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Bridging the GAP from Open Source to Production Aseem Parikh, VP Solutions and Partnerships, ONF

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BridgingtheGAPfromOpenSourcetoProduction

AseemParikh,VPSolutionsandPartnerships,ONF

OurIndustry’sBillion+DollarPuzzle

(DiscussedbyGuruParulkarearliertoday)

ThePuzzleWeNeedtoSolve!

Manyoperatorswanttodeploysolutionsbasedonthisplatformandlookingforsupply-chainpartnerstoproductizeand

commerciallysupport

AportfolioofServices/VNFsConnectivity,Core,andEdgeCloud

AnOpenSourceSoftwareStackXOS(ServiceOS),ONOS(NetworkOS),

VOLTHA(OLT),xRAN,Stratum(SwitchOS)

OLT RAN SwitchWhiteBoxDevices

AccessandEdgePlatformPOC/TrialQuality

Yetnooneisjumpingin“withtwofeet”todothis!Why?

Let’sdigalittledeepertotrytodecipherwhy?

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Contents

•  Pathtoproductiondeploymentasenvisionedinearly2018

•  Wherearewetoday?

•  TheGapbetweenONF’sartifactsandoperator’sneeds

•  Eco-systemPerspectives

•  Q&A

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ONFStrategicPlan:PathtoDeployment(March2018)

ExemplarPlatforms

Solutions

OpenSourceComponents

Trials

ReferenceDesigns

Deployments

Plusadd

ition

alope

rators

+like-mindedsuppliers

ExpectedPrimaryFocusandResponsibility

ONF+Community+Operators Supply-ChainVendors/SI+Operators

ExpectedPlatformMaturity

Demo/PoC

Alpha/LimitedTrials

Hardened&Operationalized

forLargeFieldTrialsSupportedCommercial

Release

Wherearewetoday?

•  ONFhasdeliveredasoftwarestackandsolutionplatforms(builtarounddisruptivearchitecturewithdisaggregationandwhiteboxes)withasolidarchitecture•  ManysuccessfulPoCsandlabtrials

•  ONFOperatorswanttoputtheseplatformsintoproduction•  ONOS/Trellisinproduction(limited)atComcast

•  SEBAonapathtofieldtrialsatAT&T,DTandTT.

•  SEBAProductiondeploymentsexpectedtocommencein2019

•  UPANandODTNareafewmonthsmonthsbehind

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TheBillion+DollarGAP

ExemplarPlatforms

SolutionsOpenSourceComponents

Trials Deployments

Plusadd

ition

alope

rators

ExpectedPlatformMaturity

Demo/PoC

Alpha/LimitedTrials

Hardened&Operationalized

forLargeFieldTrialsSupportedCommercial

Release

NFVFabric(Trellis)

SEBA

UPAN

Functional

ODTN

MAEC

Billion+

$$$

ONF

Exemplars&

TrailblazingActivities

MaturationofOpenSourceThreeExamples

LinuxUnixatAT&T●  1969-74→SkunkworksProjectwithinBellLabs●  1974-82→UsedinternallyatAT&T●  1983-87→SystemV(R1-R4)→AIX,HP-UX,IRIX,Solaris,...

UnixinUniversities●  1978-94→BSDatBerkeley→SunOS,MacOS,OpenBSD,FreeBSD,...●  1980s→SignificantfundingfromDARPA

Linux●  1991-95→UnpaidHobbyists(implementedUnixonx86/GNUlicense)●  2000→IBMannounceditwasinvesting$1BinLinux●  2000→IndustryConsortiumsetupOSDL(OpenSourceDevelopmentLab)

○  Establishedto“...promotethegrowthandadoptionofLinux.”○  Includeda“smallandmighty”developmentteam(mywords)

●  2007→OSDLandFreeStandardsGroupmergedtoformtheLinuxFoundation

KubernetesHistoryofContainers●  2003→VServersv1.0●  2008→LinuxContainers(LXC)releasedaspartofLinux2.6.24●  2013→FirstopensourcereleaseofDocker

ContainerManagementatGoogle●  1999-2010→Googlecomesofage

○  ScalingClusters○  ScalingServices(Micro-ServicesArchitecture)○  ScalingEngineering○  HoningLife-CycleManagement(CanaryRollout,SREs)

●  2015→PublishPaperonBorg(LargeScaleClusterManagement)●  2015→Releasedv1.0ofKubernetes,basedonBorg●  2015→GooglepartneredwithLFtoformtheCloudNativeComputingFoundation

○  Establishedto“advancekeyopensourcetechnologiesthatconstitutemodern,elasticcomputing”

ONAP

HistoryatAT&T●  2013→StartedtotalkpubliclyaboutDomain2.0●  2016→PublishedECOMPWhite-Paper($100M+investment)●  2017→ECOMPandOpen-OmergedtoformONAP●  2017→AmsterdamversionofONAPreleasedthroughLinuxFoundation

SubsequentDevelopments●  BeingContainerized

Takeaways

●  Multi-year“incubation”periodledbyasmallteamtoestablisharchitecture

●  Variabletimefromconcepttoproduction(earlyusespursmaturity)

●  Continualimprovement/evolutiononcestressedbyproductionuse

●  Significantinvestmentbeforethecommunitybeginstocontribute

●  Typicaltohaveacoredevelopmentteamevenaftermainstreamed

HowtoFilltheBillion+DollarGap?

Contents

•  PathtoProductionasenvisionedinearly2018

•  Wherearewetoday?

•  TheGapbetweenONF’sartifactsandoperator’sneeds

•  Eco-systemPerspectives

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IncumbentTEMPerspective•  Messagewillingnesstoadoptopennetworking•  Disaggregation,opensourceSDNandwhiteboxes

•  Butcontinuetosell“closedandproprietary”solutionswithsomeopensource

•  Theyobserve:

•  Opensourceandwhiteboxsolutionsarenotmaturingfastenough•  Operators’operationsdonotwishconsumeimmaturesolutions

•  Sowhyshouldtheychangetheirways?

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TEMsunlikelytorisktheirexistingbusinesswhilewaitingforOpenSourceplatformsandcomponentstomatureand

newbusinessmodelstoemerge.

Challengers/SystemIntegratorsPerspective•  Theyseeabigopportunity,butlack•  Rightsoftwareskillset

•  Appetitefor$20-$30Minvestment,beforeseriousoperatorrevenue

•  Theyapproachoperatorslookingforaclearpathtorevenueand(big)ROIandoperatorsarenotreadytomakesuchcommitments

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ChallengersandSystemIntegratorsseemtohaveforgotten”NoRisk,NoGain!”

•  VCsseldomfundtelcofocusedsoftwarestartupideas,citing

•  Operatorshaveverylongsale-cycles

•  Operatorsdon’tliketobuyfromstartups.atbesttheymakeanTEMtobuythestartup

•  OperatorscanchangetheirmindandcontinuewithincumbentTEMs:the“lowrisk”path

•  Hightechhasbeenhot:VCsandEntrepreneursfindothermoreattractiveopportunities

•  Theyaremoreinterestedinopportunitiesthatbypassoperatorsandcreatevalueontop

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VentureCapitalist&EntrepreneurPerspective

Entrepreneurs/VCsneedtotakeacloserlook

-ThereisaBIGopportunity!

OperatorPerspective

Operatorsaredoingtheirpartandexpectsupply-chaintostepup•  Operatorshavepubliclysharedtheirintentandbusinessrealities•  TheyarealreadyinvestinginONFandotheropensourceandwhiteboxinitiatives•  Theyhaveallocatedtheirteamsanddoingtrialswithsolutionsbasedondisaggregation,opensourceandwhiteboxes

Operatorsobserve•  Supply-chainplayerscannotexpect“PO”orequivalentcommitmentfromoperatorsbeforemakingtheirinvestmentandplacingbets

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Afewforwardthinkingoperatorsmayneedtogotheextramiletohelpprimethepump,

byinvestingalongsidetheirsupplychainsandcreatingasuccessfulDevOpsmodeltoproductizesolutionstheyneed

Whocanunlockthisbillion+dollarpuzzle?

Agreatopportunityforallstakeholdersthatwanttochallengethestatusquoofpast40years

ONFConnecthasbroughtpeopletogetherwhoareactivelyworkingonunlockingthispuzzle!

Whocanunlockthisbillion+dollarpuzzle?

Only we can!

ThankYou

Let’s get on with it!