With Mobile World Congress coming along there’s plenty of buzz in the mobile space, and more than a few announcements are likely at the show. Some will probably mix SDN and NFV with mobile, maybe with each other, with the cloud, and possibly with the Internet of Whatever’s Next. Maybe it’s time to do a…
I wrote on Friday about the demand-side evolution of network function virtualization and the importance of framing an NFV story within a broader revamping of service management and operations. Today we have two more NFV-related data points that again demonstrate that moving to a software-driven vision of network features is complicated—and likely to be competitive….
The next two weeks are going to be very important for network functions virtualization (NFV), and also for the evolution of operations practices overall. Next week, the TMF launches its Team Action Week activity, which will include the presentation of a number of “Catalyst” demonstrations on NFV management. The following week is the quarterly meeting…
Analysts all have something in common, which is prognostication. One of my missions is to predict, to analyze, and there are a lot of people out there who think this sort of thing borders on just “making things up”. Personally, I welcome a chance to look at real objective data and see how it compares…
We, and in particular the media, would love technology to move in grand majestic sweeps. Instead, the market moves in little lurches and hiccups, and so sometimes you have to read through the obvious to find useful signs of a trend. Today we have three news items to ponder; Apple’s rumored CDN, Microsoft’s new CEO,…
The FCC has issued its order regarding the “experimentation” with the evolution of the public network—both from TDM to IP and from wireline to wireless. The details of the process are no surprise. The FCC wants to understand how a modernization trend would impact the four “core values” of public safety, universal service, competition, and…
I want to pose a question, as a prelude to looking at Amazon’s and Google’s quarters. The question is “Is the kind of intelligence portrayed in the movie ‘Her’ possible?” The reason for the question is that it’s clear that the notion of almost-human machine intelligence in the movie captured a lot of imaginations. It’s…
The term “-washing” is applied all too often in our industry, where the dash is preceded by the name of some hot technology like “cloud”, “SDN”, or “NFV”. Everyone loves publicity and if you can get it by simply tattooing the name of some hot concept on your forehead, so much the better. Of course,…
Some of my readers likely think I spend too much time on business issues in networking, preferring that I talk about revolutionary technology. Well, if the Founding Fathers had been stranded on a desert island through the late 1700s all their revolutionary precepts would have done is inspire birds, fish, and maybe turtles. Revolutions depend…
This is another one of those days when you have a bunch of news items that reflect a common theme. What do Yahoo, OpenCompute, and AT&T have in common? They’re all about the business of networking. Yahoo reported another quarter of disappointment, which frankly should never have been a surprise given that there was nothing…