Understanding OPNFV: Accelerate NFV Transformation using OPNFV - Softcover

Kapadia, Amar; Chase, Nicholas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1545442703 ISBN 13: 9781545442708

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Network functions virtualization, or NFV, is a once in a generation disruption that will completely transform how networks are built and operated. This mega-trend affects telecom operators, enterprises, governments and technology providers for uses ranging from next generation networks, 5G, smart cities, and IOT, to branch branch connectivity, and more. Open source has revamped how enterprises build out their IT systems. Now, open source software development promises to do the same for NFV. OPNFV is the open source project for integrated testing of the full, next-generation networking stack to enable accelerated NFV. This book covers all aspects of the OPNFV project, and this broad perspective will enable you to make the right decisions when it comes to using open source technologies for your NFV projects, and specifically how you take advantage of OPNFV. If you are an engineering, network operations or business leader who wants to understand how you can accelerate your NFV deployment, then this book is perfect for you. The book is also useful for technology providers trying to understand how to leverage the OPNFV framework and for individuals looking to expand their career into the growing NFV ecosystem. This book only requires a basic understanding of networking technology.

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About the Author

Amar Kapadia is an NFVI specialist consulting for Mirantis, the pure play open cloud company, and a NFV Strategy Orchestrator (pun intended) at Aarna Networks, Inc, his current startup gig. He was previously senior director of product marketing at Mirantis. Prior to Mirantis, he was the senior director for EVault’s Long-Term Storage Service, a public cloud storage offering based on OpenStack Swift. He has over 20 years of experience in storage, server and networking technologies at Emulex, Philips and HP. Amar’s current passion is in NFV, unikernels, containers, serverless scheduling, OPNFV and CORD. He holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. His blogs can be found at http://aarnanetworks.com/blog, or you can reach him on Twitter at @akapadia_usa. Nicholas Chase is Head of Technical and Marketing Content for Mirantis, the pure play open cloud company. Prior to Mirantis, he was an IBM DeveloperWorks Master Author, the Chief Technical Officer of an interactive development company, an Oracle Instructor, a software developer, the founder of the social bookmarking site NoTooMi.com, author or co-author of more than a dozen technical books, a sysop on the original Cleveland Freenet, and the driving force behind one of the very first applications to use a web browser to update a database. He lives on a farm with his wonderful wife Sarah Jane, 27 chickens, 12 goats, 7 ducks, 2 dogs and a furbaby, 3 fish, 2 parakeets, and Hazel the Hedgehog. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Physics and Education from Case Western Reserve University and John Carroll University, and his current passions are cloud computing, Internet of Things, and Machine Learning and AI. His blog can be found at http://www.nicholaschase.com, or you can reach him on Twitter at @nickchase.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1545442703
• ISBN 13: 9781545442708
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144