The recent Fastly problem generated a raft of stories featuring pundits claiming this or that lesson. It was interesting to me that none of the stories addressed what I think is the key point in the whole mess, which is that the Internet isn’t what we think it is. A corollary is that the cloud…
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Cloud computing doesn’t always save money. That’s contrary to the popular view, certainly contrary to the publicized view, and controversial to boot, but readers will recognize that it’s a point I’ve made often. A recent article in VentureBeat makes that point, but has been its own source of controversy, and frankly I’m not in agreement…
We might be justified in calling the next four months the “Summer of 5G Disillusionment”. On the one hand, the 5G providers seem to be facing off in a big win-customers campaign. On the other hand, some recent research says that users are disappointed with the lack of new 5G applications. A good part of…
Remember that old saying “Content is king?” Maybe we’re getting a lesson that it’s still true, and if it is, the truth it represents might reshape online service, service providers, and even vendors. First, AT&T announced a deal with Discovery to merge its Time Warner assets with Discovery’s assets to create a new company that…
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Cisco announced a pretty good quarter, but its guidance suggested its profit margins would be impacted by a decision to absorb increased chip prices rather than pass them along. All that is true, but there’s still a lot to be learned from looking at their earnings call transcript, and also exploring their recent M&A decisions…
It’s pretty clear that cloud providers think they have a shot at the gold (forget brass) ring in terms of telco services. I hear the signals of interest from both cloud provider and telecom contacts, but I wonder whether either side understands just how wide the gulf between them really is. Over the last two…
DriveNets has long supported a containerized-software framework that’s hosted in a disaggregated cluster of white-box elements. In effect, it’s a little cloud of its own, and the company even calls it the “Network Cloud”. They also support control-plane separation, and I’ve noted several times that their architecture could be used to bind the IP control…