China-based Lenovo has launched an ambitious drive to develop integrated solutions specifically for the telecoms industry that provide the backbone for rich mobile content, 5G networks and IoT workloads. The company aims to help clients in this sector build out next-generation data centers using Open Source technologies to address the growing demand for agile, cost-effective and flexible architectures.
The company unveiled plans for Open Platform@Lenovo (OP@L), which will be powered by Red Hat’s software stack for network function virtualization (NFV) and run on hardened, OCP-compliant infrastructure. NFV is an emerging telecommunications cloud architecture that leverages IT virtualization technologies adopted in mainstream data centers.
To advance its plans for the telecoms, the company also joined the OPNFV Project as a Platinum member to advance open source NFV, joining 20 existing members including AT&T, China Mobile, Cisco, Ericsson, IBM, Intel, NTT DOCOMO, Telecom Italia and Vodafone. OPNFV is a carrier-grade, integrated, open source platform intended to accelerate the introduction of new products and services using NFV. As part of their membership, OPNFV will welcome Igor Marty, CTO of Telecommunications, Lenovo to the Board of Directors. Additionally, Lenovo plans to leverage OPNFV to advance open NFV architectures that can be customized and are highly secure to address the demanding needs of service providers.
Heather Kirksey, Director of OPNFV
Lenovo is reinforcing its commitment to open standards, demonstrating that open source projects accelerate innovation and unlock true business value.
