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Carrier Network Virtualization Becoming Real
The shift from purpose-built to white-box hardware with network functions enabled by software is building momentum, based on the presentations and demonstrations at the Carrier Network Virtualization conference. Featuring speakers and attendees from carriers and providers, such as AT&T, Google, NTT and Vodafone, this multi-day conference provided an excellent overview of the motivations and current status…
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A Game Changer for the Data Center
2015 may be remembered as the year when flash memory overtook hard-drives as the storage media of choice for a variety of applications. In the above interview, Tien Shiah, Product Marketing Manager -SSD of Samsung Semiconductor, discusses Dell’ recent announcement of the integration of Samsung’s TLC flash drives with a cost-point as low as $1.66/Gigabyte. Shiah points out that, “An all-flash array,…
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Flash: Driving New Applications & Performance – Highlights of the 2015 Flash Memory Summit
The 2015 Flash Memory Summit may represent the moment where flash memory was universally recognized as king of the storage world. In the above interview, Conference Chairperson Tom Coughlin and Technical Chairperson, Brian Berg, discuss some of the significant announcements at this year’s event, including: Announcement of the world’s largest storage drive – a 16 Terabyte solid…
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From CO to Data Center Webinars @ ITS Fiber – Wed., Feb. 11th, 2015
Three of the sessions of our February 11th “Beyond Fiber and Into the Data Center” event at ITS Fiber will be simulcast via a webinar format. Thanks to Calix, IIS Group, LLC and Metaswitch Networks, you can join us at the event without leaving the comfort of your desk….of course, you will miss the warm…
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Star Valley – Data Center Ready
Thayne, Wyoming has multiple assets that put it in a competitive position as a home to data centers, including the right kind of climate, low-cost electricity and now, thanks to Silver Star Communications, availability of a gigabit network that connects to multiple major peering points in places like Silicon Valley, Dallas and Seattle. In the above…
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What Was He Thinking?
The opportunity to peer inside someone’s brain might be frightening, mysterious and humorous. Steve Gleave gave attendees of the 2014 Metaswitch Forum the chance to take a lighthearted and entertaining peek into his thoughts. Gleave, who is Senior Vice President of Marketing for Metaswitch, made excellent use of video and the stage to illustrate how software has decoupled from hardware…
