Cloud-First solution will unify orchestration and automation across any network and cloud
VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) launches a technology preview of Project Maestro, a Telco cloud orchestrator built to help communication service providers (CSPs) accelerate the time to market for modern network functions and services in the clouds , from core to edge, and from private to public clouds. In addition, the company announced that Millicom, a global provider of cable and mobile services, selected VMware to create a Telco Cloud foundation with the goal of enabling its network and IT transformation. Finally, the company shared details of its new Virtual Network Function Self-Certification (VNF) program, which is based on the VMware Ready for NFV certification program.
"As the telecommunications industry moves to 5G and edge computing, CSPs are preparing their infrastructure to be able to offer next-generation applications and services to consumers and businesses with agility and scalability. This requires a Telco Cloud architecture that unifies their computing environments. network and IT, and also connect them to private enterprise clouds, on the public edge and cloud, "says Shekar Ayyar, executive vice president and general manager of Telco and Edge Cloud at VMware. "To understand all of this, a new approach to orchestration is needed - one that is cloud-first and abstracts multicloud complexity. This is exactly what we intend to address with Project Maestro."
Project Maestro presented
Project Maestro will offer a unified approach to model, integrate, orchestrate and manage virtual network functions and services. With this cloud orchestration solution, CSPs will be able to create and automate network services that span a wider range of network function formats, enabling interoperability and optimizing their operations across all layers of the NFV and Telco Cloud architecture. The Telco Cloud Orchestrator will be able to offer operational efficiency at scale to help communication service providers accelerate the time-to-market for new services, reduce the cost of managing increasingly complex networks and improve the customer experience.
Now in technology preview, Project Maestro will help CSPs to:
Accelerate revenue time of the service with a simplified, vendor-neutral and standards-compliant approach to design and integrate VNFs / CNFs or network services.
Automate operations with agility in multiple clouds: Incorporate true cloud speed to operationalize processes with full automation capabilities for lifecycle management. With that, CSPs will be able to define and apply policies using a comprehensive decision mechanism to automate from day zero to the most complex operations of the second day.
Transformation into cloud native networks: Evolve the network architectures of the OpenStack infrastructure for container-based applications, with seamless integration and orchestration of VMs and container-based infrastructure ready for the future. Distribute workloads from core to edge and from private to public clouds for modern, unified network orchestration.
Simplifying interoperability: Built as a modular and model-oriented solution, the Generic VNF Manager (G-VNFM) and NFV Orchestrator (NFVO) components will be able to integrate any SOL-compatible ETSI MANO architecture. Project Maestro will allow standards-based integration with OSS / BSS systems and service orchestrators through interfaces compatible with ETSI and TMF. VMware will further improve interoperability by expanding partners' VNF certifications to cover infrastructure and orchestration through the VMware Ready for NFV program.
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