Globo.com, Packet, PANTHEON.tech and RIFT Inc. Join More Than 100 Leading Technology Organizations to Further Open Source, Open Standards-Based Networking Technologies<\/i><\/p>\n
San Francisco \u2013 November 20, 2018 <\/b>\u2014 The LF Networking Fund<\/a> (LFN), which facilitates collaboration and operational excellence across open networking projects, today announced the addition of four new members, continuing its rapid global growth. Welcoming new members Packet, PANTHEON.tech and RIFT, Inc. extends LFN\u2019s first year momentum, and sets the stage for accelerated development and adoption of open source and open standards-based networking technologies in next year.<\/p>\n \u201cIndustry acceptance and participation this year have been tremendous and validate that businesses see an open source, open standards-based future for networking technologies,\u201d said Arpit Joshipura, general manager, Networking and Orchestration, The Linux Foundation. \u201cIn 2019, the combined efforts of our growing community will continue to accelerate harmonization of open source and open standards-based networking technologies that will define tomorrow\u2019s networks.\u201d<\/p>\n The newest members will work with more than 100 other technology leaders to drive greater harmonization and development of LFN\u2019s networking projects, including FD.io<\/a>, ONAP<\/a>, Open Daylight<\/a>, OPNFV<\/a>, PNDA<\/a>, and Tungsten Fabric<\/a>. LFN enables open source networking technologies by integrating the governance of participating projects in order to enhance operational excellence, simplify member engagement, and increase collaboration. Globo.com, Packet, PANTHEON.tech and RIFT, Inc. join as Silver members.<\/p>\n The LFN Community will come together at KubeCon and ContainerCon North America<\/a> on December 10-13 in Seattle, Washington. LFN\u2019s onsite presence includes a FDio Mini Summit and all-LFN member evening reception on December 10 featuring ONAP, OpenDaylight, OPNFV, FD.io, PNDA, and Tungsten Fabric. Heather Kirksey will also give a presentation on Thursday, December 13 titled \u201cThe Telco Networking Journey to Cloud Native: The Good, Bad, and Ugly.\u201d Find additional details on LFN\u2019s presence at KubeCon here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Member Supporting Quotes:<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cBecoming a member of ONF, CNC and the Linux Foundation is a recognition of the passion and commitment of Globo.com with the OSS community. We firmly believe that the ability to handle infrastructure as code, software-defined networks, and scalable applications is vital to the dynamic environment and will be instrumental in supporting our business and driving innovation in the digital media market in which we are included.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNetworking is going through tremendous transformation, driven by the need for automation and the disaggregation of hardware and software,\u201d said Ihab Tarazi, CTO of Packet. \u201cWe see great opportunities in collaborating with the LF Community to accelerate our innovation and solving the hard problems of extending cloud automation to the edge.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cPANTHEON.tech is committed to accelerate networking innovation by joining LFN as a Silver Member,\u201d said Tom\u00e1\u0161 Jan\u010do, CEO, PANTHEON.tech. \u201cAs an organization with 17 years of experience, we are eager to share our advancements in developing cohesive software solutions across the LF Networking projects at the bleeding edge.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cProprietary management and automation approaches have impeded NFV deployments,\u201d said Matt Harper, RIFT\u2019s CTO. \u201cOpen source communities (such as ONAP) play a key role in validating interoperability and creating best-of-breed de-facto standards. We are excited to be working with the Linux Foundation and ONAP to evolve NFV technology to cultivate a robust and interoperable commercial NFV ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n About the Newest LFN Members:<\/b><\/p>\n Globo.com<\/a> provides digital platforms and services for Brazil\u2019s Grupo Globo, connecting online audiences to the diverse array of publishing, video and data properties Grupo Globo operates, including Globo TV\u2019s broadcast networks and over-the-top television service Globo Play. As part of its services, Globo.com<\/a> provides LIVE stream and VOD services for programs produced by more than 100 affiliates across Brazil.<\/p>\n Packet<\/b><\/a> is the leading bare metal automation platform for developers. Its proprietary technology automates physical servers and networks without the use of virtualization or multi-tenancy, powering over 60k deploys each month across its 18 global datacenters. Founded in 2014, Packet has quickly become a provider of choice for leading enterprises, SaaS companies, and software innovators. In addition to its bare metal public cloud, Packet offers a custom \u201cPrivate Deployment\u201d model that automates infrastructure in customer-owned locations.<\/p>\n PANTHEON.tech<\/b><\/a> <\/b>is a research & development software company, delivering managed projects to its clients, primarily <\/i><\/b>oriented atnetwork technologies and prototype software development with a focus on SDN, NFV, Automotive and Smart Cities. The company has deep expertise in many open-source networking technologies, including OpenDaylight, ONAP, VPP, FD.io, PNDA, Sysrepo, Honeycomb, networking for CNCF and others. This includes PANTHEON.tech\u2019s OpenDaylight-based open source SDN SDK toolkit, lighty.io<\/a>, designed to support, ease and accelerate development of Software-defined Networking solutions in Java, Python and Go.<\/p>\n RIFT, Inc<\/b><\/a> provides an open sourced and standards-based platform designed to automate the deployment and operation of virtualized network services and functions. RIFT\u2019s technology, RIFT.wareTM, and RIFT services accelerate service providers\u2019 efforts to virtualize cloud-based communication services. RIFT.ware empowers enterprises to successfully deploy virtualized network services on private and hybrid cloud, and, NFV-enabled virtualized networks. Any network application built with RIFT technology can intelligently take advantage of any cloud\u2019s unique capabilities and operate at any scale. RIFT, Inc is a privately held, global company with offices in the United States and India.<\/p>\n About The Linux Foundation<\/b><\/p>\n The Linux Foundation is the organization of choice for the world\u2019s top developers and companies to build ecosystems that accelerate open technology development and industry adoption. Together with the worldwide open source community, it is solving the hardest technology problems by creating the largest shared technology investment in history. Founded in 2000, The Linux Foundation today provides tools, training and events to scale any open source project, which together deliver an economic impact not achievable by any one company. More information can be found at www.linuxfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n ###<\/p>\n 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. 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