NetDevOpEd: Demand more from your vendors

I was at the London Network Automation meetup this past week. London has a great community of network engineers that are eager to improve their current skill set and make their work lives easier. This meetup was geared towards learning new technologies around automation in the networking industry. There were talks about new ways to implement various existing automation tools, as well as real world discussions around how automation was implemented in the industry.

One common theme I experienced was how eager all network engineers are to open the scripts and code they write to administer their network devices. The sense of community and camaraderie amongst peers in this industry is one of the reasons I really enjoy working in this field. This is a real change in the industry. Even one year ago, the majority of network engineers did not have accounts on github or gitlab. Now, all these same network engineers exchange github and gitlab accounts like business cards. I couldn’t be happier with the direction this industry has taken.

However, I also couldn’t help but think about the irony of this situation. These creative and intelligent engineers are creating innovative scripts to shoehorn solutions into closed systems. Continue reading

IoT Will Force HPC Spending–But Not For the Reasons You Think

The high performance computing market might get some windfall from the processing requirements of IoT and edge devices, but the real driver for spending will come well before the device ever hits the market.

The rise in IoT and edge device demand means an exponential increase in the number of devices that need to be modeled, simulated and tested and this means greater investment in HPC hardware as well as the engineering software tools that have generally served the HPC set.

In other words, it is not the new, enlarged, complex dataset from IoT and edge that presents the next …

IoT Will Force HPC Spending–But Not For the Reasons You Think was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

How Edge Computing Is Transforming IT Infrastructure

Leveraging Windows Server 2016 for hyperconvergence

With the release of Microsoft Windows Server 2016 a couple years ago, Microsoft directly entered the hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platform space that has been served by organizations like Nutanix, Scale, Cisco, HP, Dell, and others — only Microsoft comes at it with a fully software-defined platform rather than hardware and applicances.+RELATEDTop 5 Windows server 2016 features that enterprises are deploying; REVIEW: Deep dive into Windows Server 2016+To read this article in full, please click here

Leveraging Windows Server 2016 for hyperconvergence

With the release of Microsoft Windows Server 2016 a couple years ago, Microsoft directly entered the hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platform space that has been served by organizations like Nutanix, Scale, Cisco, HP, Dell, and others — only Microsoft comes at it with a fully software-defined platform rather than hardware and applicances.The underpinnings HCI environments are based on the following: Scalable and Shared Compute: The ability to aggregate processing power beyond a traditional “server” with two or four sockets spanning a finite 24, 32, 64 cores to an array of multiple servers where the core processing capabilities brings together four, eight, 16, or more servers with hundreds of cores that can be shared and allocated to workloads as needed. Scalable and Shared Storage: The core storage component of HCL is very similar to the traditional Storage Area Network (SAN) model of the past decade where dozens of drive subsystems are spanned for high performance and capacity and allocated to workloads as needed. Flexible and Customizable Networking: The networking component of HCI provides virtual networks that isolate traffic and shape communications to optimize the workload to workload communications for performance and security purposes HCI compute on Windows Server 2016 — based Continue reading

BrandPost: How SD-WAN enhances & fortifies security options

Beyond basic network connectivity and network-centric features such as WAN optimization, security has been one of the promised next-wave roadmap features surrounding managed SD-WAN services.In early customer deployments, network connectivity was the spotlight feature, along with managing the mix of network types and diversity of providers. Security was a concern early on, but most customers have realized they can retain their existing security infrastructure and environment with little change. They can also enhance their security measures with the many security options available through managed SD-WAN.To read this article in full, please click here

The Abstract Art of Networking

Create or Edit a File on Cisco IOS Flash

How Does Internet Work - We know what is networking

There is always the option to edit a file locally on your computer in notepad++ and then upload it to Cisco device. With this trick, you can write or edit a file from Flash memory directly from Cisco IOS console. If you need it for whatever reason, maybe to change something in the config file or something else, this is the way to do it. I was using if for my next article lab where I needed a file on the flash with at least 1600 bytes so I can pull it from neighbouring router with HTTP and check some

Create or Edit a File on Cisco IOS Flash

Lack of Fast Convergence in SD-WAN Products

One of my readers sent me this question:

I'm in the process of researching SD-WAN solutions and have hit upon what I believe is a consistent deficiency across most of the current SD-WAN/SDx offerings. The standard "best practice" seems to be 60/180 BGP timers between the SD-WAN hub and the network core or WAN edge.

Needless to say, he wasn’t able to find BFD in these products either.

Does that matter? My reader thinks it does:

AskRob: Does Tor let government peek at vuln info?

@ErrataRob comments?

— E. Harding??, друг народа (anti-Russia=block) (@Enopoletus) March 1, 2018

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ICANN seeking public comment on Root KSK rollover process for DNSSEC

On 11 October 2018, should ICANN roll the Root Key Signing Key (KSK) that is at the heart of DNSSEC? ICANN is planning to restart the rollover process for the Root KSK and is therefore seeking public review of their new plan.  It includes more publicity about the need to be prepared for the rollover, and analysis of data indicating the level of preparedness.

The Plan for Continuing the Root KSK Rollover describes how ICANN intends to roll the root key signing key (KSK), and is based on input from the technical community following their decision to postpone the rollover last year.

Further input is requested by 2 April 2018. This will be used to prepare a final plan that will be presented to the ICANN Board for approval. ICANN is seeking public comments and we encourage you to read the plan and submit your views.

Learn how to submit your comments to ICANN

The Root KSK was originally planned to be rolled over on 11 October 2017, but ICANN postponed the rollover due to collected data that showed that a significant number of resolvers used by network operators were not ready for this. This meant that significant sections of the Internet could experience Continue reading

BrandPost: Huawei and Partners Stride Towards a Fully Connected, Intelligent World

At the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018, Huawei is presenting technologies and solutions for 5G, All-Cloud network, video, and IoT. Huawei will be engaging with industry leaders, sharing its experience and successes, and showcasing leading products and scenario-specific solutions. In particular, it will focus on the three key issues of better connections, better business growth, and better experience. With its carrier customers and partners, the company is helping to build a fully connected, intelligent world. Huawei booth in MWC 2018 The intelligent world is here. As they go beyond current boundaries in terms of capabilities, connections, business models, experience, and partnerships, carriers are set to become the cornerstone of a digital transformation market worth US$23 trillion. Huawei delivers ICT infrastructure and smart devices, and will act as a 'rich soil' of information, automation, and intelligence technologies. Within this 'soil,’ partners can grow their content, applications, and even clouds. Together, they can bring digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.To read this article in full, please click here

BrandPost: 5G, A New Era

Ryan Ding, Huawei Executive Director and President of Carrier Business Group, shared his views and vision for 5G with the industry at the "5G is Now" Summit during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018.During his remarks, Ding noted: "Looking back, we can see how technology has driven social change: 2G kicked off an era of global communications; 3G and 4G brought us mobile internet; and 5G marks the start of a new, intelligent world, with all things sensing, all things connected, and all things intelligent." Huawei supplied Ten years ago, when 4G was still just a pipe dream, it was hardly imaginable that we would be buying plane tickets, booking hotels, ordering taxis, and paying bills… all at the touch of a phone screen. Smartphones are our portals to the digital world. And in the coming 5G world, networks will connect things, as well as people. It will be a world where all things are sensing, all things are connected, and all things are intelligent. We are going to see the emergence of many things that we cannot imagine today. On the roads, self-driving cars will communicate through the 5G network, and traffic jams, accidents, and parking problems Continue reading

BrandPost: Huawei Receives 2018 GSMA Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Mobile Industry

The GSMA presented Huawei Technologies with the 2018 Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Mobile Industry. The award was presented at a special ceremony held last evening, where Huawei was recognized for decades of advocating new technology standards, driving digital transformation, and building out the digital ecosystem.At the ceremony, Ken Hu, Rotating and Acting CEO at Huawei, accepted the award on behalf of the company."Over the years, we have worked with many of you to advance 3G, 4G – and now 5G and other ICT technologies - so that more people can get connected and enjoy better services,” he said.“In this time, Huawei has connected over one-third of the world's population,” Hu continued. “I'm proud of what we've achieved, but the mobile industry is evolving. It will soon become the cornerstone of a fully connected, intelligent world, and we still have a lot of work to do."To read this article in full, please click here

BrandPost: Huawei Launches Full Range of 5G End-to-End Product Solutions

At the World Mobile World Congress (MWC) held in Barcelona, Spain, Yang Chaobin, President of Huawei 5G Product Line, unveiled a full range of end-to-end (E2E) 3GPP-compliant 5G product solutions. This release covers the core network, the bearer network, base station, and terminals. Huawei's 5G product solutions are entirely based on 3GPP standards, with full range, full scenario, and all-cloud being the defining characteristics. The featured products are also the only available options within the industry to provide 5G E2E capabilities.5G Base Station: Various forms to suit the deployment requirements in all scenarios and offer ubiquitous xGbps user experience The first wave of 5G deployment will take place in buildings and densely populated urban areas. Diverse site forms are therefore required to accommodate the needs of complex deployment scenarios, offering continuous coverage and fulfill capacity requirements of indoor and outdoor hotspots. Huawei's newly released full range of 5G product solutions support millimeter wave (mmWave), C-band, and all Sub-3 GHz frequency bands. These products also cover all site forms including tower sites, pole sites, and small cells.To read this article in full, please click here

BrandPost: Huawei Launches High-end Intelligent All Flash Array OceanStor Dorado18000 V3 for Mission-Critical Services

At Mobile World Congress (MWC2018), Huawei today launches the OceanStor Dorado18000 V3, a high-end, intelligent all-flash array (AFA), which helps customers manage storage resources for mission-critical enterprise services. The OceanStor Dorado18000 V3 is designed to ensure a consistent service experience on- and off-premises. Huawei supplied Huawei launches high-end, intelligent AFA OceanStor Dorado18000 V3 "IoT, cloud, AI and other newly-developed technologies have brought us opportunities and challenges," said Joy Huang, Vice President of Huawei’s IT Product Line. "Carriers want to provide better service experience and that’s why data management is increasingly seen to be of critical importance. The new high-end intelligent AFA OceanStor Dorado18000 V3 is tailored for mission-critical services at carriers, providing lightning-fast and rock-solid data experience. By continuously going beyond boundaries, Huawei Storage is committed to lead in the era of All-Flash, All-Cloud, and All-Intelligence data storage.''To read this article in full, please click here

BrandPost: Huawei Unveils AUTIN – A New Digitized Operations Services

Huawei has launched AUTIN, an Operations Consulting and Software as a Service (SaaS) solution for Digitized Operations Services to help operators manage complex hybrid ICT environments. AUTIN delivers AUTomation and INtelligence to modernize and reshape operations for the digital era.Building on its award-winning Operation Web Services (OWS), Huawei new AUTIN brand is introducing new functionality and machine learning for intelligent operations. AUTIN leverages big data and AI to help operators move from a reactive to more proactive and predictive operations. The solution is vendor and technology agnostic and can manage multiple technologies and services in a constantly changing environment.To read this article in full, please click here

BrandPost: Huawei and Telefónica Jointly Demonstrate the Industry’s First 5G Slicing-based Interactive VR Service

During the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Telefónica and Huawei jointly demonstrated the industry's first VR service using 5G end-to-end (E2E) network slicing technology. The demonstration offered visitors the opportunity to enjoy the ultimate immersive 5G interaction experience. Interactive VR will be introduced to gaming, education, entertainment, e-Health, industry design etc., which will bring new business opportunities to operators.This demonstration used 5G E2E networks, including the access network, core network, transport network, and terminals. This test provided evidence of how 5G network slicing can enable on-demand diversified services and ensure large bandwidth and low latency, thus helping operators to achieve 5G business success. This demonstration represented the latest achievement in 5G key technology verification and use case research, marking another significant milestone of the two parties' continued joint innovation and strategic cooperation.To read this article in full, please click here

BrandPost: Huawei and Bouygues Telecom Sign 5G Joint Innovation Agreement, with First 5G Network Trial in Bordeaux

Huawei and Bouygues Telecom announced today a joint innovation program to experiment 5G in France. Bouygues Telecom is part of the first operators worldwide to experiment 5G 3GPP in field with Huawei. Bordeaux will be the first city for a 5G network trial, from single site to multi-site coverage.With the release of industry's first 3GPP-based E2E 5G network system solutions developed by Huawei, the deployment of 5G networks is about to begin. Bouygues Telecom intends to provide ultra-high capacities for data services, greatly improving user experience and continuously maintaining a leading position in telecom network.Today agreement underlines Bouygues Telecom and Huawei collaboration since 2012 to launch 4G network. In 2014, building-on this partnership, Bouygues Telecom and Huawei jointly tested the first 4G commercial network reaching 1.1Gbps in Western Europe using 4 Carrier Aggregation Technology.To read this article in full, please click here

BrandPost: Huawei Enables Bell Canada’s Wireless to the Home (WTTH) Trials that put Canadian Rural Customers on the Path to 5G

Huawei and Bell Canada, the country’s largest communications company, today announced Bell’s successful Wireless to the Home (WTTH) trials in the 3.5 GHz and 28 GHz spectrum bands utilizing Huawei’s 5G-oriented Massive MIMO and 8T8R technology.The trials were conducted in the small Ontario communities of Orangeville, Feversham and Bethany to test and refine the capabilities of WTTH services for rural areas. As one of its next major steps in deploying high-speed home broadband in Canadian communities large and small, Bell plans deployment of WTTH to rural locations beginning in the second quarter of 2018.“We are proud to work with Bell utilizing the WTTH solution to achieve the company’s high-speed broadband goals,” said Mao Dun, Vice President of Huawei’s Wireless Network Marketing & Solutions Sales. “TD-LTE technology is rapidly maturing. Other 5G-oriented technologies, including carrier aggregation, 8T8R and Massive MIMO, can deliver fibre-like access speeds while supporting Bell’s multiple services such as Fibe TV. We believe these advanced technologies will benefit all Canadians.”To read this article in full, please click here