Cloud Computing has been around for quite a while and even though some people considered it being just marketing hype it seems the concept has made its inroads into corporate IT and data centers. It was once defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as “Convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable resources which include networks, servers, storage, applications and services. The cloud computing concept also includes rapid provisioning and release of those resources with minimal management effort or service provider interaction”
Looking at the current state of the Cloud technology it becomes obvious where the focus has been in the last years. VMware has significantly contributed to the success of Server Virtualization and various storage appliances are enabling Storage Virtualization. But as those technologies get more agile and customers start moving around virtual server images they are facing major obstacles in the area of networking …
Whenever I travel, my iPhone becomes my communication workhorse: My go to device for talking to customers, to team members, to friends, to family. However, there’s a definite shift taking place in how I use this device. I’ve just returned from two weeks in Munich and checked my usage. While away, I used only 17 minutes of traditional voice calls. However, on the data side of the house, the figures were a little higher. I racked up 200 megs of data roaming. O2, you’re welcome. And my data usage was drastically higher over WiFi.
In fact, what amazed me most was how WiFi actually directed my travel. There were only a few occasions when I wasn’t connected to a WiFi network. From my hotel to bars to restaurants, one of the first questions I asked was, ‘Does it have WiFi?’ If the answer was no, I’d more than likely look at somewhere else (a note for any restaurateurs). For any regular readers of the blog, this should come as no surprise. I’ve discussed on numerous occasions the importance of WiFi and the need for increased adoption of WiFi blankets.
In today’s mobile networks, timing is the dividing line between success and failure. Does your mobile backhaul network have the synchronization it needs? The clock’s ticking.
One of the most incredible aspects about my role is working as part of a cohesive team. Working collectively on a global scale to achieve something different, something special. Making this video, we tried hard to capture the team and their spirit. For us, teamwork is in everything we do.
WDM-PON might not get standardised before 2020. That possibility was raised at the 3rd WDM-PON Forum Workshop, which took place last month in Munich, Germany, alongside the FTTH Conference 2012.
“Under NG-PON2, it is most likely there will be no WDM-PON,” asserted Klaus Grobe, principal engineer at ADVA Optical Networking, who presented an update on standards and research projects.
At CeBIT 2012 we reveal the full power of the 100G Metro. In a series of demonstrations and hands-on tutorials, we showcase the impact the 100G Metro can have on your network. Follow this link for full details: http://adva.li/events.
Start your clocks as Sarah Mendham showcases how quickly you can provision new Ethernet access services and begin driving revenue. It’s all about speed, simplicity, success.
Big data is a hot topic. Everyone from world leaders, to CXOs, to analysts, to media and just about anyone connected to the technology industry is talking about the transformative powers of big data. It even made it onto the agenda of the 2012 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. If the hype is to be believed, it has the power to transform businesses, governments and even society itself. It has the power to bring new insights into just about everything and drive a new era of intelligent understanding.
Yet if there’s such potential here, why aren’t we seeing more progress? There can be no question that some companies do understand the opportunities. One need only look at Google or Facebook to realise how these companies are effectively mining their data to drive new business opportunities and further monetize their value proposition. But these companies are rare exceptions. As I highlighted in my previous couple of blog posts, many companies are still very sceptical about moving from traditional business models and reluctant to embrace new opportunities.
One year ago, at the FTTH Conference 2011 in Milan, there was great excitement about how the new Digital Agenda targets could catalyse the market for fibre to the home (FTTH).
The target for availability called for every citizen in Europe to have access to 30Mbps broadband by 2020. The target around uptake was even more ambitious: the European Commission wanted half of all subscribers to be taking 100Mbps services by 2020. As Chris Holden, president of the FTTH Council Europe, pointed out at the time, such a high penetration would require almost ubiquitous availability of 100Mbps services – something that FTTH is well placed to deliver.
A quick demonstration of our new User Network Interface (UNI) for our Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) control plane - RAYcontrol. The new functionality enables users to seamlessly unite packet optical networks with optical transport technology. RAYcontrol can now encapsulate the optical transport domain into a virtual topology and expose available resources to a packet domain. The new capability facilitates packet-optical integration and enables client equipment, such as IP/MPLS routers, to interoperate with the transport layer in a seamless manner, providing maximum service velocity and ease-of-use.
