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Portfolio Roadmap: The future of the Open Telekom Cloud at a glance

The Open Telekom Cloud is continuously evolving: With the Portfolio Roadmap you can see at a glance which new services and enhancements to existing services can be expected in the coming months and in the long term. 
If you have any questions regarding the roadmap, please contact us.

The plans are subject to change due to dynamic developments in the market environment.
Last updated: 01/02/2024

Product Category / ProductQ1 2024Q2 2024Q3 2024Mid TermLong Term

Compute

  • IPv6 support
  • BMS based on V7 CPU as host for confidential containers and other use cases
  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS for BMS based on V7 CPU
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022 for BMS based on V7 CPU
  • BMS C7T based on V7 CPU - eu-de
  • Memory optimized ECS flavor for RDS:MSSQL
  • ECS - Nvidia A40 Flavor 
  • ECS - Nvidia A40 Flavor
  • Fedora 39
  • ECS - s7n
  •  ECS - m7n and c7n
  • ECS – New GPU based flavor
  • ECS – New GPU based flavor
  • Small ECS g6 flavor
  • openEuler 20.03 SP3
  • SLES 15SP5
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • ECS - m7, s7, and c7
  • ECS – Bring g7 flavor online again based on NVIDIA A40 GPU
  • ECS - m7n
  • ECS - m7n
  • ECS - c7n
  • ECS – e6
  • c4ne – CCE turbo only
  • ECS vGPU Beta
  •  FunctionGraph next version - DE
  •  FunctionGraph next version - NL
  • FunctionGraph  V1 - DE
  • FunctionGraph V1 - NL
  • Confidential BMS C7T based on V7 CPU - eu-de
  • Confidential containers in CCE - eu-de
  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS for BMS based on V7 CPU

Container

  • CCE 1.25
  • Support for Extreme IO disk with 128k IOPS
  • NewCCE Turbo as BETA
  • CCE - 1.27
  • CCE Turbo - GA
  • CCE 1.25
  • Support for Extreme IO disk with 128k IOPS
  • NewCCE Turbo as BETA
  • NewCCI as BETA

Storage

  • Higher Spec for Ultra-High IO
  • GP SSD Flavor - Disk Type
  • Basic SSD – Disk Type
  • Disk Type Change
  • GP v2 SSD
  • OBS to support CES
  • CTS 2.0
  • Instant Access Cold
  • SFS 3.0 – Successor of SFS capacity oriented
  • New Flavor for HPC
  • SFS Turbo Backup in NL
  • NewCross Region Replication - GA
  • Cross-Region SDRS
  • SDRS in EU-NL

Database

  • Proxy feature in MySQL 
  • RDS New Flavor 
  • MySQL 2017 new images 
  • RDS new flavors
  • MSSQL 2022 SE & EE
  • PostgreSQL 15
  • PostgreSQL 16
  • PostgreSQL Auto-Scaling
  • Minor Version PostgreSQL & MySQL
  • MS SQL 2022
  • PostgreSQL new flavor
  • Support MySQL to GaussDB(for MySQL)
  • Support PostgreSQL to GaussDB
  • New version 4.4
  • Support Backup Encryption 
  • NewDistributed Database Middleware as EB
  • NewDistributed Database Middelware
  • Support PostgreSQL in DDM
  • NewGaussDB (for MySQL) new flavor
  • NewGaussDB (for Influx)
  • NewGaussDB Cassandra
  • Minor version upgrade 
  • NewData Admin Service 

Orchestration

  • New Version Redis 6 Cluster  
  • Redis 6.0
  • NewApplication Performance Management
  • NewCloud Service Engine as EB
  • NewAPI Gateway 

Big Data & AI

  • NewDataArts Studio
  • Support of DLI connectivity
  • ModelArts New Version
  • New version 8.1.3.320 
  • New Version 3.2.0 LTS 
  • OpenSearch version 2
  • Minor Version Upgrade 
  • Supports Spark v. 3.1  
  • NewOptical Character Recognition

Security

  • NewCloud Secret Management Service (CSMS)
  • NewNew Service – Host Security Service
  • NewNew Service – Cloud Firewall

Network

  • IPv6 support
  • NATGW XS Flavor
  • NewCloud Connect
  • NewEnterprise Switch
  • NewContent Delivery Network
SFS 3.0 – Successor of SFS capacity orientedSFS 3.0 is a new file-system service that is particular useful for larger file-sizes and does not require min. allocations. New version 4.4With the introduction of DDS 4.4 Version following partial features from MongoDB 4.4 will be compatible.  FunctionGraph next version - DEFunctionGraph next version providing additional functionalityMemory optimized ECS flavor for RDS:MSSQLMemory optimized ECS flavor with 8vCPU and 128/256GB RAM in order to allow cost optimized RDS:MSSQL databases FunctionGraph next version - NLFunctionGraph next version providing additional functionalityFunctionGraph  V1 - DEFunction based computing in order to allow Function based software development and DevOps organisations to improve time to market of new features and save costs in release management and preparation of development and test environments.Optical Character RecognitionOptical Character Recognition (OCR) allows you to detect and recognize printed characters in images and convert the characters into editable text in JSON format.Cloud Service Engine as EBCloud Service Engine (CSE) provides service registry, service governance, and configuration and management.IPv6 supportIPv6 support for: Elastic Load BalancerSupport MySQL to GaussDB(for MySQL)With this feature you may be able to migrate in DRS from MySQL into GaussDB(for MySQL).Cloud ConnectAllows for inter region Communication between VPCs using Enterprise RoutersCCE 1.25Cloud Container Engine with K8S 1.25Enterprise VPNA new  improved VPN Service:
- More Stability

- New Features
GaussDB (for MySQL) new flavorNew flavor is 2CPUs with 4GB RAMOptical Character RecognitionOptical Character Recognition (OCR) allows you to detect and recognize printed characters in images and convert the characters into editable text in JSON format.New Version Redis 6 Cluster  New cluster flavor for workload distribution and high-availability supporting Redis version 6.xModelArts New VersionNew features in ExeML, Data Management, Model Management, AI engine Mindspore 1.5 will be available.CCE 1.25Cloud Container Engine with K8S 1.25Minor Version Upgrade IPv6 supportIPv6 support for: Virtual Privat CloudApplication Performance ManagementApplication Performance Management (APM) as a new service monitors and manages the performance of cloud applications in real time. APM provides performance analysis of distributed applications, helping O&M personnel quickly locate and resolve faults and performance bottlenecks.IPv6 supportIPv6 support for: Auto ScalingRedis 6.0Distributed Cache Service (DCS) is an online, distributed, in-memory cache service. It is reliable, scalable, usable out of the box, and easy to manage. DCS makes it easy to deploy, operate, and scale in-memory data caches in the cloud. A new version of Redis 6.0 will be available in Distributed Cache Service.Enterprise SwitchEnables Layer 2 networking for VPCs, helping to connect cloud and on-premises networksDistributed Database Middleware as EBDistributed Database Middleware (DDM) eliminates the capacity and performance bottlenecks that affects traditional growing databases and instead addresses distributed scaling issues to handle highly concurrent access to massive volumes of data.New version 8.1.3.320 Please visit the release notes for a detailed information.DNSSECDNSSEC is a Security Extension for the DNS Service to authenticate answers to domain queriesDataArts StudioDataArts Studio simplify big data operations and build intelligent knowledge libraries. It is a one-stop data lake operations platform that manages data design, development, integration, quality, and assets.Proxy feature in MySQL Proxy load balancing balances requests among multiple read replicas using a load-based scheduling policy.Content Delivery NetworkA new Content Delivery Network:

• easier distribution of large File Sizes
 
• Lower Latency for Content

 
API Gateway API Gateway (APIG) is a fully managed service that enables developers and partners to securely build, manage, and deploy APIs at any scale with high performance and availability. NATGW XS FlavorA smaller and cheaper Flavor for NATGWSupport PostgreSQL to GaussDBWith this functionality PostgreSQL will be also supported to be synchronized into GaussDB(for MySQL) Primary/Standby.Distributed Database MiddelwareDDM uses a storage-compute decoupled architecture that makes it easy to scale out compute and storage resources to handle a huge number of concurrent requests. It splits read and write requests with no need to modify service code.Confidential BMS C7T based on V7 CPU - eu-deUse BMS flavor with enabled INTEL SGX to run confidential workloadsGaussDB CassandraGaussDB(for Cassandra) provides excellent read and write performance, flexibility, and fault tolerance, making it the best choice for high-concurrency scenarios and websites that provide product catalogs, recommendations, personalization engines, and transaction records. It is fully compatible with Cassandra 3.11.Higher Spec for Ultra-High IOUltra-High IO will receive 50.000 IOPS as well as 350 Mbit/s throughput. Please be aware that you might need to plan a migration to GP SSD flavor as pricing will be increased for this higher IOPS disk typeData Admin Service DAS provides you with database development, O&M, and intelligent diagnosis to make it easy to use and maintain cloud databases.Cross-Region SDRSAllows SDRS service to replicate EVS volumes to a different region for disaster recovery purpose. IAM 2.7• IAM upgrade to version 2.7, including multiple bug fixesSupport Backup Encryption With any type of manual or automatic backup, an encrypted backup is created in Document Database Service.GaussDB (for Influx)GaussDB(for Influx) is a cloud-native NoSQL time-series database full compatible with InfluxDB.Support for Extreme IO disk with 128k IOPSCloud Container Engine with K8S 1.25ECS - Nvidia A40 Flavor GPU accelerated flavor designed for specific workloads such as: AI-based deep learning, scientific computing, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), computing finance, seismic analysis, molecular modeling, and genomics will be provided in region DE Support for Extreme IO disk with 128k IOPSCloud Container Engine with K8S 1.25BMS based on V7 CPU as host for confidential containers and other use casesBMS flavor with INTEL SGX enabled allowing confidential and non confidential workloads.GP SSD Flavor - Disk TypeGP SSD will be the replacement of Ultra-High IO. It will come across with 20.000 IOPS and a throughput of 250 MBit/sECS - Nvidia A40 FlavorGPU accelerated flavor designed for specific workloads such as: AI-based deep learning, scientific computing, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), computing finance, seismic analysis, molecular modeling, and genomics will be provided in region NL Fedora 39Fedora 39 imageConfidential containers in CCE - eu-deConfidential containers fully integrated into OTC managed Kubernetes environment Cloud Container Engines CCEUbuntu 22.04 LTS for BMS based on V7 CPUUbuntu 22.04 LTS (Long-Term-Support) image for BMS flavor with INTEL SGX.Microsoft Windows Server 2022 for BMS based on V7 CPUMicrosoft Windows Server 2022 image for BMS flavor with INTEL SGX.BMS C7T based on V7 CPU - eu-deBMS flavor with INTEL SGX enabled allowing confidential and non confidential workloadsIPv6 supportIPv6 support for:
Direct Connect
CCE Turbo as BETA(Beta) A new generation of CCESupport of DLI connectivityData Lake Insight connectivity will be available in DataArts Factory.CCE Turbo as BETA(Beta) A new generation of CCERDS New Flavor New flavor is 8CPUs with 128GB RAMSupports Spark v. 3.1  Supports Spark v. 3.1 but needs to be requested by customer. Cloud Secret Management Service (CSMS)•CSMS is a secure, reliable, and easy-to-use secret service.
 
•Users or applications can use CSMS to create, retrieve, update, and delete credentials in a unified manner throughout the credential lifecycle.
 
•CSMS can help you eliminate risks incurred by hardcoding or plaintext configuration of secrets like passwords.
New Service – Host Security ServiceImplementation of the new Service „Host Security Service“ (HSS).
 
HSS as agent-based service 
 
protects your cloud servers 
 and 
offers the following features:
 
Intrustion Detection
 
Vulnerability Management
 
Baseline Inspection
 
Asset Management
New Service – Cloud FirewallImplementation of the new Service „Cloud Firewall“ (CFW).
 
CFW as next-generation cloud-native firewall protects internet and 
VPC 
borders on the cloud and offers 
 
the following features:
 
Real-time intrustion 
 
detection and prevention (IDPS)
 
Unified access control
 
Full traffic analysis
 
Log audit and tracing
Support PostgreSQL in DDMWith this functionality PostgreSQL will be also supported for synchronizations jobs from existing PostgreSQL into Distributed Database Middelware for PostgreSQL.Ubuntu 22.04 LTS for BMS based on V7 CPUUbuntu 22.04 LTS (Long-Term-Support) image for BMS flavor with INTEL SGXECS - s7nECS Flavor s7n based on latest INTEL CPU to fullfil highest performance requirements and provide support with latest technologiesFunctionGraph V1 - NLFunction based computing in order to allow Function based software development and DevOps organisations to improve time to market of new features and save costs in release management and preparation of development and test environmentsMinor version upgrade Minor version upgrade CCE - 1.27Based on Kubernetes, the Cloud Container Engine (CCE) enables the configuration of containers via virtual machines (ECS).SDRS in EU-NLSDRS service to be made available in EU-NL regionBasic SSD – Disk TypeBasic SSD disk type is planned to replace the Common & High IO disk types. It is planned to have 7.500 IOPS and a throughput of 100 Mbit/sMySQL 2017 new images As part of continuous Lifecycle these new images (Standard and Enterprise Edition) containing fixes for known bugs and CVE. Please upgrade your existing instances.OpenSearch version 2OpenSearch version 2DBSS Upgrade•Implementation of  DBSS Upgrade to provide following features
 •API support
 •Support of more Database Types (via Agent)
CCE Turbo - GAPaired with the Cloud Native Network 2.0 model, 
CCE Turbo clusters run on a cloud native infrastructure that features software-hardware 
synergy to support passthrough networking, high security and reliability, and intelligent scheduling.
CCI as BETACloud Container Instance (CCI) is a serverless container engine compatible with native Kubernetes and Docker APIs.New Version 3.2.0 LTS The new version in both regions contains new features like FlinkServer and HetuEngine support. Disk Type ChangeDisk type change allows to change the type of a disk and therefore scale performance-wise. ECS - m7n and c7nECS Flavors m7n and c7n based on latest INTEL CPU to fullfil highest performance requirements and provide support with latest technologiesECS – New GPU based flavorThis new NVIDIA GPU flavor will provide highest performance and support latest AI and graphic based requirementsECS – New GPU based flavorThis new NVIDIA GPU flavor will provide highest performance and support latest AI based requirementsSmall ECS g6 flavorSmall GPU based ECS flavor for use cases with lower performance requirements but workloads still requiring GPU power.RDS new flavorsFollowing new flavors in Microsoft SQL are available:  
 
8vCPUs with 128 GB RAM
 
8vCPUs with 256 GB RAM
SFS Turbo Backup in NLBackup of SFS Turbo will be made available within EU-NL RegionopenEuler 20.03 SP3openEuler 20.03 Service Pack 3 imageMSSQL 2022 SE & EEPlease kindly visit Microsoft Release Notes for Microsoft SQL Server Version 2019 Enterprise / Standard Edition to get more information about new functionalities on this version.SLES 15SP5SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5PostgreSQL 15PostgreSQL 16 UGODatabase and Application Migration UGO is a professional cloud service focused on heterogeneous database schema migration.PostgreSQL Auto-ScalingWith storage autoscaling enabled, when Relational Database Service (RDS) detects that you are running out of database space, it automatically scales up your storage ONLY for PostgreSQL.Minor Version PostgreSQL & MySQLAs a standard Lifecycle procedure we would like to deliver once per quartal new minor versions only in PostgreSQL and MySQL.GP v2 SSDGP 2 SSD allows to create a disk with custom IOPS and Bandwidth. Those disks can more efficiently serve cases that requires e.g. high Bandwidth but low IOPSopenSUSE Leap 15.5openSuse Leap 15.5 is based on SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5ECS - m7, s7, and c7ECS Flavors m7, s7, and c7 based on latest INTEL CPU to fullfil highest performance requirements and provide support with latest technologiesECS – Bring g7 flavor online again based on NVIDIA A40 GPUGPU accelerated flavor designed for specific workloads such as: AI-based deep learning, scientific computing, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), computing finance, seismic analysis, molecular modeling, and genomics will be put online againECS - m7nECS Flavor m7n based on latest INTEL CPU to fullfil highest performance requirements and provide support with latest technologiesNew Flavor for HPCWe will provide a new SFS Turbo flavor for High Performance Computing applications.Cross Region Replication - GACross-Region Replication enables replication of backup data stored in OBS from DE to NL region or vice versa. This functionality is especially useful to achieve BSI compliance regarding Geo-Redundancy as well as KRITIS.ECS - m7nECS Flavor m7n based on latest INTEL CPU to fullfil highest performance requirements and provide support with latest technologiesMS SQL 2022This delivery includes MSSQL 2022 Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition.ECS - c7nECS Flavor c7n based on latest INTEL CPU to fullfil highest performance requirements and provide support with latest technologiesECS – e6ECS e6 as a large memory flavor will provide compute for applications that require a large amount of memory, rapid data switching, and low latency, and process large volumes of data.OLAP and OLTP applications with hyper-threading enabled c4ne – CCE turbo onlyFlavor c4ne – Network optimized flavor for use in CCE turbo onlyECS vGPU BetaProvide virtual GPU based on NVIDIA A40 GPU and test customer use cases PostgreSQL new flavorPostgreSQL will offer a new flavor with 96 VCPU & 768GB RAMOBS to support CESOBS will receive a deeper integration into the Cloud Eye Service to support advanced monitoring as well as notification functionality.CTS 2.0OBS will receive a more advanced logging functionality.Instant Access ColdInstant Access Cold is a storage class for OBS that allows direct access to Cold data without necessity to restore themtoday
 
 

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