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The CO in the Cloud – A Worldwide Demonstration
The above video interview with the current Vice President of Business Development and Marketing and soon-to-be CEO of the Broadband Forum, Craig Thomas, provides an overview of the 2023 CloudCO (Central Office) demonstration and its importance to service operators, vendors, and, ultimately, consumers. The CloudCO approach disaggregates and virtualizes network functions, allowing service providers to…
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Shape-shifting Network Hardware #CNV2016
A knock against software defined hardware using “white-box” CPUs is its performance compared to purpose-built hardware that incorporates ASICs or FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays). ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits) perform, but cannot adapt as needed. FPGAs provide flexibility, but programming in VHDL isn’t a skillset of the typical IT network administrator. Enter Netcope Technologies and…
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An Opportunity to Better Understand the Network #CNV2016
One of the major benefits of virtualization is that it allows operators to decrease the time of product launch and improve quality through better testing prior to launch. An example of this was the announcement this week by Calix (a Viodi video production client) of its AXOS Sandbox, which virtualizes the traditional lab environment onto…
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Moving the Attack Vector Away from the Applications
“It’s time to have a fundamental shift in how we view the network and we view the security as being built into the network and have the network platform provide the security,” says Rick Conklin, Vice President of Development for Dispersive Networks in the above video. Speaking at the 2016 Carrier Network Virtualization Summit, Conklin indicates…
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Computing on the Edge – Redefining Mobility
Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) is about creating an IT ecosystem for applications near the perimeter of the network. Andy Odgers, CEO of Quortus, explains that the network itself is accessible via multiple wireless technologies, such as 3G, 4G, WiFi and fixed-wireless. Odgers provided an update of the ETSI MEC process at the 2016 MEC Focus Day in…
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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…
