One of the topics the people I speak with (and work with) are most interested in is “intent modeling”. Cisco made an announcement on it (one I blogged on) and the ONF is turning over its intent-model-based northbound interface (NBI) work to the MEF. Not surprisingly, perhaps, however popular the notion might be, it’s not…
We read a lot about smart cities these days, but like many popular topics there’s a surprising lack of consistency in assigning a meaning to the term. In fact, only about half the attributes of smart cities that governments and network operators name are recognized by at least two-thirds of the people I talk with. …
In just the last week, we’ve had cloud-related announcements that seem to suggest a drive toward harmonizing cloud and data center around a single architecture. Amazon has an alliance with VMware, Microsoft is further improving compatibility and synergy between Azure and its data center elements, Google is expanding its Nutanix relationship for data center harmony,…
According to Light Reading, a senior Ericsson exec doesn’t think that 5G will kickstart telecom spending. Ericsson also issued a profit warning, causing its stock to take a big hit. That this is even a surprise is hard for me to understand, frankly. Telcos have been telling me for years that they couldn’t continue to…
I had an opportunity to chat with some insightful network operator CIO staff types, the topic being the near-and-dear one of “What should the future of OSS/BSS be?” I’ve noted in some past blogs that there’s a surprising diversity of viewpoints here, ranging from the “throw the bums out!” model to one of gradual evolution. …
With the introduction of SK Telecom’s T-MANO into the mix, we have yet another promised improvement in the basic management and orchestration model for NFV. In the past, I’ve tended to defend all these initiatives on the theory that somebody might end up getting it right. Other than AT&T and Open-O with ONAP, I’ve not…
There is little question that change is roiling through the video market. The challenge is figuring out what might be changing, and what it’s changing to. The choices seem fairly clear—we have an OTT-driven video option or a more traditional channelized cable-and-telco-TV or satellite option. We’ve seen growing interest in streaming OTT video services as…
According to a recent report from Deloitte, “deep fiber” is critical to support the evolution to 5G. There’s truth in this view—I think it’s clear that fiber is critical to 5G success. The questions are whether “deep fiber” is the kind of fiber that’s critical, whether fiber is a sufficient guarantee of 5G, and what…
A story that starts with the statement that a technology is “entering a new phase” is always interesting. It’s not always compelling, or even true, but it’s at least interesting. In the case of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) the story is interesting, and it’s even true. It remains to be seen whether it’s compelling. NFV…
If event-handling and process hosting are the way of the near future, then (as I suggested last week) we would likely shift a lot of hosting and software development off traditional server platforms. There are technical considerations here, of course (and I noted the key ones last week), but the primary issue is financial. Event…