The Open Networking Foundation ( ONF ) is a non-profit operator -led consortium. It uses an open source business model aimed at promoting networking through software-defined networking (SDN) and standardizing the OpenFlow protocol and related technologies. The standards-setting and SDN-promotion group was formed out of recognition that cloud computing will blur the distinctions between computers and networks. The initiative was meant to speed innovation through simple software changes in telecommunications networks, wireless networks, data centers and other networking areas.
16-450: By June 2020, the ONF grew to over 200 member companies. Member companies include networking-equipment vendors, semiconductor companies, computer companies, software companies, telecom service providers, hyperscale data-center operators, and enterprise users. Current ONF Projects address major components of the carrier, cloud and enterprise mobile networks. Google's adoption of OpenFlow software
32-535: A continuous certification program for products and equipment in the telecom and networking space. As part of certification, the Open Compute Project (OCP) is collaborating with ONF in this new program to promote the use of OCP-recognized open hardware in ONF solutions. In 2017 the ONF completed its merger with the Open Networking Lab (ON.Lab). The resulting entity retained the ONF name in 2017. In 2018
48-925: A robust and scalable cloud , big data , map reduce , or distributed storage system and is often associated with the infrastructure required to run large distributed sites such as Google , Facebook , Twitter , Amazon , Microsoft , IBM Cloud or Oracle Cloud. Companies like Ericsson , AMD , and Intel provide hyperscale infrastructure kits for IT service providers. Companies like Scaleway , Switch , Alibaba , IBM , QTS, Digital Realty Trust, Equinix , Oracle , Meta, Amazon Web Services , SAP , Microsoft and Google build data centers for hyperscale computing. Such companies are sometimes called " hyperscalers ." Companies known as "hyperscalers" are recognized for their massive scale in cloud computing and data management, operating in environments that require extensive infrastructure to accommodate large-scale data processing and storage. This computer science article
64-548: A service offer, based on dedicated hardware and without virtualization, based on ARM CPUs. The hardware is made in a factory near Laval in France. In April 2015 the service left its beta status and has been renamed as Scaleway. As the popularity of the platform grows, Online added servers with x86_64 based CPUs in March 2016. Repeat software entrepreneur Yann Lechelle joined as CEO in early 2020; however, he parted ways with
80-599: A single brand. In 2012, the company has opened its third datacenter of 11800 m² in Vitry-sur-Seine after 11 months of construction works. The site received the first Tier-III certification in France by Uptime Institute in January 2014. Since 2012, the company publishes in real time the PUE of its datacenters on pue.online.net, in an effort of transparency. In 2013, Online launched labs.online.net in preview. An infrastructure as
96-496: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Scaleway Scaleway (previously Online SAS or Online.net ) is a French Cloud computing and web hosting company, founded by Xavier Niel in 1999 and a majority owned subsidiary of the Iliad group. The company provides physical dedicated servers and cloud computing architectures through Scaleway Dedibox and Scaleway Elements brands, domain registration services through
112-401: Is the ability of an architecture to scale appropriately as increased demand is added to the system. This typically involves the ability to seamlessly provide and add compute, memory, networking, and storage resources to a given node or set of nodes that make up a larger computing , distributed computing , or grid computing environment. Hyperscale computing is necessary in order to build
128-502: The BookMyName brand, and colocation services in its datacenters through the brand Scaleway Datacenters. The company mostly caters towards the low end market in terms of quality and pricing. The company is the second player in France with over 3.2 Tb/s of Internet traffic. In 1999, Online started its activities in web hosting and domain name registration services In August 2002,
144-444: The ONF established its Technical Leadership Team (TLT). In 2019 the ONF announced the public release of three Reference Designs (RDs): SEBA, Trellis and ODTN. In 2019, the ONF announced that it had combined with P4.org and would be the host for all activities and working groups related to the development of the P4 programming language moving forward. In 2020 T-Mobile Poland Announced with
160-546: The ONF that it had achieved production roll-out of OMEC, the ONF's Open Source Mobile Evolved Packet Core In 2020 the Open Networking Foundation announced the release of Aether, the first open source platform for 5G, LTE and edge as a cloud services. In 2021 the Open Networking Foundation announced its SD Core project addressing the 5G Open RAN [1] In 2021, the Open Networking Foundation announced its SD Fabric project addressing Hybrid and Edge cloud. In 2021,
176-412: The Open Networking Foundation spun out Ananki as a for-profit sister organization to commercialize Aether as a Private 5G service for Industry 4.0 transformation. In 2022, the Open Networking Foundation announced its SD RAN™ project was fully released to open source. In 2022, the Open Networking Foundation announced its Aether™ private 5G project was fully released to open source. In 2023, ONF launched
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#1732845270173192-588: The Sustainable Mobile and RAN Transformation (SMaRT) 5G project which is focused on developing, demonstrating and open sourcing ML-driven, intelligent energy savings solutions for mobile networks. Initial collaborators include Intel, META/TIP, Rimedo Labs and Rutgers WINLAB. More participants are invited to join this community effort. In December 2023, ONF announced it has merged with the Linux Foundation (LF). Hyperscale In computing, hyperscale
208-467: The company in December 2022. In November 2023 Scaleaway launched Kyutai in France, the first European independent and no-profit research laboratory on the topic of artificial intelligence , a laboratory that adopts an open-source and open-science approach with an initial endowment of 300 million euros. Scaleway owns and operates several data centers , all located in the Île-de-France region. In
224-666: The domain name registrar BookMyName was bought by Iliad from its competitor LDCom. In May 2006, rental of dedicated servers through the Dedibox brand was launched. In December 2008, Iliad bought Alice ADSL: They also took over construction and operation of Datacenters, launched in 1999 by ISDnet, bought by Cable & Wireless in January 2000 acquired by Tiscali France in June 2003 and finally renamed as Iliad Datacenter. In April 2010, Online merges with Dedibox, another subsidiary of Iliad , bringing together different hosting activities under
240-413: The past the company operated also: Since August 2013, the network of Online is AS12876 ONLINE S.A.S . It is independent of the one of Free, which was not the case before. This allowed the company to move away from the closed interconnection policy of the internet service provider. In early 2015, the company announced to have exceeded 400 Gb/s of immediate Internet traffic. In May 2016, Online shows
256-494: Was discussed by Urs Hölzle at a trade show promoting OpenFlow in April, 2012. Hölzle is the chairman ONF's board of directors, serving on the board along with representatives of the other five founding board members plus NTT Communications and Goldman Sachs . Stanford University professor Nick McKeown and U.C. Berkeley professor Scott Shenker also serve on the board as founding directors representing themselves. The ONF launched
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