Microsoft has splashed out again. They have just acquired open-source source code management and sharing platform GitHub for $7.5bn. GitHub has a community of 28 million developers and hosts 85…
OpenContrail joins Linux Foundation
Juniper is moving their OpenContrail codebase to the Linux Foundation. OpenContrail is Juniper's open-source version of their Contrail SDN orchestrator. Provided as an open-source offering, OpenContrail doesn't have the support…
Installation of SiLK from the ground up on Centos 7
Here we go with more network analysis tool building. Not content with the Wireshark on Centos post that seems quite popular, I've decided to look at some NetFlow tools. I…
Cisco 1 of 34 new Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Members
The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance has grown and claims it is the largest open-source blockchain initiative. In its press-release (Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Becomes World’s Largest Open-source Blockchain Initiative), 34 new organisations…
Creating an Identity Management Server with Free-IPA
So it's time to upgrade some of the devices within the network here. But it would be really good to do it in the right order. Identity and access management…
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…
Linux Foundation merges Open-O and AT&T’s ECOMP as ONAP
Following AT&T's donation of their ECOMP code to the Linux Foundation, it is being integrated with Linux Foundation's Open Orchestrator (OPEN-O) platform. “By combining two of the largest open source…