Lenovo has launched an ambitious plan to develop powerful integrated solutions for the telco industry that will serve as the foundation for richer mobile content, 5G networks, and IoT workloads. Specifically, Lenovo will help clients in the sector deploy next-generation data centers using Open Source technologies as to provide agile, cost-effective, and flexible network architectures.
Dubbed Open Platform@Lenovo, the initiative was announced at the Red Hat Summit and will be powered by Red Hat’s software stack for network function virtualization as well as hardened, OCP-compliant infrastructure. NFV is an emerging telecommunications cloud architecture that leverages IT virtualization technologies adopted in mainstream data centers.
Lenovo has also joined the Open Platform for NFV project as a platinum member in a move designed to cement the company’s commitment towards open standard data center solutions. Along with their membership in the Open Compute Platform organization, Lenovo can further its drive of advancing system architectures which are highly customizable and secure.
“I’m delighted to welcome Lenovo as the newest Platinum member of OPNFV. Joining the project is a true testament of Lenovo’s commitment to open standards and working collaboratively to develop a more robust NFV Infrastructure for the industry as a whole,” said OPNFV director Heather Kirksey.
Brian Connors, Lenovo vice president for next generation IT and business development, commented “Working within the framework of the OPNFV and OCP communities, Lenovo is aggressively investing in product enablement, system architecture, and research and development to create the best user experience. Together with Red Hat, a leading enterprise OpenStack provider, we’re helping reduce complexity and cost, while enabling even greater flexibility and value. Our engagement with the OPNFV project as a Platinum member will help accelerate development around NFV platforms for our shared service provider customers.”