Disaggregation

In some of my previous posts, I focused on the advantages and benefits of applying disaggregation to high-scale networks. Now,...

Control and user plane separation (CUPS) has been around for a while. In any type of network, current networking and...

Networks are back on the world’s technology map. But the brains, arms and legs behind them, the service providers’ network...

The benefits of the network cloud are well understood by communication service providers (CSPs) and hyperscale’s/cloud-providers. The first benefit is...

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

Evaluating a technological solution always involves two sides: the technical and the commercial. The technical side is usually a straightforward...

“CSPs should consider disaggregating their IP networks to achieve more open, cloud like network architecture,” concluded Gorkem Yigit in a...

Recently at Networking Field Day 24 I led some fascinating sessions. ...

Networking Field Day is an event that brings together technologists and practitioners as delegates to discuss industry innovations and advancements....

Disaggregation has enabled the move toward agile networks, offering much greater agility in addressing evolving requirements. Hyperscalers were the first...

Don’t you hate complexity? By its nature, when you require agility, complexity gets in the way of change. Complexity is...

This time of the year always leads to a massive influx of predictions for what is just over the horizon....

Disaggregated network architectures are gaining momentum. AT&T is using the DriveNets Network Cloud distributed disaggregated routing solution in its core networks. We...

Why Disaggregated Networks Need Orchestration Coming just a month after announcing the deployment of DriveNets solution in AT&T’s IP core network....

Why Disaggregated Networks Need Orchestration The two hottest marketing terms in the network equipment space are surely “disaggregated” and “cloud”, but...

There’s a lot of talk about network disaggregation, especially after AT&T announced that they are deploying a disaggregated network based...

Traditional integrated router chassis struggle to meet the innovation, performance and cost requirements of their leading customers, large Communications Service...

We are in a new era for telecommunications networks. Service Providers are forced to build networks that operate faster and...

The network architecture used by service providers has barely changed in the past two decades, while demand continues to skyrocket....

Last year, Cisco’s VNI report predicted that IP traffic would double in the next three years. A Heavy Reading survey...

The disaggregation of IP networks is already happening. Service providers and webscalers are eager to adopt the disaggregated model to...

For many Communications Service Providers (CSP), it’s already 2021. With network traffic stabilizing at a 20-30% increase over pre-pandemic days...

Declining revenues and lower margins have put network service providers profitability at risk. At the same time, demand for capital...

A month ago, Bank of America’s (BofA) Global Research team issued a Primer paper on white box routing. They concluded...

Making service providers networks, and networks in general, simpler and more cost-effective is always a key goal for service providers...

Recently I presented at Networking Field Day 22. It was the first of four sessions about DriveNets, where I gave...

Networking Field Day is not like any other event we participate in. Imagine presenting to just over a dozen hand-picked...

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