Hitachi joined the OpenDaylight Project as a ‘silver’ member, boosting the organization’s presence in Japan
The OpenDaylight Project welcomed Hitachi as a “silver” member and named a new member to its advisory group, bolstering the open source-based organization’s work in software-defined networking and network functions virtualization.
OpenDaylight, which is based out of The Linux Foundation, noted Hitachi’s move shows continued strength in the adoption of open source platforms from Japanese companies. The organization cited product, training and support in Japan from the likes of Brocade, Cisco, Fujitsu, Huawei, NEC and NTT Data, and more than 10 end user organizations in Japan have deployed open source platforms in their networks.
“Japanese companies have a strong history of leadership and support in open source and The Linux Foundation, and we are now seeing them strongly ramp up participation and support in open networking and the OpenDaylight Project,” explained Neela Jacques, executive director of OpenDaylight. “Japanese companies rely heavily on networking and we see a significant need for open, programmable networks unified around a single, common platform.”
OpenDaylight also added Carlos Matos to its advisory group, which is tasked with providing technical input to the developer community. Matos is currently a board member of the Open Networking User Group and director of global network architecture at Fidelity Investments.
The OpenDaylight Advisory Group includes 16 members from a number of telecom organizations, including Telefónica, AT&T, Orange, TeliaSonera and China Mobile.
The organization recently rolled out its latest open source platform under the Beryllium name. The platform, which targets SDN programmability, is the fourth from the Linux Foundation-based organization, following the previous Hydrogen, Helium and Lithium launches.
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