Tom Nolle

Tom Nolle

Principal Analyst at Andover Intel

Tom Nolle is Principle Analyst at Andover Intel, a unique consulting and industry/market analysis firm that looks at everything from the perspective of the user of technology.. He’s a software architect and developer by background, leading development activities in early applications in distributed computing, electronic funds transfer and software-defined networking and virtual functions. He provides strategy consulting in cloud computing and advanced development concepts, as well as in related areas of networking.

Posts by Tom Nolle

Network Convergence – Best with Automation and Disaggregation

A network isn’t some monolithic black box. It’s a set of components that cooperate to provide connectivity that’s both economical...

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An Outside-In View of Network High Availability

This isn’t a tutorial, it isn’t a propaganda exercise.  Think of it as a conversation, and an important one for...

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NCNF: Rethinking the Relationship Between Hosted Functions and the Network

Networks are changing, because what we want from them is changing.  In the past, they were all about connections, and...

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Disaggregated Routing and the Multiservice Network Cloud

Is a shared resource really shared if only one thing can use it?  Would cloud computing be real if you...

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Why Disaggregated Networks Need Orchestration

The two hottest marketing terms in the network equipment space are surely “disaggregated” and “cloud”, but talk is cheap, as...

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