Lenovo today launched an ambitious drive to develop powerful
integrated solutions specifically for the telecommunications industry
that provide the backbone for rich mobile content, 5G networks and IoT
workloads. The company will help clients in this sector build out
next-generation data centers using Open Source technologies to address
the growing demand for agile, cost-effective and flexible architectures.
As part of this initiative, announced here at the Red Hat Summit, the
company unveiled plans for Open Platform@Lenovo (OP@L), which will be
powered by Red Hat’s software stack for network function virtualization
(NFV) and run on hardened, OCP-compliant infrastructure. NFV is an
emerging telecommunications cloud architecture that leverages IT
virtualization technologies adopted in mainstream data centers.
Lenovo Joins OPNFV as Platinum Member
To advance its plans for the telecommunications industry, Lenovo is
joining the Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV) project as a Platinum member.
OPNFV is a carrier-grade, integrated Open Source platform that is
spawning advanced solutions and services using NFV. As a Platinum
member, Lenovo will hold seats on the project’s Board and Technical
Steering Committee.
Joining OPNFV elevates Lenovo’s growing presence in the Open Source
community. The move underscores the company’s commitment to open
standards across its data center solutions portfolio, which is a
critical element in its drive to become the industry’s most trusted data
center partner. Lenovo’s offerings leverage Red Hat, Linux, OpenStack
and OPNFV technologies, among others. The company already is a member of
Open Compute Platform (OCP), and its work within OPNFV will build upon
this foundation. Leveraging OP@L, Lenovo plans to advance open NFV
architectures that can be customized and are highly secure to address
the demanding needs of service providers.
As part of its efforts, Lenovo plans to work with Red Hat to develop a
certified solution stack based on Red Hat’s NFV Platform, built on Red
Hat OpenStack Platform. The integration of Red Hat NFV platform with
Lenovo’s OP@L is the latest development in an expanding strategic
collaboration between the companies, which was announced late last year.
Now, the two companies are collaborating to develop and deliver open and
flexible solutions for service provider clients, as well as those in
other industries. Lenovo already offers Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red
Hat Enterprise Virtualization and CloudForms software within its
portfolio, and published reference architectures and deployment guides
to enable faster design and delivery of solutions running Red Hat
software on its infrastructure.
Those attending the Red Hat Summit can learn more by visiting Lenovo at
booth #715.