Open Network Foundation & Other Organizations; ONF-Optical Transport WG;...
1. ONF relationship to ETSI NFV WG and OpenDaylight Consortium: My last Viodi View article examined the motivation and current work of the ETSI NFV WG and questioned whether service providers might...
View ArticleVMware’s Network Virtualization Poses Huge Threat to Data Center Switch...
Introduction: Milin Desai, Director, Product Management at VMware, presented his company’s views on network virtualization, its advantages, current and future products at a late day VMUG session on May...
View ArticleIllustrations of Network Virtualization from VMware, ETSI NFV, and Intel...
Introduction Our last article described VMware’s view of network virtualization, provided definitions and advantages of same, with different opinions expressed on the main advantage(s). There was a...
View ArticleHighlights of 2013 TiECon- Part I: Opening Keynotes
Introduction TiEcon is the largest global conference for entrepreneurs It is organized by TIE (The Indus Entrepreneurs, Silicon Valley chapter each year in Santa Clara, CA. This author has covered...
View Article2013 TiECon- Part 2: Software Defined Infrastructure Presentations
Introduction: Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI) applies to compute, storage and the network within a data center and in the cloud. This market segment is experiencing tremendous growth and...
View Article2013 TiECon- Part 3: Software Defined Infrastructure Presentations & Panels...
Introduction: In this third and final article on the information packed 2013 TiECon, we summarize key messages from the second half of the SDI Track on May 17th, including the afternoon keynote and two...
View Article“TV Everywhere” Gaining Market Traction with Live Linear added to VoD
“TV Everywhere (TVE)” services have begun to pick up momentum among programmers and pay-TV providers, according to some industry executives who have seen a surge of interest among subscribers,...
View ArticleAnalyst Opinions on Cisco’s CRS-X Core Router & Its Impact on Competitors
Product Announcement: The Cisco® CRS-X, which will be available this year, is a 400 Gigabit per second (Gbps) per slot core router system that can be expanded to nearly 1 petabit per second in a...
View ArticleA New Open Data Center Network: Disaggregating the Network Operating System...
Introduction: SDN proponents cite the proprietary, closed and tightly integrated hardware/software architectures of switch/routers being an impediment towards achieving network agility, more efficient...
View ArticleInfonetics Survey: Network Operators reveal where they plan to first deploy...
Introduction: There’s been a lot of hype and even more uncertainty related to “Carrier SDN” and in particular the use of Open Flow protocol in carrier networks – between a centralized control plane...
View ArticleAnalysis and Implications of Google’s Proposed Web TV Service
Introduction: The WSJ and NY Times reported that Google wants to offer live TV channels as well as pre-recorded TV shows (On Demand) using the public Internet. The two newspapers indicated that the...
View ArticleVZW Challenges AT&T’s Claim to Fastest & Most Reliable 4G-LTE Network in the...
AT&T’s Bold Claim: Ad in Sunday, July 21, 2013 NY Times (and other U.S. newspapers): “AT&T has the nation’s fastest and now most reliable 4G-LTE network.” And that follows the telco giant’s...
View ArticleAT&T Offers Faster U-Verse Internet in CA and NV
AT&T has launched a very tangible piece of its Project Velocity IP (VIP) in Nevada and California, introducing a faster U-verse broadband tier that delivers theoretical download speeds of up to 45...
View ArticleArash Afrakhteh on How to Create a Successful Network Software Company
In 1993, Arash Afrakhteh immigrated to the U.S. from Iran to work at Microsoft. He initially felt like "a kid in a candy store," as a result of the stimulating intellectual environment, bright people,...
View ArticleCiena and Research Network Partners Work to Make Carrier WAN-SDN Realizable
Introduction: Ciena has teamed up with three research networks to build the industry’s first SDN based carrier-WAN, which will be accessible “on demand” by researchers. The venerable optical network...
View ArticlePast, Present and Future of Mobile at the Computer History Museum
Introduction: On August 8th, Computer History Museum CEO, John Hollar engaged in a spirited conversation with Qualcomm’s Chairman and CEO, Paul Jacobs. A wide variety of topics were covered – from the...
View ArticleLooking Ahead to the Wireless Future- Paul Jacobs at the CHM- Part II
Recap: Part I of this two-part article on Paul Jacobs’ talk at the Computer History Museum reviewed the history leading up to the CDMA standard and assessed where we are now in mobile communications....
View ArticleOutstanding Sessions at 2013 Hot Interconnects Conference
Introduction: In its 21st year in Silicon Valley, the Hot Interconnects Conference addresses the state of the art and futre technologies used in Data-Center Networking. The high performance...
View Article2013 Telecom Council TC3 Part 1: Start-up Pitches and SPIFFY Award Winners
Introduction: Telecom Council Carrier Connections (TC3) – the Telecom Council’s annual summit- was held Sept 18-19, 2013 at Juniper Networks in Sunnyvale, CA. The event provides an opportunity for...
View ArticleTC3 Part 2: Likely Strategic Goals for Next FCC Chairman; Obstacles Ahead
Introduction This is the second article covering the Telecom Council’s annual TC3 summit. The first article covered start-up company value propositions and the SPIFFY Award Winners. This piece is...
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