Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) stories

Console Connect has launched an open-source LSO API Adaptor to promote faster adoption of standards-based APIs for developers worldwide.

The company announced the launch of a Technology Advisory Board (TAB) comprised of senior executives from leading global technology companies.

Microsoft joins MEF to expand SD-WAN and SASE standards, supporting the development of MEF 3.0 and contributing to the SASE Service and Attributes.

MEF has recently certified Fortinet's Secure SD-WAN offering as being able to support MEF 3.0 SD-WAN services.

MEF appoints Aamir Hussain of Verizon Business Group to its board, bringing over 25 years of tech expertise to drive the ambitious MEF 3.0 initiative forward.

MEF launched the MEF 3.0 LSO Sonata certification pilot for inter-provider service automation, alongside SDK Release 3 for streamlined global service processes.

MEF's final draft SD-WAN service standard, defining SD-WAN services and their attributes, is now publicly available ahead of the official July 2019 release.

Taking place in Los Angeles, California, the event will bring together over 1000 senior level professionals from over 275 companies around the world.

Re-elected Board members include Eric Puetz from AT&T Labs, Sahar Steiff from PCCW Global and Ralph Sanitoro from Fujitsu.

MEF16 kicks off in Baltimore with workshops, demos and keynotes. Over 1200 guests attend to shape the future of communications.

MEF16 opens in Baltimore with keynote speakers discussing the importance of change, automation and Third Network Services.

PCCW Global CEO, Marc Halbfinger, calls for collaboration and improved security in the Network Services and tech industry.

Attendees are in for a jam packed schedule throughout the week, with the opening networking reception currently happening.

MEF announces the third LSO Hackathon for November, with the events focused on accelerating development of Third Network services.

The GEN15 event brought together nearly 125 expert speakers to fuel discussions on the future of agile, assured and orchestrated services.

As enterprises embrace the cloud, carriers have an incredible opportunity to assist with migration, layer on orchestration, and differentiate services.

It's time for the provisioning of 21st-century data services to enter, well, the 21st century. That's starting to happen, for one in the APAC market.

Every cloud provider has its own technologies, its own buzzwords, its own APIs – and that's a challenge for enterprises.

A new global industry association was launched earlier this year to tackle a whole pile of inter-operability issues between cloud service providers.