If we have a shape of things to come, maybe now we have an organization of things to come. That’s what Cisco is promoting, at least, with the announcement it would be combining the enterprise networking and mass infrastructure groups. The challenge here is first to decide if the decision was driven, as some say,…
A number of those who know me or have read my blog have asked me about doing a podcast. I’ve been looking into the concept, but the problem is that there’s a fair amount of work in prepping one, and also a cost getting it hosted. I can’t justify that on the same free-no-sponsorship basis…
I’ve talked about service modeling and lifecycle automation, and about the software that’s needed to make a modeled service effective. It’s time to look at another related issue, which is the issue of just what you’re orchestrating. While it’s popular to talk about “cloud-native” technology for network features, the cloud is an application hosting technology…
One of my favorite authors on networking in the last century (it sure feels odd writing that!) was Tannenbaum, and I loved his quote in “Computer Networks”; where he said “The wonderful thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.” We could say that about standards bodies these days, and one…
Every new technology creates winners and losers, and 5G is no exception. Light Reading talks about this, specifically in terms of mobile operators, but I think we need to look a bit harder at this issue. 5G is important to operators and vendors alike, after all, and it’s also important to use 5G as an…
Meta’s quarter missed across the board. This is its second quarter of issues, and its stock has been declining steadily, to the point where it’s lost about half its value. Obviously this isn’t a good thing for Meta, but the big question is what it might mean to the OTT space, the metaverse, and the…
What would an intent-modeled service lifecycle automation system look like? I’ve often talked about service modeling as an element in such a system, but what about the actual software? A service model without the related software is the classic “day without sunshine”, and in the early 2000s, an operator group in Europe actually pointed out…
It’s not likely that many doubt that network spending is under pressure. That’s true even in the mobile space, despite all the hype that’s been surrounding 5G. We’ve heard a lot about open-model networking, not only in 5G with O-RAN but with white-box switching and routing. We’ve heard that hosted features and functions are the…
A Google employee raised a lot of ire by suggesting that AI could have a soul. That question is way out of my job description, but not so with questions that might lead up to it. Are AI elements “sentient” today? Are they “conscious” or “self-aware?” At least one researcher claims to have created a…
Nokia surprised a lot of people by beating Q2 forecasts, sending its stock up on July 21st. It’s beating rival Ericsson in stock performance for 3, 6, and 12 months, too. Ericsson, as I noted in a blog on July 18th, has bet billions on a Vonage acquisition, and Nokia seems to have been on…