Alcatel-Lucent deploys Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Red Hat, a provider of open source solutions announced that Alcatel-Lucent deployed Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack platform based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM), as the common platform for its Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) solution, CloudBand.

"Alcatel-Lucent specifically chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform for use in managing CloudBand Nodes, the turn-key, all-in-one compute, storage and network node system that interfaces with the CloudBand Management System, along with any other OpenStack-enabled nodes," the company said.

Radhesh Balakrishnan, GM, Virtualization and OpenStack, Red Hat, said: "Service providers in today's environment want better control over their products and services delivered to their customers, including not being tied to proprietary equipment, being able to lower CapEx and OpEx, improve time-to-market and deliver innovative and competitive products and services.

"We are delighted that Red Hat's technology has been recognized as best-in-class in the industry for the CloudBand NFV platform and excited that our strength in bringing open source innovation from projects to enterprise-ready products will offer value to all the vendors hosting applications on CloudBand."

Dor Skuler, VP and GM, CloudBand Business Unit, Alcatel-Lucent, added: "Alcatel-Lucent is dedicated to working with service providers as they begin to move quickly towards the cloud. Working with Red Hat, the major contributor to OpenStack, gives us both the visibility and ability to provide input to OpenStack upstream projects, in order to highlight specific stringent requirements networks demand. The insight that both Alcatel and Red Hat bring from ETSI NFV to OpenStack and the CloudBand NFV platform is essential to drive the telecommunications industry forward."