VPN project aims to enable telecom operators to interconnect data centers and enterprises using network virtualization (NFV) or infrastructure as a service (IaaS), leveraging industry-standard routing technologies.
Orange is adopting NFV as part of its network transformation strategy, aiming to benefit from the increased agility made possible by decoupling its software layer from the hardware. To achieve this, Orange is using Red Hat OpenStack Platform for the multinational deployment of a massive, agile, and scalable IaaS cloud-based NFV solution, enabling better integration of virtual network functions (VNFs) from various vendors.
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