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HPE and Red Hat join forces for NFV deployments
Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Red Hat, Inc. have announced they are working together to accelerate the deployment of network functions virtualisation( NFV) solutions based on fully open, production-ready, standards-based infrastructures. HPE plans to offer readyto-use, pre-integrated HPE NFV System solutions and HPE Validated Configurations incorporating Red Hat OpenStack Platform and Red Hat Ceph Storage for communications service providers( CSPs).
Consistent with HPE’ s multi-cloud, multi-stack strategy and broader open source software commitment, HPE is collaborating with Red Hat to accelerate OpenStack adoption by CSPs worldwide, offering customers increased choice through multiple commercial distributions, including both HPE Helion OpenStack Carrier Grade and Red Hat OpenStack Platform. Red Hat is an open source leader, using an‘ upstream first’ approach to the development of its products, including Red Hat OpenStack Platform. As a result, Red Hat OpenStack Platform offers a fully open source foundation for NFV deployments.
“ The expansion of the relationship brings together two leaders in telecommunications well positioned and committed to helping CSPs accelerate their network transformations,” said David Sliter, vice president and general manager, Communications Solutions Business, HPE.“ Red Hat and HPE share a common vision and commitment to enable a rich ecosystem of NFV solutions— our work together is aimed at easing customers’ ability to leverage the expansive options we collectively provide.”
With these new offerings, HPE and Red Hat are building upon an existing alliance, focused on helping customers overcome the inflexibility and high costs created by data centre, application and IT sprawl by shifting resources to business innovation. This expanded collaboration enables Red Hat to make use of HPE OpenNFV Labs for virtual network function( VNF) validation and for Red Hat OpenStack Platform customers to access HPE VNF Onboarding Services. The HPE OpenNFV Solution Portal is also being expanded to include VNFs from Red Hat partners, providing customers with access to pre-validated solutions that can help simplify deployments.
“ With an open foundation for their NFV deployments, CSPs have access to a more flexible, agile, and scalable platform that can meet dynamic requirements, now and in the future,” said Radhesh Balakrishnan, general manager, OpenStack, Red Hat.“ By bringing Red Hat OpenStack Platform and Red Hat Ceph Storage to HPE’ s NFV solution, we are offering even more choice to CSPs as they transform and modernize their networks.”
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