Summit 16: Open-O Mini-Summit - Open Source Evolution for Carriers Marc Cohn, Director, OPEN-O Project

1. Open Source Evolution for Carriers
OPEN-O Mini-Summit/2016 OPNFV Summit
June 21, 2016
Marc Cohn, Director, OPEN-O
Vice President Network Strategy
The Linux Foundation
mcohn@linuxfoundation.org

2. Agenda
 Why Open Source?
 Myths (and Facts)
 An Evolution is Underway
 A New Model for Open Source
 The Role of the Linux
Foundation
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3. Why Open Source?
 Operators
 Encourage community
innovation and collaboration
 Avoid vendor lock-in
 Improve quality and security
 Vendor collaboration
 Contribute to the community
 Vendors
 Free up resources to pursue
value-added products/services
 Operators demand it
 Improve quality and security
 Address multiple operator’s needs
 Contribute to the community
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4. Open Source is Growing (exponentially)
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5. Open Source Myths (& Facts)
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Cost “Open Source if free”
“Open Source is just as
expensive”
Opportunity
“Open Source spells the
end for vendors”
“Open Source offers
new opportunities”
Contributors “The Shorts” “The Suits”
Security
“Open Source is
vulnerable”
“Open Source is more
secure”
Eventually
“Open Source is a
temporary fad”
“All solutions will
leverage Open Source”

6. An Evolution is Underway
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Influence Vendors Operators
Contributors
‘The
Shorts’
‘The Suits’
The Goal Members Community
Openness
Multi-
Vendor
Vendor-
Neutral
Adoption A few %
Majority of
software
John Donovan
Chief Strategy Officer
and Group President –
AT&T Technology and Operations

7. The new Software Lifecycle
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Use Cases
ArchitectureStandards
Implementations
Use Cases
OSS
Components
OSS
Reference
Platforms
Architecture

8. Open Source AND Open Standards
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9. A new model for open source
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Global
Community
Neutrality
Diversity
Balance
Collabortaion

10. The Role of the
Linux Foundation
 Neutrality
 Best Practices
 Infrastructure
 Community Building
 Promotion
Service Layer
Control Layer
Infrastructure Layer
ReferencePlatforms
Events
Open Source Networking Framework

11. 谢谢
Thank You
www.linuxfoundation.org