Buidling Lifecycle Service Orchestration

The market for communication services is rapidly evolving and carriers must find better ways to interface their networks, says Mark Daley, Director of Digital Strategy for Epsilon. Better tools for interworking with customers are also needed. Automation will be key. See video:  https://youtu.be/K-dOHpVFuVI ...

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SD-WAN -- Threat or Opportunity?

Is SD-WAN a threat to carriers because users may leave their networks, or is it an opportunity?  It's both, says Prayson Pate, Chief Technology Officer for the Ensemble division at ADVA Optical Networking. See video:  https://youtu.be/E9Ugdi2VpwE ...

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NFVi Zero-touch PoC at #MEF17

Service providers are seeking to migrate their networks towards NFVi but it is a difficult task because they must transform manual test and assurance processes into automated functions that seamlessly integrate with test systems and the virtual network, says Ulrich Kohn, Director of Technical Marketing, ADVA Optical Networking. At #MEF17, ADVA and Spirent presented a Proof-of-Concept for Zero-Touch Service Activation and Closed-loop Issue Resolution...

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MEF 3.0 - Dynamic, Multilayer Services

MEF 3.0 brings many new capabilities, including dynamic, orchestrated services across multilayer networks, says Raanan Tzemach, VP of Products, Marketing, and Professional Services, Telco Systems. See video: https://youtu.be/hwd_3jGgax0 ...

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Barefoot's Deep Insight monitoring leverages P4 programmable switching silicon

Barefoot Networks, a start-up developing user-programmable switching chips, introduced a network monitoring system designed to provide visibility into every packet in a network. The Barefoot Deep Insight software, which can run on commodity servers and in a network powered by switches based on Barefoot’s "Tofino" programmable switch chip, can interpret, analyze and pinpoint packet telemetry. Using stateful baselining of a network's performance,...

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Ekinops debuts flexible line rate modules

Ekinops based in Lannion, France, a global supplier of next-generation optical networking equipment, introduced two new flexible rate line modules for its optical transport platform in metro, regional or long-haul deployments. The two new modules – the PM 200FRS02 and PM 200FRS02-SF – employ dual QSFP28 client ports with software-selectable line side modulation that can be provisioned as either DP-QPSK or 16QAM to create 100G or 200G transport links....

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Japan Internet Exchange deploys Coriant Groove G30

Japan Internet Exchange Co. has deployed the Coriant Groove G30 Network Disaggregation Platform to scale network capacity in its Tokyo and Osaka metropolitan area networks and support the cost-efficient delivery of high-performance interconnect services, including 10G, 40G, and 100G. The Tokyo and Osaka network deployments include programmable 200G coherent optical transmission between multiple data center sites. The JPIX network currently serves...

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T-Mobile and Ericsson push Licensed Assisted Access to 1.1 Gbps

In a demo conducted at  T-Mobile's lab in Bellevue, Washington, T-Mobile and Ericsson achieved speeds of 1.1 Gbps using 12-layer Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) technology. The set-up sued Ericsson's Radio System and the TM500 network test equipment from Cobham Wireless. The test combined several LTE technologies including 256 QAM, 4x4 MIMO, and LAA by aggregating two licensed carriers and three unlicensed carriers. The Ericsson Radio 2205...

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Qualcomm targets Windows 10 on Snapdragon

Qualcomm and Microsoft confirmed progress made over the last several months to deliver Windows 10 on Snapdragon. The idea is to use mobile phone processors to run light notebooks. The first Windows on Snapdragon device will be a 2-in-1 convertible ASUS NovaGo that is expected to hit the market early next year. A second device will be a detachable HP ENVY x2 Windows on Snapdragon Mobile PC. Both will be fanless design and will offer support for...

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CenturyLink Wins NORAD Contract

CenturyLink announced a contract to provide communications services to Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The contract includes support for the NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) Tracks Santa program, including enabling the program’s phone hotline. The contract, which also includes Ethernet circuits and private line services, is valued at approximately $275,000 the first year, with four one-year options, for a total...

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FiberLight appoints Don MacNeil as CEO, formerly XO

FiberLight, which owns over 1,700,000 miles of robust fiber networks in over 44 U.S. cities, appointed Don MacNeil as its new CEO, replacing Jim Lynch who will now assume the role of Executive Chairman. MacNeil joined FiberLight as Chief Operating Officer (COO) in September. He previously served as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for EdgeConneX, an innovative data center solutions provider, which built a national portfolio of 29 edge data centers...

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Nutanix appoints Ben Gibson as CMO

Nutanix has appointed Ben Gibson as Chief Marketing Officer. Most recently, he was Chief Marketing Officer at F5 Networks, and before that, he served as Chief Marketing Officer at Veritas, where he led the company’s rebranding efforts following a spin-off from Symantec. Prior to Veritas, Ben spent five years as Chief Marketing Officer at Aruba Networks....

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