Yesterday AT&T handed over control of it's ECOMP (Enhanced Control, Orchestration, Management and Policy) engine to the Linux Foundation, moving the development of their VNF orchestrator into the Open Source…
What are the choices for SD-WAN currently?
There is a lot of hype over SD-WAN at the moment, with movements by telcos and OEM suppliers investing in some of the new startups. And folks that have been…
BEREC produces Guidelines on Implementation of EU Net Neutrality Rules
BEREC (Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications) has produced a guideline document on the implementation of the recently enacted EU Net Neutrality rules. Adoption of the Regulation (EU) 2015/2120…
What is the difference between a virtualised network and network virtualisation?
With the advent of compute virtualisation, it was necessary to extend the physical network from outside the host into the virtualised environment within the host. This is achieved with the…
Fixing resource constraints with an infinite number of monkeys
As part of the training I am receiving as an element of the new role, I recently partook in a Design Thinking course, where as there are no wrong or…
RFC7514: Really Explicit Congestion Notification
The challenges of bufferbloat remain within the networks, and previous efforts to provide indications of full buffers and to manage flow rates have not lead to their intended outcomes. A…
LinkedIn now available on IPv6
A blog post from the LinkedIn engineering page announces that they've permanently enabled IPv6 on their infrastructure. I am guessing they took a phased approach, with services migrated to IPv6…
Brocade purchase Vyatta – now has NFV/SDN capability
So Brocade has splashed some cash and will acquire Vyatta. The announcement on the Brocade web site indicates that the deal will close by the end of the year. Vyatta…