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Date: April 1, 2020 at 6:00:48 AM PDT

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Q1 Networking News LFN Welcomes 10 New Members LF Networking recently welcomed new silver members A10 Networks, AMD, Codilime, Mirantis, Robin.io, Solutions by STC, ULAK, and Xilinx, and Associate members University of California San Diego, and University of Surrey. “We’re expanding our member ecosystem in tandem with growth across initiatives that harmonize open source and open standards, enable automated testing and deployment, and further Cloud Native Network Functions as open source becomes more mainstream.” --Arpit Joshipura, General Manager, Networking, Edge & IoT, the Linux Foundation Learn More All LF Training Now On Sale From now through April 7, all Linux Foundation training courses and certification exams are 30% off using code ANYWHERE30. This includes our entire catalog of open networking training courses, covering everything from DevOps for Network Engineers to courses on ONAP, OPNFV and more. ONAP certification exams will be launching in the coming months, so this is a great chance to get prepared. The LF also offers dozens of completely free training courses. View Networking Courses Magnesium Is Here OpenDaylight Magnesium, the 12th release, includes two new projects, new features that help with service provider use cases, deeper cross-project collaboration with ONAP, and improvements in S3P (stability, security, scalability, performance). The new projects DetNet and Plastic deal with deterministic networking for performance sensitive traffic and model-to-model translations respectively. Magnesium also includes a JDK 11 packed with security enhancements. Learn More & Download LFN Mentorship Program Launches The LF Networking Mentorship program is an invaluable on-ramp for college and graduate students looking to gain real world experience and skills in open source networking development, work closely with technical experts to grow their professional network, and enhance their resumes with tangible project contributions. Project opportunities include building a portal for ONAP Automation Testing; Hardware Delivery Verification Tool; ONAP Security Requirements; Conformance Testing for ETSI NFV APIs; and more. Read the Blog LFN Developer & Testing Forum Report Ready The latest LFN Developer & Testing Forum took place in Prague, Czech Republic, from January 13-16, 2020, attracting 210 individuals from 60 organizations including 15 end user organizations. The event was a deep technical dive on LFN initiatives including ONAP, OPNFV, the Common NFVI Telco Taskforce (CNTT), and the OPNFV Verified Program (OVP). Download Report FD.io 20.01 Release Improves Multicore IPSec The rise in worker mobility and increasingly complex multi-cloud architectures is escalating organizations’ reliance on encryption, putting computational strain on VPN products that buckle under the load. Learn how FD.io’s VPP Release 20.01 brings transparent, secure networking, and greater speed to IPSec. Learn More EasyCLA Automates Repo Access CLA, or Contributor Licensing Agreement, is standard practice for establishing licensing and distribution rights in open source projects. EasyCLA, part of the Linux Foundation’s Community Bridge, is a tool for managing contributor agreements and software repository access simply and efficiently. Learn how this was rolled out for OPNFV community.   Learn More ONAP 5G Standards Whitepaper As an operator-led open source community for a next generation network automation platform, ONAP has been committed to the convergence of standards and open source since inception, and has promoted cross-organizational industry cooperation by publishing a series of whitepapers. Based on the latest version of ONAP Frankfurt, this latest article in the series focuses on solving the core technical issues of the commercial vision of 5G slicing. Download Whitepaper Member Spotlight: PANTHEON.Tech PANTHEON.tech is a software prototyping company based in Slovakia specializing in R&D of network technologies with a focus on open source software implementation and development. Learn more in this quick Q&A blog post with COO Štefan Kobza. Learn More 5G Cloud Native Network Solution Brief This initiative brought together a diverse group of participating projects and companies to showcase a keynote demo at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2019 of a 5G network prototype built on open source infrastructure including Kubernetes. Learn how this PoC came together and join us as we continue to push the frontiers of 5G cloud native into CNF onboarding, deployment, and more.  Download Brief COVID-19 Impacts The Linux Foundation is taking the COVID-19 outbreak very seriously and is following the recommendations of the WHO, CDC, and other expert groups. ONES North America has been postponed until the fall and new dates will be announced soon. In the meantime, the LFN Technical Meetings scheduled for the spring will be going virtual, and a new LFN Webinar series will be launched in Q2. Stay tuned for updates. Take care and be safe. LF PR: LF Networking Expands Ecosystem — Adds Members, Leads Initiatives to Automate 5G Deployments and Accelerate Automation AT&T Blog: Accelerating Software Defined Network Deployments TechTarget: What's the latest on NFV and VNFs for the industry? SDxCentral: Is Kubernetes the Cure to Cantankerous 5G Core? LFN Blog: OPNFV Iruya: Paving the Way for 5G via Testing Tools, Scripts, and Automation LFN Resource: Updated: LF Networking Member Guide LFN Blog: State of the Open Source Networking Industry SDxCentral: OPNFV Taps CNTT to Power Its Evolution LFN Resource: LF Networking 2019 Year in Review DPDK Blog: DPDK 20.02 Release Now Available LF PR: DENT Launches To Simplify Enterprise Edge Networking Software Member Blog: VPP 105: Memory Management & DPDK APIs Got Questions? Email lfn-info@.... This email was sent by: The Linux Foundation 1 Letterman Dr., Building D San Francisco, CA, 94129, United States   Update Profile