Microsoft joins over 60 organizations that are members of the Foundation, advancing the mission of building open source communities who write software that runs in production. They join Platinum members Ant Group, Ericsson, Facebook, FiberHome, Huawei, Red Hat, Tencent and Wind River to define the future of open source powered infrastructure. With the support of over 110,000 individuals in 187 countries, the OpenInfra Foundation hosts open source projects and communities of practice, including infrastructure for AI, container native apps, edge computing and datacenter clouds. Its projects include
Airship,
Kata Containers,
OpenInfra Labs,
OpenStack,
StarlingX, and
Zuul. Most recently, the OpenInfra Foundation has begun supporting the
Magma 5G project.
Microsoft Engagement with the OpenInfra CommunityMicrosoft will continue collaborating with the OpenInfra community around network cloud requirements and driving the adoption of cloud technology for core network workloads.
Deploying 5G Services at Scale with Hybrid Cloud InfrastructureEarlier this year, Microsoft and AT&T announced the migration of AT&T’s 5G mobile network to the Microsoft cloud. Azure for Operators will help operators across the world deliver highly reliable, cost-effective and secure 5G services to consumer and enterprise customers using both Azure and open source technologies like Airship. Azure for Operators will also meet customers where they are today by supporting OpenStack deployed on Kubernetes, and allowing for a controlled evolution of Operator SDN deployments from VNFs to CNFs.
Hybrid Cloud Synergy Between Azure and OpenStackThe forthcoming 2021
OpenStack User Survey, which will be available later this month on
Superuser Magazine, reveals that 40% of OpenStack users running their deployment in a multi-cloud configuration are doing so with Microsoft Azure. This strong synergy between ecosystems is an indicator of the technical and market connections that already exist between the two organizations.
OpenInfra Foundation Welcomes Microsoft as Newest Member to Advance Open Infrastructure Use Cases, Hybrid Cloud and 5G, Using Open Source Technologies OpenStack and Airship"Microsoft joins an impressive group of companies as a Platinum Member of the new OpenInfra Foundation, including Ant Group, Ericsson, Facebook, FiberHome, Huawei, Red Hat, Tencent, and Wind River, all of whom bring their expertise operating infrastructure at scale to the community writing open source software for the next decade of OpenInfra,” said Mark Collier, COO of the OpenInfra Foundation. “Software like OpenStack, which now powers 9 of the top 10 telecom networks in the world, Kata Containers which secures the world’s largest payment network, and Airship which powers the AT&T 4G and 5G networks in production today.”
“Microsoft is joining this effort to support building the next decade of open infrastructure technology because hybrid cloud is an important element of our technology portfolio,” said van Wyk. “We believe in a variety of clouds: public andprivate,, from hyperscale to edge, each tuned to the unique workloads that our customers need to deliver and we can’t do it without open source. We are here at the OpenInfra Foundation to participate in the community and work together to build and integrate open source technologies to deliver carrier-grade Microsoft Azure for Operators infrastructure.
OpenInfra Live: Programmed for the Community, by the CommunityOpenInfra Live streams every Thursday at 14:00 UTC (9:00 AM CT) on the OpenInfra Foundation
YouTube,
LinkedIn and
Facebook channels to an audience exceeding 3,000 viewers each week. Upcoming episodes will feature Open Source 101, opportunities to connect hiring organizations with active community members, cross-project integration and collaboration stories, and timely topics like data sovereignty and artificial intelligence (AI).
Tune in to OpenInfra Live each week. Past episodes are
free and on demand, and community members can
contribute programming ideas. Email
[email protected] for sponsorship information or to contribute show topics ideas.
Global OpenStack Days and OpenInfra DaysOpenInfra communities are planning one- and two-day OpenStack and OpenInfra Days events, bringing together hundreds of IT executives, cloud operators and technology providers to discuss cloud, edge, AI/ML and more. These regional events are a great opportunity to hear from prominent open infrastructure leaders, hear user stories and network with local OpenInfra communities.
Learn how you can attend or host an OpenInfra or OpenStack Day event in your area.
Virtual Project Teams Gathering: October 18-22The Project Teams Gathering (PTG) is the OpenInfra community’s developer-focused event. Various technical community groups working on OpenInfra projects meet to exchange ideas, plan, set priorities, assign work, collaborate across various open source projects and make fast progress on critical, common issues.
Register here for the Virtual PTG, October 18-22.
About the Open Infrastructure FoundationThe
OpenInfra Foundation builds communities who write open source infrastructure software that runs in production. With the support of over 110,000 individuals in 187 countries, the OpenInfra Foundation hosts open source projects and communities of practice, including infrastructure for AI, container native apps, edge computing and datacenter clouds. Join the OpenInfra movement:
www.openinfra.dev 
