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Telecommunications and open source software leaders join forces to
drive innovation and new product offerings based on OpenStack,
containers, NFV, SDN and SDI
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Leading NFV provider partners with leading open source software
provider to drive IoT, 5G and other next-generation solutions
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Collaboration combines openness and choice with scale and efficiency
to enable communications industry transformation with modern and agile
solutions
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Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions and Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) share a common belief in the power
of open source to transform the ICT (information and communications
technology) market. Today, they announce a broad alliance to deliver
fully open source and production-ready cloud infrastructure, spanning
OpenStack, software-defined networking (SDN) and software-defined
infrastructure (SDI). Ericsson and Red Hat are working together to
enable customers to embrace the opportunity presented by the Internet of
Things (IoT), 5G, and other next-generation communications solutions
with modern and agile solutions.
Ericsson is a leading provider of hardware, software and services for
the service provider industry and is an industry acknowledged leader in
NFV. Red Hat leads the technology industry in offering solutions that
are open, scalable, flexible and secure. It is a leader in OpenStack,
which has become a go-to platform for telco and enterprise cloud
deployments.
The companies have long worked together to bring Red Hat Enterprise
Linux and Red Hat JBoss Middleware to Ericsson customers. Today the
companies are expanding the collaboration to focus on NFV infrastructure
(NFVi), OpenStack, SDN, SDI and containers and help define the next
generation of modern technology for the communications industry,
including:
- Upstream collaboration: The companies are taking an “upstream
first” approach to collaboration across open source projects and
communities - including OPNFV, OpenStack, and OpenDaylight - to
address customer concerns about lock-in resulting from proprietary
forks, differentiating the partnership from other providers.Engineering
teams from both companies will collaborate to address customer
requirements in upstream open source projects, helping accelerate
technology innovation for scalable cloud deployments.
- Solution certification and new joint offerings: Red Hat and
Ericsson are collaborating on hardware and software roadmaps, aimed at
developing new joint offerings for NFV infrastructure, SDN and SDI.
Through the collaboration, the companies plan to work together to
certify Ericsson’s platform and portfolio of solutions including
Ericsson Cloud Execution Environment, Ericsson Cloud SDN solution, and
Hyperscale Datacenter System 8000 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red
Hat OpenStack Platform, and backed by reference architectures and labs.
- Ericsson is expanding its NFV infrastructure solution to also
include Red Hat OpenStack Platform to meet the needs of service
providers across the globe who require a fully open and agile
infrastructure. For their joint NFV infrastructure, SDN and SDI
solutions, the companies plan to work together to offer easy-to-deploy
solutions, including automated deployment and management.
- Technical alignment to advance container innovation and adoption: Both
Red Hat and Ericsson see container technologies as a major part of the
platform evolution and will collaborate in upstream activities, in for
example the CNCF and OCI communities.
- Backed by industry leaders: Ericsson’s Red Hat Enterprise
Linux-based workloads, will participate in Red Hat’s certification
program for applications running on Red Hat OpenStack Platform. The
joint solutions will be backed by service-level agreements offered by
Ericsson.
- Professional services: Customers looking to evolve their
businesses in NFV, IT and datacenter modernization can benefit from
Red Hat's consulting and training expertise in open source and
emerging technology enablement, and Ericsson's expertise in end-to-end
consulting, systems integration, managed services, and support
services. The combined portfolio of technologies, services, training,
and certifications from Red Hat and Ericsson helps enable our
customers to transform their business in NFV, IT and Data Center
Modernization. With this joint capability, customers gain access to a
global team that can position customers for success in today’s dynamic
ICT market.
Supporting Quotes
Paul Cormier, president, Products and Technologies, Red Hat
“Red Hat believes that the future of the communications industry will be
defined by modern architectures and open source solutions spanning the
hybrid cloud, containers, software-defined infrastructure and NFV.
Ericsson shares that belief, and together we can bring the
communications industry into the future with open, more secure and
highly scalable solutions that enable customers to transform their
businesses and deliver on the promise of IoT, 5G and more.”
Jason Hoffman, head of Product Area Cloud Infrastructure, Ericsson
“The future is open and software defined. Combining Red Hat, the world’s
leading open source provider, with Ericsson, the world’s leader in NFV
telecom transformation, creates customer speed and choice while enabling
customers to confidently embrace open source. Our job is to enable our
customers to grow faster in rapidly changing times. This alliance drives
exactly this.”
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About Red Hat, Inc.
Red Hat is the world's leading provider of open source software
solutions, using a community-powered approach to reliable and
high-performing cloud, Linux, middleware, storage and virtualization
technologies. Red Hat also offers award-winning support, training, and
consulting services. As a connective hub in a global network of
enterprises, partners, and open source communities, Red Hat helps create
relevant, innovative technologies that liberate resources for growth and
prepare customers for the future of IT. Learn more at http://www.redhat.com.
About Ericsson
Ericsson is the driving force behind the Networked Society - a world
leader in communications technology and services. Our long-term
relationships with every major telecom operator in the world allow
people, business and society to fulfill their potential and create a
more sustainable future.
Our services, software and infrastructure - especially in mobility,
broadband and the cloud - are enabling the telecom industry and other
sectors to do better business, increase efficiency, improve the user
experience and capture new opportunities.
With approximately 115,000 professionals and customers in 180 countries,
we combine global scale with technology and services leadership. We
support networks that connect more than 2.5 billion subscribers. Forty
percent of the world's mobile traffic is carried over Ericsson networks.
And our investments in research and development ensure that our
solutions - and our customers - stay in front.
Founded in 1876, Ericsson has its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. Net
sales in 2014 were SEK 228.0 billion (USD 33.1 billion). Ericsson is
listed on NASDAQ OMX stock exchange in Stockholm and the NASDAQ in New
York.
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