Infinera Bases its SDN for Transport Networks on OpenDaylight
The SDN also employs containers.
Ericsson Pushes Envelope By Making 5G Networking Gear Available in 2017
This is well ahead of the 2020 time frame expected for 5G specifications from the ITU.
AI, Machine Learning, and The Hitchhiker’s Guide
I had a great conversation with Ed Horley (@EHorley) and Patrick Hubbard (@FerventGeek) last night around new technologies. We were waxing intellectual about all things related to advances in analytics and intelligence. There’s been more than a few questions here at VMworld 2016 about the roles that machine learning and artificial intelligence will play in the future of IT. But during the conversation with Ed and Patrick, I finally hit on the perfect analogy for machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI). It’s pretty easy to follow along, so don’t panic.
The Answer
Machine learning is an amazing technology. It can extrapolate patterns in large data sets and provide insight from seemingly random things. It can also teach machines to think about problems and find solutions. Rather than go back to the tired Target big data example, I much prefer this example of a computer learning to play Super Mario World:
You can see how the algorithms learn how to play the game and find newer, better paths throughout the level. One of the things that’s always struck me about the computer’s decision skills is how early it learned that spin jumps provide more benefit than regular Continue reading
An I2RS Overview
What is the Interface to the Routing System (I2RS), and why do we need it? To get a good I2RS overview, consider the following illustration for a moment—
What does the interface between, say, BGP and the routing table (RIB) actually look like? What sort of information is carried over this interface, and why? A short (and probably incomplete) list might be—
- Routes being installed by the routing protocol into the RIB—this is the most obvious bit of information, allowing the device to actually build a forwarding table
- Routes being overwritten—this isn’t as obvious as installed routes, but BGP (for instance), can only advertise what is installed in the local table; hence if a route it has installed is overwritten, the process needs to know to stop advertising the route
- Routes being removed from the routing table—perhaps even less obvious, but some routing protocols (BGP is one) allow for multihop routes; when the next hop is removed, any routes using that next hop need to be removed as well
- Connected interfaces removed—this is often handled as a route removal, but it impacts more than just multihop routes; removing a connected route implies loss of reachability to a specific set of Continue reading
My Test Tube Filled with DNA is Better than Your Mesos Cluster
We’ve seen computation using slime mold, soap film, water droplets, there’s even a 10,000 Domino Computer. Now DNA can do math In a test tube. Using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
It’s not fast. Calculations can take hours. The upside: they are tiny and can work in wet environments. Think of running calculations in your bloodstream or in cells, like a programmable firewall, to monitor and alert on targeted health metrics and then trigger a localized response. Or if you are writing science fiction perhaps the ocean could become one giant computer?
The applications already sound like science fiction:
Prior devices for control of chemical reaction networks and DNA doctor applications have been limited to finite-state control, and analog DNA circuits will allow much more sophisticated analog signal processing and control. DNA robotics have allowed devices to operate autonomously (e.g., to walk on a nanostructure) but also have been limited to finite-state control.
Analog DNA circuits can allow molecular robots to include real-time analog control circuits to provide much more sophisticated control than offered by purely digital control. Many artificial intelligence systems (e.g., neural networks and probabilistic inference) that dynamically learn Continue reading
Datanauts 049: Cracking The Nut On APIs
This Datanauts episode is all about APIs. The Datanauts and guest Matt Oswalt explore what they are, how they work, and why you need to get familiar with them. The post Datanauts 049: Cracking The Nut On APIs appeared first on Packet Pushers.Huawei Hops Onto Software-Defined Elevators
Schindler enlists the company to do SDN for IoT.