Category: Software Defined Network
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2014 Hot Interconnects: Hardware for Software Defined Networks & NFV – Part II.
Introduction: This closing Hot Interconnects session on Hardware for Software Defined Networks (SDN) & Network Function Virtualization (NFV) was very informative. It revealed very interesting carrier market research and raised quite a few questions/ open issues related to dedicated network hardware to be used in SDN/NFV networks. It was not, however, a “Venture Capital Forum” as…
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2014 Hot Interconnects Highlight: Achieving Scale & Programmability in Google’s Software Defined Data Center WAN
Introduction: Amin Vahdat, PhD & Distinguished Engineer and Lead Network Architect at Google, delivered the opening keynote at 2014 Hot Interconnects, held August 26-27 in Mt View, CA. His talk presented an overview of the design and architectural requirements to bring Google’s shared infrastructure services to external customers with the Google Cloud Platform. The wide…
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Technology Outlook: The Cable Show 2014
The Cable Show 2014 was back in Los Angeles this year – which usually allows for a larger contingent of content folks to attend given the proximity of Hollywood. This year saw a good mix of technology folks rubbing shoulders with content-types but it almost felt like two shows in parallel – one set of…
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Ethernet Tech Summit Reveals Many Paths to “Open SDN”
Introduction: “SDN” and “open networking” were very hot topics at last week’s Ethernet Technology Summit in Santa Clara, CA. You might be wondering what SDN has to do with Ethernet, as it’s not specified in any SDN or open networking standards. The answer is that Ethernet is the underlying Layer 1 and 2 (PHY and MAC)…
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AT&T Outlines SDN/NFV Focus Areas for Domain 2.0 Initiative
Introduction: The White Paper As previously reported*, AT&T’s future Domain 2.0 network infrastructure must be open, simple, scalable and secure, according to John Donovan, AT&T’s senior executive vice president of technology and network operations. * AT&T’s John Donovan talks BIG GAME but doesn’t reveal Game Plan at ONS 2014 But what does that really mean? …
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NTT Com Leads all Network Providers in Deployment of SDN/OpenFlow; NFV Coming Soon
Introduction: While AT&T has gotten a lot of press for its announced plans to use Software Defined Networking (SDN) to revamp its core network, another large global carrier has been quietly deploying SDN/OpenFlow for almost two years and soon plans to launch Network Function Virtualization (NFV) into its WAN. NTT Communications (NTT-Com) is using an…