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OpenInfra Foundation Welcomes Microsoft as Newest Member to Advance Open Infrastructure Use Cases, Hybrid Cloud and 5G, Using Open Source Technologies OpenStack and AirshipOpenInfra Foundation has signed an agreement with Microsoft (News - Alert) as the newest Platinum Member. With this multi-year commitment, the OpenInfra community will work closely with Microsoft to advance open infrastructure use cases including hybrid cloud and 5G through participation in and contribution to several open source project communities. In a presentation to the OpenInfra Board of Directors, Ryan van Wyk, Partner Software Engineering Manager for Azure for Operators at Microsoft, said the multi-year commitment to support the OpenInfra Foundation is Microsoft's latest move to support a vibrant and diverse ecosystem of open source projects and communities. Through Microsoft's membership, van Wyk said the company will:
Microsoft joins over 60 organizations that are members of the Foundation, advancing the mission of building open source communities who write software that runs in production. They join Platinum members Ant Group, Ericsson, Facebook, FiberHome (News - Alert), Huawei, Red Hat, Tencent and Wind River to define the future of open source powered infrastructure. With the support of over 110,000 individuals in 187 countries, the OpenInfra Foundation hosts open source projects and communities of practice, including infrastructure for AI, container native apps, edge computing and datacenter clouds. Its projects include Airship, Kata Containers, OpenInfra Labs, OpenStack, StarlingX and Zuul. Most recently, the OpenInfra Foundation has begun supporting the Magma 5G project.
Microsoft Engagement with the OpenInfra Community
Deploying 5G Services at Scale with Hybrd Cloud Infrastructure
Hybrid Cloud Synergy (News - Alert) Between Azure and OpenStack
"Microsoft joins an impressive group of companies as a Platinum Member of the new OpenInfra Foundation, including Ant Group, Ericsson, Facebook, FiberHome, Huawei, Red Hat (News - Alert), Tencent and Wind River, all of whom bring their expertise operating infrastructure at scale to the community writing open source software for the next decade of OpenInfra," said Mark Collier, COO of the OpenInfra Foundation. "This includes software like OpenStack, which now powers 9 of the top 10 telecom networks in the world, Kata Containers which secures the world's largest payment network, and Airship which powers the AT&T 4G and 5G networks in production today." "Microsoft is joining this effort to support building the next decade of open infrastructure technology because hybrid cloud is an important element of our technology portfolio," said van Wyk. "We believe in a variety of clouds: public and private, from hyperscale to edge, each tuned to the unique workloads that our customers need to deliver and we can't do it without open source. We are here at the OpenInfra Foundation to participate in the community and work together to build and integrate open source technologies to deliver carrier-grade Microsoft Azure for Operators infrastructure."
OpenInfra Live: Programmed for the Community, by the Community
Global OpenStack Days and OpenInfra Days
Virtual Project Teams Gathering: October 18-22
About the Open Infrastructure Foundation
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