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REMINDER: Please Take the General PaaS Survey
Brandon Wick
LFN Communities, The Anuket and XGVela communities have developed a survey and ask your help in defining parameters for a General Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). Community feedback is extremely important. Take the survey here (~15 minutes to compete). The Anuket and XGVela communities have developed a survey and ask your help in defining parameters for a General Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). The objective of this Survey is to understand the state of the industry and trends. You and your organization’s input to identify and prioritize the Categories and the set of Platform Services that should be provided by the General PaaS is critical to achieve the objective. In addition, so as to understand the integration challenges, your inputs on the software tools, products and services that you use or intend to use for each of the Platform Services is of utmost importance. Problem As telco operators gain experience with managing workloads on cloud infrastructures, they have come to realize that their business agility is hampered by the lack of a “platform” services required by Telco services for simplified and agile applications development and enable smooth delivery to production. The services platform, offered as a General Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) on the cloud, should consist of a pre-defined comprehensive set of capabilities that enable faster development using an integrated set of software tools, products and services, with built-in automated life-cycle management, or simply the necessary platform services for Day 0, Day 1 and Day 2 applications development, delivery, deployment and production. Value With the current trend towards utilizing hybrid and multi clouds, it’s getting increasingly harder to integrate and test the various combinations of services/software/tools for the specific needs of the business cases and the underlying clouds. Here we are trying to collate the most popular and widely accepted of the combinations that are being looked upon to have a reference architecture along with the specific services/software/tools. The current activity is being articulated with the help of Anuket and XGVela groups, both of which are looking at current constituents, the specific needs of the PaaS and its extensions. The diagram below puts the context of General PaaS and the Platform Service Categories in the context of the physical infrastructure, IaaS, CaaS and Telco PaaS. It can be used as reference as you complete the survey. A link to the survey is below the diagram.  We hope you decide to take the survey and help us define this exciting new platform. Please direct any questions to Louis Illuzzi (lilluzzi@...). Best, Brandon Wick
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Register for ONE Summit (Oct 11-12): Virtual and In-person Options
Brandon Wick
LF Networking Community: Open Networking & Edge Summit is the only event for end-to-end networking and edge powered by open source. As the flagship event for LF Networking and LF Edge, members and project participants are strongly encouraged to attend. This year, we are offering two ways to attend: in-person and virtual. Hear from industry leaders from AT&T, China Mobile, Facebook, IBM, Intel, Interdynamix Systems, MATRIXX Software, Orange, Verizon, Walmart and more sharing their thought leadership on the keynote stage. Five conference tracks will cover a range of critical topics in the networking and edge ecosystems. In-person attendees can also participate in onsite activities and evening events. View the keynote speakers See the full schedule Register Here Note: Our attendees’ health and safety remain our top priority as we continue to monitor COVID-19 and look to venue, local, state, CDC, and WHO guidelines to make the best and most informed decisions around onsite safety and requirements. View this regularly updated page and FAQ with the latest information for onsite health and safety protocols for this event. Note: If you need to cancel a registration due to COVID-19, refunds will be issued up until the start date. It's also possible to switch from in-person attendance to virtual if needed. Please send any questions you may have to events@.... We hope to see you there, either in-person or online! Best, Brandon Wick Senior Integrated Marketing Manager The Linux Foundation bwick@... +1.917.282.0960
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FINAL REMINDER: Please Take the General PaaS Survey
Brandon Wick
LFN Communities, The Anuket and XGVela The Anuket and XGVela communities have developed a survey and ask your help in defining parameters for a General Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). The objective of this Survey is to understand the state of the industry and trends. You and your organization’s input to identify and prioritize the Categories and the set of Platform Services that should be provided by the General PaaS is critical to achieve the objective. In addition, so as to understand the integration challenges, your inputs on the software tools, products and services that you use or intend to use for each of the Platform Services is of utmost importance. Problem As telco operators gain experience with managing workloads on cloud infrastructures, they have come to realize that their business agility is hampered by the lack of a “platform” services required by Telco services for simplified and agile applications development and enable smooth delivery to production. The services platform, offered as a General Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) on the cloud, should consist of a pre-defined comprehensive set of capabilities that enable faster development using an integrated set of software tools, products and services, with built-in automated life-cycle management, or simply the necessary platform services for Day 0, Day 1 and Day 2 applications development, delivery, deployment and production. Value With the current trend towards utilizing hybrid and multi clouds, it’s getting increasingly harder to integrate and test the various combinations of services/software/tools for the specific needs of the business cases and the underlying clouds. Here we are trying to collate the most popular and widely accepted of the combinations that are being looked upon to have a reference architecture along with the specific services/software/tools. The current activity is being articulated with the help of Anuket and XGVela groups, both of which are looking at current constituents, the specific needs of the PaaS and its extensions. The diagram below puts the context of General PaaS and the Platform Service Categories in the context of the physical infrastructure, IaaS, CaaS and Telco PaaS. It can be used as reference as you complete the survey. A link to the survey is below the diagram. We hope you decide to take the survey and help us define this exciting new platform. Please direct any questions to Louis Illuzzi (lilluzzi@...) Best, Brandon Wick
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LFN Communities: ONE Summit + K8s on Edge Day is Going All-Virtual
Brandon Wick
LFN Communities, We wanted to let you know that Open Networking & Edge Summit + K8s on Edge Day is going fully virtual after feedback from our community and global travel policy restrictions. Dates remain the same - October 11-12 with the event continuing to be held on Pacific Daylight Time. While all open source communities are global as we know, this event, and our own community is being disproportionately affected by prolonged border closures, and we simply don’t think it makes sense to continue with the in-person portion this year with so many in our community unable to join in person. Registration for the virtual event is only $50 (though October 5th) and we encourage you to register today. LFN Members are entitled to an additional discount. Please email events@... for the member registration code. Please keep an eye out for some exciting new content updates for the event which we will be announcing shortly. Thanks for your patience while we continue to navigate through this fluid situation. We’re looking forward to giving our community another virtual forum in which to collaborate and grow. Best Regards, LF Networking Team
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US Gov Ops Mini-Summit Added to ONE Summit. Register Today.
Brandon Wick
LFN Communities, We are pleased to announce the new US Gov Ops Mini-Summit joining the ONE Summit 2021 programming, where you can:
Doug Evans, Neil Hoff and Andrew Leidy join us from the Department of the Navy to lead this mini-summit. They are joined by our newest keynote speaker, Dr. Dan Massey who leads the Operate Through portion of the DoD 5G to NextG Initiative. Operate Through aims to ensure the DoD can securely operate through commercial 5G networks across the globe. The US Gov Ops Mini-Summit will be held, Monday, October 11, 2:00 - 4:50 PM PT. Registration to this mini-summit is included in the overall conference registration (only $50 though October 5th) and we encourage you to register today. LFN Members are entitled to an additional discount. Please email events@... for the member registration code. Best Regards, Brandon Wick
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Reminder to Register: ONE Summit, Oct 11-12 (Virtual)
Brandon Wick
LF Networking Community: Open Networking & Edge Summit + Kubernetes on EDGE Day is the only event for end-to-end networking and edge powered by open source. As the flagship event for LF Networking and LF Edge, members and project participants are strongly encouraged to attend. Hear from industry leaders from AT&T, China Mobile, Facebook, IBM, Intel, Interdynamix Systems, MATRIXX Software, Orange, Verizon, Walmart and more sharing their thought leadership on the keynote stage. Five conference tracks will cover a range of critical topics in the networking and edge ecosystems. View the keynote speakers See the full schedule We have shifted to an all virtual format. Registration through October 5th is only $50. LFN Members are eligible for a 20% discount. Please send an email to the address below to get your code. Please send any questions you may have to events@.... We hope to see you there! Best, Brandon Wick
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ONE Summit Starts Monday -- Register Now!
Brandon Wick
LF Networking Community: If you haven't already, register today for ONE Summit + Kubernetes on EDGE Day! Open Networking & Edge Summit + Kubernetes on EDGE Day is the only event for end-to-end networking and edge powered by open source. As the flagship event for LF Networking and LF Edge, members and project participants are strongly encouraged to attend. Hear from industry leaders from AT&T, China Mobile, Facebook, IBM, Intel, Interdynamix Systems, MATRIXX Software, Orange, Verizon, Walmart and more sharing their thought leadership on the keynote stage. Five conference tracks will cover a range of critical topics in the networking and edge ecosystems. Read the press release View the keynote speakers See the full schedule LFN Members are eligible for a 20% discount. Please send an email to the address below to get your code. Please send any questions you may have to events@.... We hope to see you there! Best, Brandon Wick
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3 LFN Webinars from End Users in November
Brandon Wick
LFN Community: We have a busy November shaping up on the webinar front with 3 webinars from the end user community: Orange, DT, and the EUAG. Register for these webinars to learn more about ONAP deployments in production networks, AI/ML in Networking, and more. Get your questions answered live and receive the slides and recordings post event. Have a good idea for an LFN Webinar? Please fill in the form here. Nov 10, 2021 | Orange Deploys ONAP in Production | Olivier Augizeau, Orange; Mohamed Aly, Orange Egypt | Learn More & Register Nov 16, 2021 | Deutsche Telekom Deploys ONAP in O-RAN TOWN | Marc Fiedler, Sebastian Zechlin, and Andreas Geissler, Deutsche Telekom | Learn More & Register Nov 30, 2021 | Intelligent Networking and the Thoth Project – Where do we go from here? | Beth Cohen, Verizon; Lei Huang, China Mobile; Sridhar K N Rao; Spirent; Yuhan Zhang, China Mobile | Learn More & Register Best, Brandon Wick
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REMINDER: Webinar: Orange Deploys ONAP in Production, Wed, 8 AM PT
Brandon Wick
LFN Community: This is a reminder that we have a webinar with Orange coming up this week on Wednesday, November 10th, at 8:00 AM Pacific. Register for the event today to learn about how they deployed ONAP into production and get your questions answered. The recording and slide deck will be sent to all registrants post-event. Realizing a long-pursued goal of using the Open Networking Automation Platform (ONAP), Orange has deployed and trialed an automation framework powered by ONAP. The current use case, in production in Orange Egypt, includes automating network services, network connectivity and resource management inside IP/MPLS, and configuration changes such as provisioning virtual private networks. Through this initiative, Orange has demonstrated that ONAP has reached the maturity and modularity for network operators to take combinations of ONAP projects and components from proof of concept to production. Join this webinar with Olivier Augizeau from Orange and Mohamed Hasan and team from Orange Egypt to learn about the challenges, benefits, and tips for deploying ONAP in production networks. Register Here And don't miss the other LFN webinars with end users this month! November Webinars: Nov 10, 2021 | Orange Deploys ONAP in Production | Olivier Augizeau, Orange; Mohamed Aly, Orange Egypt | Learn More & Register Nov 16, 2021 | Deutsche Telekom Deploys ONAP in O-RAN TOWN | Marc Fiedler, Sebastian Zechlin, and Andreas Geissler, Deutsche Telekom | Learn More & Register Nov 30, 2021 | Intelligent Networking and the Thoth Project – Where do we go from here? | Beth Cohen, Verizon; Lei Huang, China Mobile; Sridhar K N Rao; Spirent; Yuhan Zhang, China Mobile | Learn More & Register Best, Brandon Wick
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REMINDER: Webinar: Deutsche Telekom Deploys ONAP in O-RAN TOWN, Thurs, 8 AM PT
Brandon Wick
LFN Community: This is a reminder that we have a webinar with DT coming up this week on Thursday, November 18th, at 8:00 AM Pacific. Register for the event today to learn about how they deployed ONAP into production and get your questions answered. The recording and slide deck will be sent to all registrants post-event. Deutsche Telekom is on their way of bringing ONAP from the labs into pilot production. In their O-RAN Town project, DT deployed in the city of Neubrandenburg a multi-vendor Open RAN trial network for 4G and 5G services with massive MIMO integrated into the live network — the first in Europe. To automate services on all network domains, DT introduced a vendor-independent Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) component based on ONAP open source. The SMO is to be at the heart of complete lifecycle management of all O-RAN components in this deployment. In this webinar, hear from Marc Fiedler, Sebastian Zechlin, and Andreas Geissler from Deutsche Telekom about how they overcame deployment challenges and the benefits using ONAP. Register Here And don't miss the other LFN End User Webinars this month! November Webinars: Nov 10, 2021 | On Demand | Orange Deploys ONAP in Production | Olivier Augizeau from Orange; Mohamed Hassan, Mohamed Daoud, and Abdel-Muhaimen Seaudi from Orange Egypt | Get the webinar materials Nov 18, 2021 | Deutsche Telekom Deploys ONAP in O-RAN TOWN | Marc Fiedler, Sebastian Zechlin, and Andreas Geissler from Deutsche Telekom | Learn More & Register Nov 30, 2021 | Intelligent Networking and the Thoth Project – Where do we go from here? | Beth Cohen, Verizon; Lei Huang, China Mobile; Sridhar K N Rao; Spirent; Yuhan Zhang, China Mobile | Learn More & Register Best, Brandon Wick
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Submit a Session for the LFN Developer & Testing Forum!
Brandon Wick
LFN Community: The next LFN Developer & Testing Forum is scheduled for January 10-13, 2022. Once again we will be virtually gathering the LFN project technical communities to progress our releases; discuss project architecture, direction, and integration points; and further innovate through the open source networking stack. Participating LFN projects include Anuket, EMCO, ODIM, ONAP, OpenDaylight, Tungsten Fabric, and XGVela. We’ll also be hosting a track with fellow networking projects and initiatives including the 5G Super Blueprint, LFN End User Advisory Group (EUAG), and L3AF. We welcome you to submit your topic proposals on the wiki page here. Topic Proposals are due December 3rd! Learn more about the event and register here. The event is free to attend but registration is required. Please send any questions to ccain@.... You can also join the discussion on our event Slack in the #general channel here. Best, Brandon Wick
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Upcoming LFN Webinar: Intelligent Networking and the Thoth Project – Where do we go from here?
Brandon Wick
LFN Community: This is a notification that we have a webinar with the LFN End User Advisory Group (EUAG) coming up on Tuesday, November 30th, 7:00 AM Pacific Time. Register for the event today to learn more and get your questions answered. The recording and slide deck will be sent to all registrants post-event. Intelligent Networking and the Thoth Project – Where do we go from here? November 30 @ 7:00 am - 8:00 am Based on the recently published LFN End User Advisor Group (EUAG) Intelligent Networking white paper that highlights some recommendations for supporting intelligent networking for Telecom operators, this webinar will focus on some of the work that has been started to address the identified needs. Some of the topics covered will include: • Thoth, the first LFN AI/ML project • The need for a common data set to support intelligent networking development • Is the Open Source community the right place to address the gaps? Join Beth Cohen (Verizon), Lei Huang (China Mobile), Sridhar K N Rao (Spirent), and Yuhan Zhang (China Mobile) to discuss the future of networking in the Telecom industry. Best, Brandon Wick
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Webinar Tomorrow, 7:00 AM PT: Intelligent Networking and the Thoth Project – Where do we go from here?
Brandon Wick
LFN Community: This is a notification that we have a webinar with the LFN End User Advisory Group (EUAG) coming up on Tuesday, November 30th, 7:00 AM Pacific Time. Register for the event today to learn more and get your questions answered. The recording and slide deck will be sent to all registrants post-event. Intelligent Networking and the Thoth Project – Where do we go from here? November 30 @ 7:00 am - 8:00 am Based on the recently published LFN End User Advisor Group (EUAG) Intelligent Networking white paper that highlights some recommendations for supporting intelligent networking for Telecom operators, this webinar will focus on some of the work that has been started to address the identified needs. Some of the topics covered will include: • Thoth, the first LFN AI/ML project • The need for a common data set to support intelligent networking development • Is the Open Source community the right place to address the gaps? Join Beth Cohen (Verizon), Lei Huang (China Mobile), Sridhar K N Rao (Spirent), and Yuhan Zhang (China Mobile) to discuss the future of networking in the Telecom industry. Best, Brandon Wick
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LFN Developer & Testing Forum Topic Submissions Due Dec 3!
Brandon Wick
LFN Community: The next LFN Developer & Testing Forum is scheduled for January 10-13, 2022. Once again we will be virtually gathering the LFN project technical communities to progress our releases; discuss project architecture, direction, and integration points; and further innovate through the open source networking stack. Participating LFN projects include Anuket, EMCO, ODIM, ONAP, OpenDaylight, Tungsten Fabric, and XGVela. We’ll also be hosting a track with fellow networking projects and initiatives including the 5G Super Blueprint, LFN End User Advisory Group (EUAG), and L3AF. We welcome you to submit your topic proposals on the wiki page here. Topic Proposals are due December 3rd! Learn more about the event and register here. The event is free to attend but registration is required. Please send any questions to ccain@.... Best, Brandon Wick
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LAST CHANCE: LFN Developer & Testing Forum Topic Proposals Due Dec 3
Brandon Wick
LFN Community: The next LFN Developer & Testing Forum is scheduled for January 10-13, 2022. Once again we will be virtually gathering the LFN project technical communities to progress our releases; discuss project architecture, direction, and integration points; and further innovate through the open source networking stack. Participating LFN projects include Anuket, EMCO, ODIM, ONAP, OpenDaylight, Tungsten Fabric, and XGVela. We’ll also be hosting a track with fellow networking projects and initiatives including the 5G Super Blueprint, LFN End User Advisory Group (EUAG), and L3AF. We welcome you to submit your topic proposals on the wiki page here. Topic Proposals are due December 3rd! Learn more about the event and register here. The event is free to attend but registration is required. Please send any questions to ccain@.... Best, Brandon Wick
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Register Now for the LFN Developer & Testing Forum (January 10-13)
Brandon Wick
LFN Technical Communities, The next LFN Developer & Testing Forum will be held January 10-13, 2022. Once again we will be virtually gathering the LFN project technical communities to progress our releases; discuss project architecture, direction, and integration points; and further innovate through the open source networking stack. Session topics will cover the following projects and initiatives: Anuket, EMCO, FD.io, ONAP, OpenDaylight, Tungsten Fabric, XGVela, 5G Super Blueprint, End User Advisory Group, L3AF, and Magma. We will use a combination of online tools to create a productive and interactive virtual meeting environment. The event is free of cost and registration is required. Learn more on the event planning wiki page Please send programming questions to ccain@..., and event logistical questions to events@.... JUNE EVENT UPDATE: We are planning to host an LFN Developer & Testing Forum, June 13-16, 2022 in person in Porto, Portugal! Save the date and stay tuned for more information. Best, Brandon Wick
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Register for the LFN Developer & Testing Forum (January 10-13)
Brandon Wick
LFN Technical Communities, The next LFN Developer & Testing Forum will be held January 10-13, 2022. Once again we will be virtually gathering the LFN project technical communities to progress our releases; discuss project architecture, direction, and integration points; and further innovate through the open source networking stack. Session topics will cover the following projects and initiatives: Anuket, EMCO, FD.io, ONAP, OpenDaylight, Tungsten Fabric, XGVela, 5G Super Blueprint, End User Advisory Group, L3AF, and Magma. We will use a combination of online tools to create a productive and interactive virtual meeting environment. The event is free of cost and registration is required. Learn more on the event planning wiki page Please send programming questions to ccain@..., and event logistical questions to events@.... JUNE EVENT UPDATE: We are planning to host an LFN Developer & Testing Forum, June 13-16, 2022 in person in Porto, Portugal! Save the date and stay tuned for more information. Best, Brandon Wick
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REMINDER: LFN Developer & Testing Forum (January 10-13)
Brandon Wick
LFN Technical Communities, The next LFN Developer & Testing Forum will be held January 10-13, 2022. Once again we will be virtually gathering the LFN project technical communities to progress our releases; discuss project architecture, direction, and integration points; and further innovate through the open source networking stack. Session topics will cover the following projects and initiatives: Anuket, EMCO, FD.io, ONAP, OpenDaylight, Tungsten Fabric, XGVela, 5G Super Blueprint, End User Advisory Group, L3AF, and Magma. We will use a combination of online tools to create a productive and interactive virtual meeting environment. The event is free of cost and registration is required. Learn more on the event planning wiki page Please send programming questions to ccain@..., and event logistical questions to events@.... JUNE EVENT UPDATE: We are planning to host an LFN Developer & Testing Forum, June 13-16, 2022 in person in Porto, Portugal! Save the date and stay tuned for more information. Best, Brandon Wick
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LAST CHANCE: Register for the LFN Developer & Testing Forum (January 10-13)
Brandon Wick
LFN Technical Communities, The next LFN Developer & Testing Forum will be held January 10-13, 2022. Once again we will be virtually gathering the LFN project technical communities to progress our releases; discuss project architecture, direction, and integration points; and further innovate through the open source networking stack. Session topics will cover the following projects and initiatives: Anuket, EMCO, FD.io, ONAP, OpenDaylight, Tungsten Fabric, XGVela, 5G Super Blueprint, End User Advisory Group, L3AF, and Magma. We will use a combination of online tools to create a productive and interactive virtual meeting environment. The event is free of cost and registration is required. Learn more on the event planning wiki page Please send programming questions to ccain@..., and event logistical questions to events@.... Best, Brandon Wick
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Get the 2021 LFN Year In Review Report
Brandon Wick
LFN Communities, LFN is dedicated to creating opportunities and new ways to innovate across the networking industry. 2021 continued to be a challenging year around the globe, but three Cs (Code, Collaboration, and Connectivity), proved therapeutic for the community to fight global isolation from the pandemic and move the industry forward. Adversity has brought us closer together as we build the foundation to withstand the global challenges of today and tomorrow. This 25-page detailed report recaps the highlights and achievements of 2021 while offering insights from LFN community leaders on where the project and the open source networking industry is headed in 2022 and beyond. Table of Contents:
If you have any feedback or questions, please email me directly. Best, Brandon Wick
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