Tag: sdn
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Viodi View – 07/12/13
Summer is sunshine, vacations and relaxation. It is a great time to take a moment or two and reflect on the non-stop busyness (the seemingly endless stream of tradeshows, conferences and video shoots) of the first half of year and think about the bigger picture. In this issue, we look back at some of the ViodiTV…
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Infonetics Survey: Network Operators reveal where they plan to first deploy SDN and NFV
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 entity and data plane entities residing in “packet forwarding” engines built from commodity silicon with minimal software intelligence. Many carriers are interested…
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A New Open Data Center Network: Disaggregating the Network Operating System from Switch/Router Gear
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 bandwidth utilization, and lower costs. That’s because those boxes are complex, aren’t generally inter-operable with other vendor gear, and are almost impossible to control using external software. With more intelligence built into…
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Viodi View – 06/07/13
After a seven-year absence, it is exciting to return to The Cable Show next week in Washington D.C. With speakers ranging from Jennifer Lopez to the Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, this conference will provide a broad and in-depth view of both content and technology. The stories in this issue of the Viodi View provide…
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2013 TiECon- Part 3: Software Defined Infrastructure Presentations & Panels (Continued)
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 panel sessions. The first article covered all of the TiECon opening keynotes. The second article summarized the invited SDI presentations from the morning…
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Viodi View – 05/28/13
A New Use for an Old iPhone What to do with the some 50 million iPhones that were replaced last year; put them in a drawer, junk them, resell them? People Power provides an interesting approach to reusing these functionally good devices through its recently released People Power Presence. The above video overview with People Power’s CTO and co-founder,…