Canonical, the publishers of Ubuntu, this week announced Charmed OSM – a pure upstream Open Source MANO (OSM) distribution designed for production-grade, highly available and scalable deployments.
Charmed OSM provides telecommunications service providers (TSPs) with a generic approach to network functions management and orchestration, allowing them to benefit from cost reduction resulting from the adoption of network functions virtualisation (NFV) technology.
Charmed OSM is a pure upstream OSM distribution. Telcos are assured of a predictable release cadence and upgrade path as Charmed OSM will be released within two weeks of the upstream, enabling them to benefit from the latest features. Charmed OSM is supported under Ubuntu Advantage to provide critical security patches, 24/7 support and production-grade SLAs for maximum uptime and stability.
Tytus Kurek, Product Manager for Charmed OSM, Canonical
OSM allows TSPs to move from traditional, legacy networking services to cloud-native network functions and benefit from reduced CAPEX and OPEX, and DevOps agility.
Ramon Armada, NFV Solution Director, Altran
Charmed OSM, deployed with Juju, fully automates the installation process and drastically simplifies ongoing OSM operations. Altran, an OSM contributor and system integrator, is excited to work with Canonical to drive the adoption of OSM across tier 1 CSPs globally.
