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Debunking a Myth Again: High Availability is Still Not Carrier Grade

Debunking a Myth Again: High Availability is Still Not Carrier Grade

Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote a post about the differences between “High Availability” and “Carrier Grade reliability” as applied to telecom networks. A fascinating white...

9 years 10 months ago

NFV World Congress – Momentum Building

NFV World Congress – Momentum Building

There was a palpable sense of anticipation amongst the participants at last week’s inaugural NFV World Congress in San Jose . After so many announcements and proof of concept demos...

9 years 10 months ago

NFV and Shanghai – Much In Common

NFV and Shanghai – Much In Common

I recently returned from an ETSI NFV event in Shanghai – a focused meeting of the IFA (Interfaces and Architecture) Working group. IFA is easily the largest working group in NFV...

10 years 1 month ago

The Three Pillars of “Open” NFV Software

The Three Pillars of “Open” NFV Software

In retrospect, 2014 was the year when the topic of “openness” became part of any conversation about solutions for Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). Throughout industry...

10 years 2 months ago

Intel DPDK - A Technology that is Thriving

Intel DPDK - A Technology that is Thriving

For far too many times, the world of open source software gives way to a plethora of standards and reference designs that are supposed to make users’ life easier, improve...

10 years 3 months ago

Celebrations and Struggles at NFV #8

Celebrations and Struggles at NFV #8

I’ve attended every ETSI NFV Plenary session since April of 2013 – that’s seven in total – and I’d venture to say that the recently concluded NFV #8 was the most raucous to date...

10 years 3 months ago

RIP OVDK: High-Performance Virtual Switching Available Now in Commercial Telecom Platform

RIP OVDK: High-Performance Virtual Switching Available Now in Commercial Telecom Platform

Intel recently announced that they have discontinued the OVDK virtual switch ( SDNCentral article here ). This prompted questions from service providers and Telecom Equipment...

10 years 4 months ago

Gremlin Free Zone

Gremlin Free Zone

I recently conducted a live demo of our Wind River Titanium Server product during one of SDNCentral’s DemoFridays. This was a great way to reach a wide and highly relevant audience...

10 years 4 months ago

NFV in Action: Where to see Titanium Server before the end of the year

NFV in Action: Where to see Titanium Server before the end of the year

The telecom industry is eagerly working towards NFV. With NFV, by taking advantage of a virtualized environment, carriers can easily and rapidly introduce new services while...

10 years 4 months ago

How Do We Minimize Downtime in NFV?

How Do We Minimize Downtime in NFV?

At the recent SDN and OpenFlow World Congress in Dusseldorf, I was invited to give a talk about the cost of downtime in telecom networks and how this financial impact might be...

10 years 5 months ago