The Open Baton MANO Group Pre-Dates OSM and Open-O
Open Baton may eventually contribute to other open source MANO groups.
Oracle Barnstorms NYC to Reassert Its Cloud Message
All of Oracle's applications have been rewritten for cloud readiness.
Worth Reading: We’re all responsible for fake news
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The Great Domain Debacle
For those who are interested—this weekend I got into a “discussion” with my old/current DNS provider, Network Solutions. I’ve been using them for years, but there have apparently been recent changes at the company. Part of their “new” terms of service say—
We may, at any time, activate the auto-renew service for eligible services in your account. Further, we may provide you with an opportunity to “opt in” to our automatic renewal process in accordance with the instructions (and subject to your agreement to the terms and conditions pertaining to that process) on our Website. You agree that if you are enrolled in or otherwise utilizing our auto-renew service, we will attempt to renew your service at some point less than ninety (90) days prior to its expiration. Such automatic renewal for your service(s), if successful, may be for a shorter term than the term for which you originally purchased your service(s), but in no event shall such term be longer than the term then-currently in place for the service(s). Such automatic renewal for your service(s), if successful, shall be at the then-current price for the service(s). You further agree that, to turn off the auto-renew service for any of Continue reading
SDxE: Engineer Focused
As an engineer, you’ve probably asked yourself a thousand times—what does all this software defined stuff mean for me? Answers are out there, of course; it seems like everyone is writing about it. Some of the answers out there are even useful, of course, but some of them are not. Most folks writing about the software defined craze are either unrealistic, or they’re focused on the large scale network you probably aren’t working on. Which leaves the question lingering: how does software defined apply to me?
SDxE—Software Defined Enterprise—is a new show designed to answer those questions for the engineer. I’ll be there; the full schedule isn’t in place, but I am currently pulling together a panel about the end of the (appliance) router. I plan to have folks from Cumulus, 6Wind, and at least one independent expert (Jeff Tantsura), sitting down to chat with me about disaggregation and the future of the router market. Specifically, are the tools in place that will allow you, the average engineer, running the “average” “enterprise” network, to take advantage of disaggregation?
Shawn Zandi will be there discussing the LinkedIn data center, and Pete Lumbis will be there talking about network automation. Continue reading
Walmart Gets a New CIO as It Shifts to E-Commerce
Walmart’s new CIO, along with its Walmart Labs Division, will shift the company's focus to e-commerce.
Qualcomm Report Touts 5G as a Trillion-Dollar Opportunity and Job Creator
5G will create 22 million jobs and $12.3 trillion in global sales activity by 2035.
Deep Learning Startup Neurala Raises $14M
That whole AI-on-a-GPU idea? Neurala was trying it in 2006.
Public Spectrum for Public Access
An extraordinary moment has arrived in the evolution of the internet. For all the transformation that has occurred over the 20+ years since the arrival of the World Wide Web and for the billions of people whose economic, civic and social circumstances have been improved, most people remain without internet connections.
Residing in every country, these unconnected billions still wait for affordable meaningful access to this essential service. Without access to the internet, people cannot even begin to participate in the global digital economy.
Don Means
Baidu Hires Former Microsoft AI Specialist Qi Lu
Baidu ramps up its pursuit of AI.