My takeaways from the India Mobile Congress 2024

Delhi is one of my favorite cities, with its fantastic food, lush parks, incredible architecture, and fascinating history. Despite the pollution...

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Highlights from MPLS SD & AI Net World 2024

2024 marked the 25th  edition of the MPLS world congress. Surprisingly, MPLS topics were still discussed last week at the...

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MWC 2024 – Telco, AI, and More AI

Another year, another MWC.  MWC is still a must-attend event for anyone in the telecom/service provider world who wishes to stay...

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Our Hands-on Networking Experience

Hands-on experience is an endless journey. While it may draw mixed reactions, its benefits for both system improvement and career...

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What Does 2024 Have for Networking?

2023 was an interesting year. Now, it’s that time of year again when we look at what experts from the...

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2023: Modernizing the Network

The end of each year is an important time to reflect on accomplishments, as well as challenges. The last 12 months...

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Crafting Tailored Networks with Flex-Algo

In the rapidly evolving landscape of networking technologies, segment routing (SR) has gained significant traction due to its adaptability and...

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People Behind DriveNets: Peter Cucinell

After serving at Cisco and nearly 19 years at Juniper, Peter Cucinell saw that service providers were moving away from...

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The Evolution of High-Scale Network Operating Systems

Microsoft recently announced their new Windows 11 Operating System (OS) upgrade, encouraging users to “utilize the power of the cloud...

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People Behind DriveNets: Shunsuke Sasaki

After more than 13 years at Cisco, Shunsuke Sasaki followed on the path of one of his previous managers from...

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People Behind DriveNets: Juan Rodriguez

After more than 16 years at Telefonica, Juan Rodriguez was looking for a change, and to apply his tech leadership...

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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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Understanding the Powers Shaping Networking

People have a false sense of being in control, believing that they are making the right decisions based on logic...

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People Behind DriveNets: Calin Miculescu

After nearly 12 years at Nokia, Calin Miculescu was looking to bring innovation to high-scale networks. “With DriveNets, I could...

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Talking about Disaggregated Cloud-native Networking at MWC 2023

Last week was just like another week in Barcelona, as if the bizarre global occurrences of the last few years...

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The People Behind DriveNets: Jade Mansour

After serving many years with some of the largest, most established vendors in the networking industry, Jade was excited to...

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Network Disaggregation 101: Benefits for Service Providers

Do we really understand disaggregation? Disaggregation, in general, and network disaggregation, specifically, are terms that we have used in tech...

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The People Behind DriveNets: Ryan Donnelly

Meeting DriveNets CEO and co-founder, Ido Susan, Ryan was impressed with the ambition and scope behind the DriveNets vision. “Ido...

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Telecom Industry Predictions for 2023

2022 was an interesting year. Now, it’s that time of year again when we look at what experts from the...

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Oops, We Did It Again!  What Makes DriveNets the Company of the Year

Like me, many of you have probably worked for several companies, which hopefully were positive experiences that left you with...

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Distributed Disaggregated Chassis (DDC) V2 Makes Network Operations Even Simpler

Sequels are sometimes considered redundant. Merely a ~two-hour yawn that adds little value if any to the original piece. An...

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Why I Hate It When My Vendor Is Losing Money…

Exactly 20 years ago, in 2002, I was heading the engineering department of an Israeli ISP.  One of our main projects...

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How to Choose Your Next Carrier-Grade Networking Vendor

Availability and performance continue to be key differentiators for service providers, especially in the business sector. Yet the need for...

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Fusing Components into Network Solutions at Fÿuz

Just got back from attending Fÿuz, the annual TIP summit in Madrid, and it was all that I expected and...

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Networking Nightmares! Ghoulish Growth, Creepy Costs and Spooky Supply Chains

Halloween is not only a dark and stormy night for telling scary stories, but also a good time to reflect...

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Cost Avoidance and Cost Savings with DriveNets Network Cloud

A cost is a cost is a cost, right? Well, not exactly. Procurement people differentiate between “cost savings” and “cost avoidance.”...

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Make Your Procurement Team Shine with DriveNets Network Cloud

  In the past it was discussed how DriveNets can make your CFO happy. Now, I would like to take a...

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Your Next Network Outage Can Be Shorter!

I hate outages – not only professionally, but also personally. In fact, during my (too) many years in the networking world,...

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Is There an Afterlife Following the “End of Life” Notice?

A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled upon an “end of life” (EoL) notification released by one of the incumbent...

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IT? NT? CT! A New Type of Skill Set

Wait. What? ...

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