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Communications Service Providers Overwhelmingly Confident in Open Source Networking Solutions, Survey FindsAMSTERDAM, Sept. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Open Networking Summit Europe -- The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced the results of an industry survey to gauge industry perceptions of open source across networking technologies. Top takeaways from the survey indicate an increasing maturity of open source technology use from operators, ongoing innovation in areas such as DevOps and CI/CD, and a glimpse into emerging technologies in areas such as cloud native and more. Conducted by Heavy Reading, the multi-client survey spanning six segments across networking technologies – DevOps, automation, cloud native, big data and analytics, open networking performance, software-defined networking (SDN), and management and orchestration (MANO) – indicates continued and increasing importance of open source software for network transformation. Key findings indicate CSPs show an unexpected level of sophistication around new technologies and approaches, including adoption of open networking solutions in numerous domains and active automation of processes across operations. "From the number of CSPs expecting open source to be a critical component of next-gen networks, to the growing importance of emerging technologies like DevOps and cloud native, it's encouraging to see open source continue to mature and watch real progress unfold," said Heather Kirksey, Vice President, Ecosystem and Community, LFN. Executed in collaboration with sponsors Affirmed/Intel, Amdocs, CloudOps, Ericsson, Netgate and Red Hat, the survey includes responses from 150 CSP representatives across 98 discrete companies worldwide. Bringing an unprecedented look at operator perceptions and experience of open source networking technologies, the survey delivers a comprehensive look at the state of open source in networking today. Key findings indicate: Growing Importance and Maturity of Open Source
On the Horizon: Cloud native and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
The survey findings show open source has become core to the ways in which service providers are reinventing their networks and basic assumptions on how networks are managed has evolved. The journey so far has come with both successes and challenges that LFN, with collaboration from its membership and broader community, is committed to helping resolve. More details on how operators are seizing the opportunity to transform every aspect of their networks through virtualization, automation, big data analytics, cloud-native principles, MANO and SDN will be investigated over the coming weeks and months. In the interim, initial findings are available here. About The Linux Foundation The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see our trademark usage page: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Media Contact View original content to download multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/communications-service-providers-overwhelmingly-confident-in-open-source-networking-solutions-survey-finds-300718290.html SOURCE The Linux Foundation |