When AT&T decided to virtualize network functions while embracing software-defined networking, it didn’t have the coronavirus pandemic in mind. But those decisions have made AT&T battle-ready in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak, especially as companies send their entire workforces home.
In a Thursday blog post, AT&T’s Andre Fuetsch wrote: “You don’t design your network for a pandemic. But it turns out that building your network on software and open hardware specifications can help make it ready for just about anything.”
