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Openet to Provide VNF Manager Free to Accelerate NFV Ecosystem Implementation

Openet to Provide VNF Manager Free to Accelerate NFV Ecosystem Implementation Image Credit: Openet

Leading real-time BSS (business support systems) firm, Openet today announced that its Openet VNF Lifecycle Manager(OVLM) software will be made available free to download (from March) to operators, system integrators and VNF vendors. Openet's OVLM is an ETSI (European Telecoms Standards Institute) compliant VNF-Manager for configuration management, monitoring, recovery, VNF orchestration and lifecycle management of diverse multi domain and multi-vendor VNFs.

This initiative will enable the adoption of vendor-interchangeable and interoperable Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) and help operators to realise the benefits that open NFV can deliver, said Openet.

Michael O’Sullivan, GVP Engineering for Openet said “NFV needs to be open, but in reality we see some VNF vendors insisting on delivering a bespoke VNF Manager, citing specific performance or complexity issues. The resulting integration effort not only demands that operators provide complex VNF on-boarding processes, but also introduces the danger of vendor lock-in. This will not help with the adoption of NFV, and will impact the flexibility and overall competitiveness of operators.

“By making its software available free of charge on a community model, Openet is helping to remove a major pain point in managing diverse VNFs. This will accelerate cost effective NFV ecosystem build-outs and bring new services and products online faster and in a more robust manner," added O’Sullivan. 

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