KubeCon + CloudNativeCon conference this week, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) announced a new program that aims to help communication service providers and telcos adopt Kubernetes and other cloud native tools.

Figure 1: CNCF’s new program to help telcos

Figure 1 shows that that may sound like a lot of acronyms and yet another certification, but it’s an interesting move for the CNCF, which hasn’t always focused on telco users to the extent that it could have, and an acknowledgment that many of these enterprises are now starting to move away from their existing infrastructure as cloud native solutions reach the kind of maturity that’s necessary to run their networks [1]

“Migrating to a cloud-native infrastructure has long been a challenge for telecommunications providers who are migrating to VNF and are using siled resources and specialized solutions that are not built for the cloud,” said the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Priyanka Sharma, Executive Director of the cloud, said.

“The CNF certification program is designed to fill this gap by creating solutions optimized for cloud-native environments. The world’s largest telecommunications organization, including Huawei, Nokia, mobile When Vodafone, I’m already using Kubernetes and other cloud-native technologies. This program makes it easy for other users to do the same. “[2]

The new test suite will support any product that runs in a CNCF-certified Kubernetes environment and run about 70 workload tests. Vendors will be able to self-verity their applications using this test suite and then submit the results to be considered for certification.

“Building, deploying, and operating Telco workloads across distributed cloud environments is complex,” said Tom Kivlin, Principal Cloud Architect at Vodafone. “It is important to adopt cloud native best practices as we evolve to achieve our goals for agility, automation, and optimization.

The CNF Certification is a great tool with which we can measure and drive cloud native practices across our platforms and network functions. We look forward to working with our partners and the CNCF community to further develop and drive adoption of the CNF Certification Program.” [3]

References:

1. https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/18/cncf-launches-a-new-program-to-help-telcos-adopt-kubernetes/
2. https://thewebserv.com/cncf-launches-a-new-program-to-help-telcos-adopt-kubernetes-techcrunch/
3. https://www.theblogger.in/cncf-launches-a-new-program-to-help-telcos-adopt-kubernetes/

Cite this article:

Sri Vasagi K (2022), A New Program to Help Telcos By CNCF, Anatechmaz, pp. 284