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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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