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OPNFV Project Welcomes New Members Openet, ETRI and UNH-IOL

January 19, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The OPNFV Project, a carrier-grade, integrated, open source flexible platform intended to accelerate the introduction of new products and services using Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), today announced that Openet, a supplier of real-time BSS (business support systems) to communication service providers, has joined as a Silver member while the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) and the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) have joined as Associate members. Launched just over a year ago, the OPNFV project is supported by a growing group of 55+ member companies committed to advancing a flexible, open source framework for NFV.

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ONF move continues push in support of SDN platforms

September 9, 2015

The Open Networking Foundation unveiled a new OpenFlow testing specification and added to its list of authorized testing facilities designed to help support the deployment of software-defined networking technology.

ONF said the OpenFlow version 1.3 testing specification includes specific features designed to ensure the development of “richly functional SDN products and services,” and pushes mandatory inclusion of protocol components within products.

“This further ensures that companies are able to build OpenFlow-based products, including hardware switches, that implement an...

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Open Networking Foundation Announces OpenFlow v1.3 Test Specification

September 8, 2015

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Open Networking Foundation (ONF), a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the adoption of open Software-Defined Networking (SDN), today announced the availability of the OpenFlow® v1.3 testing specification. ONF also announced the addition of its seventh authorized testing facility, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in South Korea. With the release of the testing specification for OpenFlow v1.3, any organization can test its products for OpenFlow conformance at an accredited ONF testing lab.

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CEA and Carriers Partner on PlugFest For Network and IoT Compatibility

May 6, 2015

Arlington, VA – 05/06/2015 – The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced the successful completion of the first IPv6 PlugFest to combine carriers, consumer electronics (CE) companies and industry groups – enabling CE manufacturers to test their devices with the carrier networks and the customer premise equipment supplied to millions of American homes. For the technical event, CEA partnered with AT&T, Comcast, Verizon Wireless, the University of New Hampshire’s InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), and UPnP Forum.

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IOL INTACT® Version 3.2.4.0 Released

April 14, 2015

IOL INTACT® 3.2.4.0 Released!

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IOL INTACT® version 3.2.3.4 Released

January 8, 2015

INTACT® 3.2.3.4 Released!

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Progress on Software-defined Networking Standardization Explored in Computer, IEEE Computer Society's Flagship Magazine

November 26, 2014

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Nov. 25, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Software-defined networking will give administrators unprecedented flexibility, increasing control of network traffic and applications and taking management down to a granular level. The promise of SDN is so great that IDC estimates that the global market for SDN will increase eightfold to US $8 billion by 2018.

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Non-Members Now Able to Receive ONF Conformance Testing

November 13, 2014

The Open Networking Foundation (ONF) is opening up its OpenFlow Conformance Testing Program to non-members as of today, with the aim of extending the software-defined networking (SDN) ecosystem.

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ONF Expands OpenFlow Compliance Testing

November 13, 2014

The Open Networking Foundation, an SDN advocacy organization, today announced it's opening its conformance testing program to non-members. The change should make it easier for carriers to find OpenFlow-compliant hardware and software, as well as making it easier for conformance testing labs to make money.

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ONUG Partners with UNH-IOL to Provide Testing Resources for Multi-Vendor Interoperability Proof of Concept Demonstrations

October 17, 2014

October 17, 2014 - Boston - The Open Networking User Group (ONUG) Board of Directors has selected the UNH-IOL as the official testing partner for ONUG. The UNH-IOL will provide staging, lab resources, equipment and engineering for any ONUG demonstrator wishing to stage a multi-vendor interoperable Proof of Concept (PoC) demonstration of any ONUG Working Group Use Case. ONUG Fall 2014 will be hosted October 28-29, 2014, in New York City at Credit Suisse.

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