Tag: SDN

August 9, 2023

Three data center items and one marketplace milestone: Netrality has a key new participant in its ecosystem down in their 1301 Fannin facility. MOD Mission Critical has deployed its Platform-as-a-Service capabilities in the Houston data center, offering managed colo, bare […]

August 1, 2023

A leadership change, an NaaS partnership, some 400G, and some interesting fiber M&A activity: LightRiver has itself a newly minted CEO, and it’s a very familiar face. The network integration solution provider has promoted Mike Jonas to take over from […]

July 25, 2023

One subsea cable, one DAS deployment, one SASE expansion, and one IoT M&A: The Atlantic Ocean officially recently got a big new subsea cable up and running. According to Aqua Comms, Meta, Microsoft, and Vodafone, the Amitié cable has been […]

July 19, 2023

What do you get when you pair an edge data center platform with a cable operator’s depth? Well, we may find out before long as Vapor IO and Comcast are teaming up in two major metro areas to demonstrate the […]

June 27, 2023

Several international infrastructure moves to catch up with: Colt unveiled several additions to its partner ecosystem. In Japan they have expanded their strategic relationship with Equinix over to Japan. Colt’s On Demand software-driven connectivity is available via Equinix Fabric in […]

June 21, 2023

When I work with enterprise clients nowadays on their digital transformation (DX) initiatives, one typical response especially from C-suite level is that DX is so comprehensive to plan, pilot and implement, that the teams often get overwhelmed by all the […]

May 9, 2023

Two data center expansion projects, a big bandwidth trial, and some SASE. Infinera has completed a significant intercity trial of its ICE6 solution with Telstra Infraco. The trial succeeded in putting 61.3Tbps of unregenerated capacity on a single Corning SMF-28 […]

December 28, 2022

Okay, about those predictions I made last year… Each December I like to make a few predictions about the year ahead. But what is a prediction without a healthy dose of reality to cut it down to size? We don’t […]

September 1, 2022

A data center expansion project, a new fiber backhaul project, and a significant new SASE effort: 1547 Critical Systems Realty has some big new plans in Pennsylvania. They have partnered with Green Fig Land Company to acquire over 100 acres […]

November 15, 2021

In telco cloud operations, both Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) and Cloud Native Functions (CNFs) replace dedicated, physical devices. As operators transition to cloud-native 5G core network, they must adopt strategies for deploying both to manage and scale operations. VNFs and […]

October 16, 2020

The shift to remote working and our increasing reliance on the cloud and digital services have fueled significant changes in the way enterprises demand connectivity and consume bandwidth. More businesses across a variety of sectors require high-speed, always-on connectivity for […]

July 30, 2020

Due to its software-defined networking (SDN) efforts and a culture that embraces change, AT&T was able to turn on a dime during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. From March through May, AT&T grew 16,000 communications services and did it […]

June 23, 2020

SDN Communications has picked Nokia to upgrade its IP and optical networks ahead of its launch of 5G services. SDN Communications, which is a business-to-business service provider primarily with customers in South Dakota and southern Minnesota, is using Nokia’s Network […]

May 29, 2020

With millions of employees now working from home, service providers are looking for ways to offer more secure, manageable services into those home offices. SD-WAN could emerge as a prime technology that better enables work-from-home (WFH) and work-from-anywhere (WFA) scenarios […]

May 5, 2020

AT&T has not only weathered the networking storm of the coronavirus pandemic, it has also stayed on track for some of this year’s biggest goals. AT&T’s Scott Mair, president of technology and operations, said in a Tuesday blog that 2020 […]

April 13, 2020

CenturyLink’s decision to build adaptive networks is paying off during the coronavirus pandemic. CenturyLink uses “adaptive networks” to describe its software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization-based networks. Laurinda Pang, CenturyLink’s president of international and global accounts management, cited her […]

March 23, 2020

Nokia has announced that it is working with one of the biggest operators in the world to upgrade its IP transport for 5G services. Nokia will help Korean operator LG Uplus automate its IP transport and core networks, allowing the […]

October 24, 2019

Open Compute Project (OCP) certified switches were perched on top of the bare-metal data center throne in the second quarter, according to a report. According to a report by IHS Markit, vendors’ OCP-certified switches sold in the data center market […]

October 23, 2019

Verizon and SAP have joined forces on developing new enterprise solutions using Verizon’s network in combination with SAP’s software and services. A key element of the partnership is enabling applications to process data where its generated—for example, from an assembly […]

October 8, 2019

Blue Planet on Tuesday trotted out a new inventory automation solution that gives service providers a holistic view of their network and service inventory. With the unified network view, Blue Planet’s Inventory and Network Synchronization (INS) solution enables real-time planning, […]