OW2con'13

NFV and OpenStack: Convergence of IT and CT infrastructure
OpenStack is winning support across the IT industry while NFV
(Network Function Virtualization) has been widely endorsed by CT
(Communication Technology) industry. OpenStack will become the
future IT control panel while NFV is the blueprint of future telecom
infrastructure. The combination of these two fundamental changes
will shape both IT and CT, transforming them into a unified ICT
infrastructure. This convergence will bring openness and wide
adoption, but also will impose unique challenges (performance and
reliability) to build cloud platforms. Huawei, as the key CT vendor
and an emerging IT player, is committed to contribute to both
OpenStack and NFV, and to lead the convergence of them. In this
talk, we will talk about the business opportunity, technical
challenges, ecosystem and our vision and practices around the
OpenStack and NFV journey.