NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--—NFV WORLD CONGRESS and OPENSTACK SUMMIT— Today at NFV World Congress, Cloudify announced that the open-source Cloudify software platform announced last week is already in use by several carriers via an early access program to manage virtual network functions (VNFs) across multiple cloud environments. Cloudify 4 allows carriers to move from VNF concept to production faster and with open source tools.
Cloudify is an open source multi-cloud management software platform. The latest version —Cloudify 4—shipped last week with new features that present a direct threat to legacy cloud management platforms (CMPs) used by enterprises. These legacy CMPs—such as RightScale and CloudForms—are showing their age now that orchestration-first approaches like Cloudify have matured, adding CMP features and enhanced performance in the latest version. Cloudify 4 is available for download here, and more information about The End of Cloud Management is available on the Cloudify community blog.
New Open vCPE
This week at NFV World Congress, Cloudify is launching a new Open vCPE (virtual customer premises equipment) services solution targeted for carriers and vendors that are looking for a framework to build their own custom vCPE solution. The combination of network configuration framework, simple VNF on-boarding, open, multi-tenant service portal allows carriers to configure and deploy VNFs, build network service chains and on-board new VNFs in days where previously weeks or months were required.
The Cloudify Open vCPE solution is designed to reduce risk by lowering the initial investment and speeding the time to deployment and revenue generation. It first optimizes the existing physical environment by moving the configuration processes into an automated self-service model. Operators then begin to gradually plug in new VNFs and virtual cloud infrastructure. This approach frees users from having to change the entire infrastructure environment before moving to automation and generating value.
The solution is based on an actual carrier deployment in which it delivers a custom vCPE/SD-WAN (software-defined wide area network) solution. It integrates with the carrier’s existing CPE stack as well as OSS and BSS systems. The project was delivered from contract to production in three months and at a fraction of the cost of alternative solutions.
Learn more about the Cloudify Open vCPE Solution:
- Project website at the Cloudify community website
- Design white paper
The solution demonstrates that generic, open source cloud orchestration makes it possible to eliminate hardware vendor lock-in, via a vCPE/SD-WAN engine that is dynamically configured to simplify the setup and deployment of any new remote branch connection automatically upon registration. This includes Day 1 and Day 2 post-deployment operations. Cloudify orchestrates complex topologies and simplifies deployment, service chain and VNF swapping while in production.
The Cloudify Open vCPE solution includes key features such as:
- Generic VNF configuration toolkit (e.g., Netconf, YANG)
- Cloud-native service chaining
- Custom multi-tenant portal
- Simple VNF onboarding toolkit
- Open and standards-based solution
Business value delivered by the Cloudify Open vCPE solution includes:
- Optimization of shared physical resources
- Full automation of the end-to-end service lifecycle
- Reduction of VNF licensing costs
- Leveraging existing skillsets for network configuration and management
- Faster deployment of new services
Cloudify Supporting the Linux Foundation’s ONAP Project
NFV is a major undertaking—technically and operationally. Even powerhouse carriers like AT&T and China Mobile understand they can’t go it alone. For this reason, Cloudify is a founding sponsor of the ONAP project as a means to collaborate across the industry to address the challenges of broad NFV adoption, working together to find standards-based solutions. The Cloudify open source project was born as an open source project and has been an active member in several open initiatives, including OpenStack, Open-O, the Linux and Apache Foundations, OASIS TOSCA and ETSI.
Find out more about how Cloudify is delivering TOSCA to the community in this webinar about Apache ARIA on Thursday, May 18, 11a.m. EDT.
Explore Cloudify at NFV World Congress and OpenStack Summit
Demos of Cloudify 4 for NFV management and orchestration are taking place this week at NFV World Congress in San Jose at the Intel and Spirent booths. There will also be a TOSCA Roundtable led by Cloudify’s Michael Brenner on Wednesday, May 3, at 1 p.m., immediately after the keynotes. That evening, there will be an Open Networking Bay Area Meetup at 6 p.m. at TekSystems. Register Here.
Also, next week at OpenStack Summit in Boston, see Cloudify at booth D21 and check out Cloudify Open Source Day on Monday, May 8. Complete this survey to claim your swag from the Cloudify booth.
About Cloudify
The open source Cloudify orchestration project was started under the corporate support of GigaSpaces. As Cloudify has matured, it has begun moving into a stand-alone brand and business unit. Reflecting that maturity, Cloudify 4 has adopted new branding to reflect its emergence as a complete cloud management platform that serves power users, business unit developers and IT operations. This vision is reflected in the tagline, “Developer Freedom, Your Success.”
Open source Cloudify is based on the TOSCA standard. Service providers and enterprises worldwide—including top financial firms, e-commerce companies, online gaming providers, healthcare organizations and telecom carriers—use Cloudify to enhance IT efficiency and performance at web scale. More at cloudify.co.
