Separate Data from Code [Video]
After explaining the challenges of data center fabric deployments, Dinesh Dutt focused on a very important topic I cover in Week#3 of the Building Network Automation Solutions online course: how do you separate data (data model describing data center fabric) from code (Ansible playbooks and device configurations)
Rough Guide to IETF 100: Identity, Privacy, and Encryption
Identity, privacy, and encryption continue to be active topics for the Internet Society and the IETF community impacting a broad range of applications. In this Rough Guide to IETF 100 post, I highlight a few of the many relevant activities happening next week in Singapore, but there is much more going on so be sure to check out the full agenda online.
Encryption
Encryption continues to be a priority of the IETF as well as the security community at large. Related to encryption, there is the TLS working group developing the core specifications, several working groups addressing how to apply the work of the TLS working group to various applications, and the Crypto-Forum Research Group focusing on the details of the underlying cryptographic algorithms.
The Transport Layer Security (TLS) working group is a key IETF effort developing core security protocols for the Internet. This week’s agenda includes both TLS 1.3 and Datagram Transport Layer Security. Additionally, the TLS working group will be discussing connection ID, exported authenticators, protecting against denial of service attacks, and application layer TLS. The TLS working group is very active and, as with all things that are really important, there are many Continue reading
Deploy360’s Hot Topics at IETF 100
Next week is IETF 100 in Singapore which will be the first time the IETF has been held in the country. The Deploy360 team will be represented by Megan Kruse and Dan York, along with ISOC’s Chief Internet Technology Officer Olaf Kolkman. We’re again highlighting the latest IPv6, DNSSEC, Securing BGP, TLS and IoT related developments.
Below are the sessions that we’ll be following. Note this post was written in advance so please check the official IETF 100 agenda for any updates, room changes, or final details.
Monday, 13 November 2017
- Domain Name System Operations – Padang @ 09.30-12.00 UTC+8
- IPv6 over Low Power Wide-Area Networks – Olivia @ 09.30-12.00 UTC+8
- IPv6 Operations – Padang @ 13.30-15.30 UTC+8
- Inter-domain Routing – Canning @ 13.30-15.30 UTC+8
- IPv6 over the TSCH mode of IEEE 802.15.4e – Bras Basah @ 15.50-17.20 UTC+8
- Home Networking – Collyer @ 15.50-17.20 UTC+8
- IP Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments – Sophia @ 17.40-18.40 UTC+8
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
- Distributed Mobility Management – Orchard @ 09.30-12.00 UTC+8
- Authentication and Authorization for Constrained Environments – Collyer @ 09.30-12.00 UTC+8
- IPv6 Maintenance – Continue reading
What’s the Dollar Amount of Your Cyber Risk? There’s Software for That
By 2020 at least half of the integrated risk management products on the market will be SaaS.
Telco Systems Provides Open NFV Platform with x86 and ARM Support
It added 6WIND’s vRouter to the NFV platform.
HPE Developing its Own Low Power “Neural Network” Chips
With so many chip startups targeting the future of deep learning training and inference, one might expect it would be far easier for tech giant Hewlett Packard Enterprise to buy versus build. However, when it comes to select applications at the extreme edge (for space missions in particular), nothing in the ecosystem fits the bill.
In the context of a broader discussion about the company’s Extreme Edge program focused on space-bound systems, HPE’s Dr. Tom Bradicich, VP and GM of Servers, Converged Edge, and IoT systems, described a future chip that would be ideally suited for high performance computing under …
HPE Developing its Own Low Power “Neural Network” Chips was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.
Ciena Launches Switch to Deploy VNFs at the Edge
New product targets include 5G pre-builds and IoT.
HPC Heavyweight Goes All-In On OpenACC
Across the HPC community, commercial firms, government labs and academic institutions are adapting their code to embrace GPU architectures. They are motivated by the faster performance and lower energy consumption provided by GPUs, and many of them are using OpenACC to annotate their code and make it GPU-friendly. The Next Platform recently interviewed one key organization to learn why it is using the OpenACC programming model to expand its computing capabilities and platform support.
If the earth was the size of a basketball, its atmosphere would be the thickness of shrink wrap. It is fragile enough that in 1960, the …
HPC Heavyweight Goes All-In On OpenACC was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.
TIP Tackles Network Slicing, Artificial Intelligence, and Open RAN
Three new operators — BT, Telefonica, and Vodafone — joined the TIP board of directors.
CenturyLink Says SD-WAN Isn’t Cannibalizing its MPLS Business
Customers often combine MPLS with SD-WAN.
Infinera’s Stock Implodes Under Mixed Q3, Restructuring Plans
The restructuring plan includes the elimination of facilities and job cuts.
Headcount: The Latest in Hirings, Firings, and Retirings — November 9, 2017
Nutanix adds to its exec team and board; HPE names CIO to restructure IT.