PLUMgrid Partners with SUSE to Certify Open Networking Suite (ONS) for OpenStack on SUSE Cloud
Addition is latest OpenStack distro to be supported by PLUMgrid, giving customers broad set of choices in deploying PLUMgrid ONS on their preferred distro
PARIS, Nov. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- OPENSTACK SUMMIT -- PLUMgrid, a leading innovator of virtual network infrastructure for OpenStack clouds, has joined the SUSE PartnerNet Program to integrate PLUMgrid Open Networking Suite with SUSE Linux Enterprise. The move kicks off engineering certification work to add SUSE Cloud as the latest OpenStack distro to be supported by PLUMgrid ONS.
SUSE Cloud joins the major distros that are supported by PLUMgrid including Red Hat, Mirantis, Oracle, Piston and Canonical. Enterprises are embracing distros as the strategy of choice for deploying OpenStack private clouds. The array of popular OpenStack distros supported by PLUMgrid ONS assures that PLUMgrid can deliver the virtualized networking functions (VNFs) customers need, on the OpenStack distro they want.
Azmir Mohamed, senior director of product management at PLUMgrid, will speak in SUSE booth during the OpenStack Summit in Paris. His presentation, "High Performance Cloud Networks," is on Tuesday, November 4 at 3:40 pm. Visit PLUMgrid at OpenStack Summit Paris, November 3-7 at Palais des congres in booth E18. We will demonstrate PLUMgrid ONS and participate in the Demo Theater.
PLUMgrid is a sponsor of SUSECon, held November 17-21, 2014 in Orlando, Fla. The event is the major annual user conference of SUSE customers and partners.
Supporting Quotes
"PLUMgrid certification of ONS v2 on SUSE Cloud gives enterprise customers who want the most complete distribution of OpenStack a new choice in software-only networking that simplifies deployment and supports containers. SUSE is excited to partner with key members of the OpenStack ecosystem, like PLUMgrid, who expand the enterprise capabilities of SUSE Cloud and speed the delivery of cloud services.
—Pete Chadwick, senior product manager, Cloud, for SUSE
"The OpenStack revolution is causing customers to demand modern and software defined networking solutions to address the complexities caused by new cloud architectures. PLUMgrid is happy to be partnering with SUSE to deliver secure and scalable cloud networks to customers worldwide."
— Kash Iftikhar, vice president of sales and business development, PLUMgrid
PLUMgrid ONS for OpenStack
PLUMgrid ONS for OpenStack is a comprehensive software suite that enables scalable and secure virtual network infrastructure for OpenStack clouds. Deployed by service providers and enterprises, PLUMgrid ONS provides terabits of scale out performance, production grade resiliency, and secure multi-tenancy for hybrid data centers. Built on PLUMgrid Platform and IO Visor™ technology, the software suite lets users create private Virtual Domains™ to provide isolation, security, and policy enforcement across tenants. Designated as OpenStack Compatible by the OpenStack Foundation, PLUMgrid ONS supports industry's broadest distribution including Canonical, Mirantis, Oracle, Piston, Red Hat, and SUSE.
About SUSE Cloud
SUSE Cloud is an enterprise OpenStack distribution that helps IT departments become internal cloud service providers. Using SUSE Cloud, enterprise IT can rapidly deploy and easily manage highly available, mixed hypervisor private clouds, in order to quickly deliver applications, test/dev environments and resilient storage on-demand. Backed by the excellence of SUSE engineering and support, SUSE Cloud leverages existing data center investments to help enterprises increase business agility, economically scale current IT capabilities, and easily consume future innovations.
About PLUMgrid
PLUMgrid is an innovator of secure and scalable virtual network infrastructure for OpenStack clouds. Founded in 2011, PLUMgrid provides software networking solutions that enable hybrid data centers to connect tenants, applications, and workloads efficiently across hypervisors, virtualized, bare metal, and container based architectures. PLUMgrid is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. and is funded by venture capital and strategic investors. Visit www.plumgrid.com, read the PLUMgrid blog and follow the company on Twitter @PLUMgrid.
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