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ONUG Announces First Collaborative Effort to Drive Industry-wide Transition to Open Software-Defined InfrastructureTheĀ Open Networking User Group (ONUG) today announced the launch of a set of new industry initiatives focused on open IT frameworks. These initiatives mark a major milestone for ONUG in its commitment to transition the industry to a true open software-defined infrastructure. The announcement highlights ONUG's first collaborative effort to facilitate the development of standards and open source code while also creating a governing body to oversee their development. Based upon ONUG Working Group member requirements, the following four new initiatives are a realization of missing open technologies, which are necessary for an open software-defined infrastructure market to develop at scale:
The initial list of companies committed to exploring the development of open IT framework industry initiatives includes: Apstra, Cisco, Citrix, CloudGenix, FatPipe, Glue Networks, NetScout, NTT Innovation Institute, Inc., Nuage Networks, Silver Peak, VeloCloud, Veriflow, Verizon (News - Alert), Versa Networks, and Viptela. Supporting vendors will participate in a series of four ONUG Workshops in New York City over the summer and fall of 2016. Academics, IT executives, and vendors will attend and collaborate. ONUG will provide an industry platform for the development of the initiatives that includes guidance, public/private plugfests, hackathons, and demonstrations at ONUG Conferences. ONUG will host update sessions at ONUG Fall 2016.
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