We have some additional news on a couple of topics I’ve been blogging on, one of which could have a significant impact on the state of the networking market and the other which could be a signpost of progress in network technology evolution. A Court of Appeals has overturned the FCC’s neutrality order, and Juniper…
We’re all familiar with the notion of “layered networks” but one of the things that’s sometimes overlooked when considering these age-old concepts is that multiple layers often begat multiple connection topologies, service policies, and so forth. In today’s world we’re not thinking of layers as much in terms of protocol layers as in terms of service…
We’re all familiar with the notion of “layered networks” but one of the things that’s sometimes overlooked when considering these age-old concepts is that multiple layers often begat multiple connection topologies, service policies, and so forth. In today’s world we’re not thinking of layers as much in terms of protocol layers as in terms of service…
If you review all of the industry news of the last week looking for “secret trends”, it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that a lot of the longer-term trends that everyone has ignored for almost a decade are now coming home to roost. As a result, we may in fact be in for some changes…
There have been a number of articles recently about the evolution of OSS/BSS, and certainly there’s pressure to drive evolution, based on a number of outside forces. Caroline Chappell, Heavy Reading analyst, has been a particularly good source of insightful questions and comments on the topic, and I think it’s time to go a bit…
I’ve blogged a lot about declining revenue per bit and commoditization of hardware in networking. The same thing is happening in IT, driven by the same mass-market and consumerization forces. You can’t sell a lot of something that’s expensive; Ford made the automobile real by making it cheap. So arguably networking and IT are getting…
I’ve blogged a lot about declining revenue per bit and commoditization of hardware in networking. The same thing is happening in IT, driven by the same mass-market and consumerization forces. You can’t sell a lot of something that’s expensive; Ford made the automobile real by making it cheap. So arguably networking and IT are getting…
There are a couple of recent news items that involve a big player, and while the focus of the news is different I think there is a common theme to be found. One is a little impromptu talk reported on Beet.tv from Cisco’s John Chambers at CES, and the other is Oracle’s acquisition of SDN…
Yesterday, the CloudNFV project (of which I am Chief Architect) announced a new Integration Partner, Shenick Network Systems. Shenick is a premier provider of IP test and measurement capabilities, and I’m blogging about this not because of my connection with CloudNFV but because the announcement illustrates some important points about NFV and next-gen networking in…
I’ve blogged through all of 2013 that of our three “revolutions” of cloud, NFV, and SDN, it’s the cloud that’s the senior partner. The transformational aspects of SDN and NFV depend to a very large degree on our harnessing cloud capabilities to host network features. We’re also hearing that Amazon is on a tear, with…