MEF joins China SDN,NFV industry alliance

NEW DELHI: The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) and the SDN and NFV Industry Alliance today announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishing a high-level framework of cooperation between the two parties.

The MEF, a leading standards/certification organization in the networking industry with aggregated member market capitalization of $2 trillion.

The MoU identifies initial areas of collaboration centered on the MEF’s LSO (Lifecycle Services Orchestration) initiative as an important enabler of SDN and NFV technologies, supporting dynamic packet-based services for business and mobile applications.

The MoU was signed on Tuesday 12 th April at the annual China SDN/NFV Conference held this week in Beijing. The MEF is participating in the event as a new member of the SDN/NFV Industry Alliance.

The MoU recognizes that the MEF’s new OpenLSO (Open Lifecycle Services Orchestration) and OpenCS (Open Connectivity Services) initiatives provide an evolutionary path for the practical introduction of open source-based solutions for both the orchestration and connectivity services layers.

“The MEF is delighted to be working with the SDN/NFV Industry Alliance to accelerate the industry transition to agile and assured services that are orchestrated over networks powered by LSO, SDN, and NFV. We look forward to collaborating with Chinese service providers and technology firms as well as other members of the Alliance within an innovative open networking ecosystem,"said Nan Chen, President of the MEF.