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<outline how Linux has been successful as a result of strong governance and collaboration, without one vendor controlling developments.
In recognising comms sector facing significant challenges due to its over-reliance on prop tech, and wanting to help the industry release benefits of open source of x, y, z, both the importance of communications to the emerging global digital economy and to improving lives of people everywhere, and the challenges facing the commuications industry, the Linux Foundation in 2018 (?) established LFN as the umbrella organisation. The goal is for LFN software and projects to provide platforms and building blocks for Network Infrastructure & Services across Service Providers, Cloud Providers, Enterprises, Vendors, System Integrators that enable rapid interoperability, deployment & adoption.
LFN helps by increasing the availability ad adoption of quality open source to reduce the cost of building and managing networks, giving CSPs Commuications Service Provider, Cloud Providers, Enterprises and others the means to:
- significantly reduce cost of the networks on which their businesses depend
- gain control of their network and product roadmap
- introduce new capabilities and service more quickly
- reduce cost of field workforce, eg Rakuten example of reducing field workforce to 30% of what it would otherwise have been.
- automate operations
- reduce capital and operational costs, for example by increasing the number of functions that can be remotely deployed and maintained, through automating operations and through increased use of commodity hardware
- increase security through having multiple entities review the softwarecommodity hardware
Outline at&t as an example of a CSP that has been public about their strategic intent to harness open source … give examples of at&t open source initiatives and business impact>.
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