CA have released a new version of their CA Performance Management tool which supports both Cisco IWAN and Viptela SD-WAN environments. “We can support both technologies in a multivendor agnostic…
CenturyLink focuses on Enterprise with Level3
CenturyLink is adapting their Enterprise level offerings in preparation to bring Level3 into the fold. This follows their announcement last week of the management team for new combined CenturyLink organisation.…
The perils of open-source without community – AT&T and Juniper
SDxCentral report that AT&T are moving away from Juniper's Contrail orchestration platform to OpenDaylight, citing that the lack community engagement in the platform. Can Contrail work as open-source without community? According to SDxCentral's…
VMware closing the virtual switch infrastructure to third parties
VMware is closing down the APIs that third parties use to access the virtual network within the VMware ecosystem. This means that if you are using one of the third…
Vodafone Selects Juniper Contrail for SDN automation and agility
Vodafone have selected Juniper's Contrail for their SDN orchestration. Vodafone's Ocean transformation started in 2015 and uses network virtualisation to drive operational change. They are looking for an optimised end-to-end…
Product Announcement: Cisco Digital Building Switch
The Cisco Catalyst Digital Building Switch is a plenum-rated, fanless, PoE switch, to be installed in provide connectivity for the "Digital Building". The switch is designed to be placed in…
On my way to Cisco Live 2017
So I'm sitting in the hotel, taking advantage of the free Wifi, and using the time to wonder what this week might hold. After many years in the networking industry,…
AT&T Open Sources ECOMP for network and NFV orchestration
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…