Previously, network engineers were required to provision network services and keep track of changes in real time in order to implement Network Traffic Engineering (TE).…
Continuing our analysis of the Open Network Software domain, this post is about Network Function Virtualisation (NFV). In Open Networking, the network is no longer just a pipe but…
In this and the next post, we’ll be covering the last two components of the Open Networking Open Network Software domain. This post is about Software Defined Networking, and the…
If we accept that Software is Eating the Network, then we accept that understanding and managing software within an Open Networking solution is critical to successful implementation. We…
We saw at the end of the last post that the concept of cloud computing emerged in the late 90’s. However, to bring the Cloud into viable existence still…
We saw in our last post a massive explosion of computing capabilities during the 1980’s that was not matched by networking capabilities, leading to sub-optimal, fragmented, and support intensive solutions. The grand vision of highly integrated…
As we saw in parts 1 & 2 of this series, Open Networking has a large footprint covering different components of technologies, skills and practices. To help you understand that footprint we’re starting a series…
Ask someone, or search, for a definition of Open Networking and you’ll get a variety of answers. It’s one of those “obvious” terms that everyone understands; but…
Open Networking Summit North America The Open Networking Summit (ONS) is taking place at the Intercontinental Los Angeles Downtown from the 26th to 29th of March, and some…
The big news today is that the Linux Foundation has launched its Linux Foundation Networking (LFN) project that brings together several of its network-oriented projects like ONAP, ODL and OPNFV into one governance unit. This increases efficiency, fosters project synergies, accelerates adoption and dramatically increases the level…