Ericsson becomes Gold Member of the OpenStack Foundation
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* Ericsson has been accepted as a Gold Member of the OpenStack Foundation
* Ericsson enters into close relationships with the OpenStack Foundation and
other companies that actively promote the OpenStack standard
* Through its product offerings and R&D investments in OpenStack, Ericsson
demonstrates its firm commitment to building telecom-grade cloud computing
solutions in an open-standard environment
* Ericsson brings OpenStack into telecom networks, enabling flexible
application development where networks and data centers will share the same
execution environment
At the OpenStack Summit, taking place from April 15-18, the OpenStack
Foundation's Board of Directors approved Ericsson's (NASDAQ: ERIC) application
to become a Gold Member of the cloud-computing organization, based its firm
commitment to the community - a commitment it has demonstrated with its specific
product offerings and R&D investment.
At Ericsson, cloud technology is regarded as one of the key enablers of the
Networked Society. Telecom networks are soon to benefit from cloud technology
and all the related business, which boosts innovation, efficiency and time-to-
market.
Ericsson believes in open standards, which help to create a mass market and
scope for open innovation. With networks built on open cloud standards, the road
is open towards new ways of building networks. Such standards also enable the
speedy introduction of new services. These are the reasons for Ericsson's
commitment to OpenStack, and for its selection of the technology for product
offerings.
OpenStack is the standard chosen for the virtualization layer of the Ericsson
Cloud System. This solution will open up telecom networks for flexible
application development where networks and data centers will share the same
execution environment.
Jonathan Bryce, Executive Director of the OpenStack Foundation, says: "With a
large, established customer base of telco operators and strong product and R&D
commitment to OpenStack, we welcome Ericsson to the OpenStack Foundation as a
new Gold Member. Companies like Ericsson have the ability to help drive adoption
of OpenStack and expand our footprint of large scale carriers globally."
Jan Färjh, Vice President, Head of Standardization and Industry for the Ericsson
Group, says; "Operator networks need to evolve to enable distribution of cloud
capabilities across the entire network and to allow introduction of new
functions in the network, in a flexible way. The OpenStack-based Cloud Execution
Environment is our open platform for operators, which brings us closer to
fulfilling our vision of the Networked Society."
Ericsson is the world leader in mobile network infrastructure, with a 35 per
cent global market share in 2012. With its long experience and know-how in the
network-operator market segment, Ericsson will bring new opportunities to
OpenStack and increase its addressable market.
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