SoftFIRE launched its Third Open Call for Experimenters interested in SDN and NFV technologies for experimenting with programmability, security, and interoperability aspects on the federated testbed. Experimenters interested in submitting a proposal can choose between: the production and/or validation of new services, systems and applications that benefit from network programmability and NFV and SDN technologies… Read More

SoftFIRE has completed the evaluation process for the Second Open Call and we are pleased to announce the project proposals that have been conditionally accepted for funding. We selected 12 out of 15 proposals received. More details on the winners can found here.… Read More

SoftFIRE organises together with 5GinFIRE FED5G – the IEEE International Workshop on Federated Testbeds for NFV/SDN/5G: Experiences and Feedback. To be held in conjunction with the 3rd IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (NFV-SDN 2017) Day of the Workshop: 6th November 2017 Venue: Fraunhofer-Forum Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Straße 2 10178 Berlin Germany More information about the… Read More

SoftFIRE will present a joint special session on “Emerging trends for 5G experimental environments” at the European Conference on Networks and Communications EuCNC 2017, to be held on 12-15 June, Oulu, Finland, together with projects 5GINFIRE and ORCA. The session will take place on Tuesday, 13 June 2017, 16:30-18:00, Room Radisson Blu Ranta&Koski More details… Read More

SoftFIRE launched its Second Open Call for Experimenters interested in SDN and NFV technologies for experimenting with programmability, security, and interoperability aspects on the federated testbed. Experimenters interested in submitting a proposal can choose between: the production and/or validation of new services, systems and applications that benefit from network programmability and NFV and SDN technologies more… Read More

Join our SoftFIRE partner Fraunhofer FOKUS presenting a live demonstration together with Canonical. This joint demonstration showcases the integration between the Canonical’s Juju VNFM and Open Baton. Open Baton is the NFV MANO Framework solution utilised by the SoftFIRE project for managing VNF deployment across the federated infrastructure. Register here: https://www.sdxcentral.com/event/vnf-deployments-ubuntu-open-baton/… Read More

SoftFIRE launched the Open Call for its First Hackathon. Interested in  “challenging” the SoftFIRE platform and its programmability? Apply for participation to the Hackathon and join the SoftFIRE team in this two days event  in Berlin on May 4-5, 2017! For more detailed information please refer to First SoftFIRE Hackathon.… Read More

During 5G week in Berlin a co-organised workshop with IEEE SDN took place for working on a joint roadmap for a breakthrough collaboration model on boosting 5G innovation. Based on the results in the SoftFIRE project one element will be the demo of the First Federated Testbed Portal (FTP) on federated 5G/SDN/NFV/MEC testbeds. More information… Read More

SoftFIRE is continuing its promotion of its SND/NFV federated testbed for 5G in the area of Pan European Networks. Details can be found here.… Read More

SoftFIRE demonstrated the functionality of its federated Testbed in a successful Interoperability Test in Berlin on September 30th. Interested persons attended on site as well as over videostreaming where they could interact with the participants on site and the project team members. More Information and results can be found here.… Read More