HPE announces open-source industry initiative to simplify 5G net management

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced Tuesday the new Open Distributed Infrastructure Management (ODIM) initiative, an open-source program backed by several key industry partners that is designed to simplify the management of large-scale geographically distributed physical infrastructure deployments. The ODIM initiative aims to help resolve the complexity cellcos face when rolling out 5G networks across thousands of sites equipped with IT infrastructure from multiple vendors and different generations of technology, says the news release. The initiative is being launched in collaboration with Intel and with support from industry partners including AMI, Apstra, Red Hat, Tech Mahindra and...