The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), which sustains and integrates open source technologies like Kubernetes® and Prometheus™, today announced that NEC has joined the Foundation as a Gold Member. NEC will leverage its membership to help its carrier partners build fully open cloud native infrastructures.
Since 2000, NEC has been a significant supporter of open source communities, participating in the development of Linux and a number of other open source projects and standards. As a Platinum member of both the Linux Foundation and Linux Foundation Networking (LFN), NEC actively nurtures collaboration and innovation across the entire open networking stack.
"As the IT investment of customers is shifting to System of Engagement area, short-term system development is required and the importance of the cloud native technology such as containers is rapidly raising," said Yoshinaga Seki, Deputy General Manager of NEC. "NEC is thrilled to join CNCF to collaborate with its bustling community. By constantly incorporating cloud native technology into our business strategy, we will continue to provide products and services that will further satisfy our customers in the cloud native era."
"We're happy to bring NEC in as a Gold Member, and look forward to their help in accelerating the adoption of cloud native technologies throughout Asia," said Dan Kohn, Executive Director of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.