Amdocs implements ONAP on Microsoft Azure platform

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Amdocs has announced its implementation of Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, which enables operators to deliver virtual network services running on Azure, orchestrated and managed using ONAP.

Amdocs is working with Microsoft to make the ONAP code available to the open source community in May 2018. Network operators will then be able to offer network services running on Azure as the primary cloud or as complementary capacity for their private cloud to deploy virtual network functions that are managed and orchestrated by ONAP.

“This project is a first step in the evolution of ONAP to manage a multi-cloud environment where network capacity can be consumed in a dynamic way across a combination of private and public clouds,” said Anthony Goonetilleke, group president of Amdocs Technology. “It is a proof point showing the industry momentum behind ONAP while reducing the upfront investment to embark on a network virtualization strategy.”

Yousef Khalidi, corporate vice president for Azure Networking at Microsoft added, “Today’s next-generation operators are challenged by the complexity and cost of developing their existing network infrastructures and require new cloud services to enable faster network virtualization. To address these issues, Amdocs and Microsoft are using ONAP to control network services on Microsoft Azure  an integrated solution that helps network operators deliver advanced virtual network functionality, while simply and reliably automating operations and reducing costs using open source technology and cloud based-services.”

Amdocs and Microsoft will demonstrate ONAP running on Azure this week at the Linux Foundation’s Open Network Summit in Los Angeles.

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