The ETSI this week announced the latest update of its Open Source MANO platform for NFV(network function virtualization), the OSM Release TEN.
Release TEN defines an inflection point in OSM evolution, shifting the main goal from the implementation of a vision to the operation of production deployments. The co-operation agreement recently signed between ETSI and the O-RAN Alliance is a new and significant step towards positioning OSM as the optimized open solution for the Service Management and Orchestration Framework.
This new OSM Release brings, among other improvements, a new design that allows OSM modules to be decoupled and distributed across the network for higher resilience, facilitating edge and geo-redundant deployments. In addition, OSM Release TEN extends its support of options for public and hybrid cloud deployments with a new connector for Microsoft Azure. This fulfils the promise of orchestrating all major VIMs including OpenStack, OpenVIM, VMWare, Amazon Web Services and Eclipse fog05, as well as Kubernetes clusters.
Release TEN also brings an important number of optimizations, based on the experience collected from live deployments. This "feedback loop" is extremely important to remain aligned with real-world requirements and is a high priority for the OSM Community.
