Sonera Trials NB-IoT Using Nokia Gear
Momentum is building as more operators test NB-IoT.
Microsoft Azure Goes Back To Rack Servers With Project Olympus
The thing we hear time and time again from the hyperscalers is that technology is a differentiator, but supply chain can make or break them. Designing servers, storage, switching, and datacenters is fun, but if all of the pieces can’t be brought together at volume, and at a price that is the best in the industry, then their operations can’t scale.
It is with this in mind that we ponder Microsoft’s new “Project Olympus” hyperscale servers, which it debuted today at the Zettastructure conference in London. Or, to be more precise, the hyperscale server designs that it has created but …
Microsoft Azure Goes Back To Rack Servers With Project Olympus was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.
Ansible 2.2 Network Updates
The Slack channel question seemed so innocuous at the time, “I was reviewing through the Ansible 2.2 commits related to networking. Is there a summary of the networking items that are new in 2.2?”
In a rather quick response, my first answer seemed so obvious, “Not really, mostly simplifying code, merging template with config modules and some new platforms."
As the conversation continued though, reality came crashing down with the realization that the sprint from Ansible 2.1 to Ansible 2.2 for networking modules was substantially more than a few tweaks and added platforms.
Before getting into what’s new and what’s changed, let's review the overall state of network integration with Ansible. We started this journey just about a year ago announcing that Ansible would start supporting direct integration with network devices. At the time, this was a fairly big departure from the more traditional roots where Ansible has focused on in the systems and application development worlds. There always seemed to be a natural fit between Ansible’s agentless, SSH-based architecture’s ability to adapt to automating traditional network device configurations. It didn’t take long for the initial integration of network modules to start achieving greater adoption.
In just three releases (counting Continue reading
DCI and Pluribus VCF™: Simple and No Boundaries
Native VLAN Extension: A New Service of the Pluribus Virtualization Centric Fabric Just last week, Pluribus introduced our Open Data...PQ Show 97 – Inside Three Real-World SD-WAN Deployments (Sponsored)
On todays episode, recorded live in NYC & sponsored by Viptela, network engineers talk candidly about the business & technology decisions for purchasing and deploying SD-WAN products. The post PQ Show 97 – Inside Three Real-World SD-WAN Deployments (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.Apcera Platform Primes Containers for Enterprise Deployment
Legacy apps and security are two of the big-ticket items.