--- title: 'NFV with Juniper OpenContrail and Ubuntu OpenStack: ODS Vancouver' description: "\uFEFF\uFEFF Arguably, the pressure on carriers to find new and innovative\ \ ways to develop and deliver new, sticky services has never been greater. Wannabe\ \ service providers such as Google, Amazon and Netflix, are finding ever more nimble\ \ ways to design and launch innovative new services. It’s their ability to deploy\ \ thousands of new machines with […]" url: https://canonical.com/blog/nfv-with-juniper-opencontrail-and-ubuntu-openstack-ods-vancouver?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [James Donner](https://canonical.com/blog/author/jamesadonner "More about James Donner") 3 August 2015 # NFV with Juniper OpenContrail and Ubuntu OpenStack: ODS Vancouver [cloud](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/cloud) [Contrail](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/contrail) [juniper](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/juniper) [NFV](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/nfv) [OpenStack](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/openstack) --- Share the article <span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce\_SELRES\_start"></span><span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce\_SELRES\_start"></span> Arguably, the pressure on carriers to find new and innovative ways to develop and deliver new, sticky services has never been greater. Wannabe service providers such as Google, Amazon and Netflix, are finding ever more nimble ways to design and launch innovative new services. It’s their ability to deploy thousands of new machines with an individual admin that is driving true simplification and automation – allowing them to move more quickly than their traditional telco rivals. How can the telecoms community compete? Network Function Virtulisation (NFV) was created by the carrier community to take advantage of a lot of the lessons learned in the cloud; it provided a low-cost, commodity-based x86 hardware environment alongside a Linux OS and an array of virtualized services. Essentially, by enabling services in an automated way, NFV accelerates the revenue-earning potential for carriers without reinventing the wheel. NFV is also one of the key use cases for OpenStack. Watch the above video to hear our VP of Alliances, John Zannos, and Jennifer Lin, CEO at Juniper Networks talk about how NFV is transforming the telecoms industry and about Contrail Cloud Platform, the joint carrier-grade OpenStack solution for telcos. **Want to know more?** To find out more about the array of cloud technologies available for telcos, [download our free eBook](http://ubunt.eu/INldHN). You can also see how our service modeling tool Juju is a perfect match for telcos and service providers in our two part blogpost series. ([Part 1](http://ubunt.eu/PHh8L1), [Part 2](http://ubunt.eu/qRQtPy)) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Join Canonical at the first-ever African OpenInfra Days](https://canonical.com/blog/join-canonical-at-the-first-ever-african-openinfra-days) For the second time, and in less than one month, Canonical is coming to East Africa! Three weeks ago, we had the first-ever UbuCon Africa, which was co-located with DjangoCon... [Sharon Koech](https://canonical.com/blog/author/skoech) 2 September 2025 [### Run agentic workloads on Arm and Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/blog/run-agentic-workloads-on-arm-and-ubuntu) In the lead-up to Ubuntu Summit 26.04, Canonical and Arm are collaborating to certify the new Arm AGI CPU on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon). Learn what this means for... [Youssef Eltoukhy](https://canonical.com/blog/author/usf197) 26 May 2026 [### How to set up a micro lab: four principles for a reliable homelab](https://canonical.com/blog/how-to-set-up-a-reliable-homelab) After over a decade of running a homelab, I have learned a few difficult lessons. Although it begins as a “lab,” you inevitably end up with something you want to keep. If a... [Jake Nabasny](https://canonical.com/blog/author/slapcat) 17 March 2026 [### Building new revenue streams: 3 strategic cloud opportunities for telcos in 2026](https://canonical.com/blog/new-telco-cloud-opportunity) PWC claimed the ‘fundamental challenge’ behind slowing growth is that telecom’s ‘core products and services’ are ‘becoming commodities.’ The way forward lies in modernizing and... [Isobel Kate Maxwell](https://canonical.com/blog/author/iso-maxwell) 10 February 2026