2021 marks the 10th anniversary of OCP. It is also the 30th anniversary of Linux. Open compute, open source and open collaboration have become a force in the IT industry to drive efficiency and innovation. The 3rd Annual OCP China Day, organized by the OCP Foundation and hosted by In (...)
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A 10 year reflection on the Open Compute Project.
As OCP was launching, working as an engineer at Intel, I met the Facebook mechanical engineers when they shared the details of a new rack design that solved many of the issues we had faced for years. It was evident that they were about to break the “glass ceiling” that the design communi (...)
Open Compute, Open Telecom, Open Possibilities
Written by Loren Staley, CTO at Edgecore Networks, and Co-lead of Telco Project at OCP, which includes the Edge Sub-Project. Technology fuels every aspect of our lives: professional and personal, from medical to educational to entertainment and beyond. Connecting it all is a remarkable (...)
Open Compute Project Foundation Announces Leadership Changes.
The Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) announces today several changes affecting both the Foundation Staff and its Board of Directors. The OCP Foundation and board of directors is excited to announce that Rebecca Weekly was elected to the position of chairperson of the Open Compute Project on Ju (...)
Open Compute, Open Sustainability, Open Possibilities
Technology fuels every aspect of our lives: professional and personal; from medical to educational to entertainment and beyond. Behind it all is a remarkable global matrix of IT infrastructure and equipment making it all possible, one that is also leaving a very large carbon footprint on Earth in th (...)
Running on OCP: Episode 9 - DCConnect
One of the areas that has grown the most consistently in OCP over the years is open networking. The rise of software defined networking (SDN) and disaggregation has been a catalyst specifically among telcos. In this episode I speak with DCConnect, an OCP Community member headquartered in Hong (...)
OCP and ONF to offer a truly open reference architecture for Private 5G/LTE-Edge-Cloud-as-a-Service.
OCP has continued to increase our collaboration with the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) as the adoption of open technologies increases across telcos and enterprises. OCP members have contributed specifications and designs which provide the underlying hardware infrastructure for ONF’s u (...)
SP Spotlight: An Interview with Lee Myall, CEO of Kao Data
Ideally located between London and Cambridge, Kao Data is setting the pace for open infrastructure with one of the UK’s largest data center campus developments. As one of our first OCP Ready™ facilities, Kao Data has demonstrated their commitment to being part of a collaborative communit (...)
OCP Incubation Committee Elections Nominees Announced for 2021-2023 Term
The Nomination Period for the 2021-2023 Incubation Committee (IC) has ended. Below are the nominees, listed by Project. If only one candidate is listed, that candidate will run unopposed. Reminder: only Silver, Gold & Platinum members are allowed to vote in Incubation Committee elections. The l (...)
OCP Reaches 10 years!
The Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) is pleased to announce that we will reach our 10-year anniversary milestone on October 3, 2021! I have had the good fortune of being involved with OCP starting with the second board meeting back in 2012. I served as CFO for the first few years, and then as C (...)