Boston
May 8-11, 2017

Event Details

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Using Software-Defined WAN Implementation to Turn on Advanced Connectivity Services in OpenStack

OpenStack Neutron is the networking component of the OpenStack architecture that enables network virtualization (NV). It enables the creation of overlay networks that are decoupled from the underlying network hardware and runs independently on top of a physical network. But it is often not enough for an enterprise or a telco to deploy OpenStack for networking using standard Open vSwitch, Linux Bridge, or the standard ML2 plugin.

This session will illustrate the integration of SDN with OpenStack - how they work together and why they need to work together to provide connectivity services such as Service Chaining, SDDC, SD-WAN and WAN optimization, as well as security services such as Firewall and Intrusion detection. Attendees will learn: (a) Differences between SDN and NFV (b) How OpenStack enable SDN and NFV to easily work together (c) Typical Challenges encountered and how they can be overcome / mitigated and (d) Use case of a large Tier 1 telco


What can I expect to learn?

Attendees will learn: (a) Differences between SDN and NFV (b) How OpenStack enable SDN and NFV to easily work together (c) Typical Challenges encountered and how they can be overcome / mitigated and (d) Use case of a large Tier 1 telco 

Tuesday, May 9, 2:50pm-3:30pm (6:50pm - 7:30pm UTC)
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Technical Product Marketing for TelcoNFV
Ali Kafel is the Technical Product Marketing lead for Red Hat’s Service Provider solutions, responsible for technical thought leadership, industry insights, technical content creation and field enablement. Prior to Red Hat, Ali held leadership roles in various technical and business roles for several high-tech start-ups and multinational companies, including Stratus... FULL PROFILE
Director, Product Management
DP Ayyadevara is Director of Product Management for OpenContrail at Juniper. He has 16 years of experience in technologies ranging from Open SDN and Cloud Orchestration solutions to Service Provider and Enterprise networking. Prior to Juniper, DP was a Product Manager at Mirantis responsible for Networking and Services in Mirantis OpenStack, SDN partnerships and Telco NFV Strategy. Over... FULL PROFILE