Openness is good, right? We need open-source software. We need open APIs, open standards, and open-model networking. OK, let’s agree to agree on those points. The question is how exactly does openness come about, and particularly in the network space. A collateral question is whether there are degrees of success, and if there is, the…
Lifecycle automation is all about handling events with automated processes. Event interpretation has to be contextual, which means that this process of event-handling needs to include a recognition of specific contexts or states, so that events are properly interpreted. There are advantages of state/event tables over policies in controlling event-handling in lifecycle automation, at least…
Why is Apple seemingly behind in the cloud? This isn’t a new question (I’ve pointed out their lagging position for a decade), but it’s perhaps a serious issue now that it’s clear that the cloud is playing a growing role in IT. Not only that, the cloud is impacting application development. One could argue that…
The cloud seems to be a clear winner in a pandemic world, but it’s often true that winning, placing, and showing (as they say in horseraces) are separated by a whisker. The cloud trends, during and after the pandemic, are far from simple. I blogged earlier about the need for a new way of providing…
The carrier cloud and edge computing stories just never seem to end. Just yesterday, I noted the trend in edge computing that promised a bit of action in the edge, relating to 5G and carrier cloud. It looked like public cloud players might be seizing the 5G edge. Now, IBM and Red Hat have thrown…
We may be seeing some clarity in the edge space, arising perhaps surprisingly from some increased confusion. There are more players emerging, more theories promulgating, and more value propositions being tested, to be sure. What’s interesting is that some trends are emerging. The biggest question in edge computing is just who has the edge, so…
Cloud computing is going to grow because of the pandemic and lockdown. There’s no question of that, but how much it might grow and what it might grow into are harder to assess. The issues that impact those questions range from security/compliance to simple cost, and enterprise planners are grappling with how to come to…
Suppose the pandemic is transformational? That’s a question that more and more planners/strategists are asking, among service providers, vendors, and enterprises. There are several dimensions of transformation, obviously, but the one that I propose to look at is the technology dimension. Will the pandemic really change how technology is used, and therefore how it’s purchased? …
Even based on early numbers from network vendors, it’s clear that network operators are at least slow-rolling, and likely constraining, capital spending. While it’s easy to blame the pandemic, network usage for most consumers and businesses has increased since the lockdowns began. It’s obvious that operators don’t make incremental money on traffic absent usage pricing,…
The problem with 5G is overreach. We start off with a network technology that, realistically speaking, has a 100% probability of deployment. We then try to gild the lily, insisting that every 3GPP feature be deployed, and that everything we do with 5G be something new, never done before, never possible. We want the rollout…