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The MEF18 event in Los Angeles revealed the progress of the industry in implementing the MEF 3.0 global services framework, which was launched a year ago, says Mike Strople, Managing Director at Zayo and Chairman of MEF. In particular, it is exciting to see the LSO Sonata APIs and SDK, as well as progress with […]
Netronome unveiled its open architecture for domain-specific accelerators . Netronome is collaborating with six leading silicon companies, Achronix, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Kandou, NXP, Sarcina and SiFive, to develop this open architecture and related specifications for developing chiplets that promise to reduce silicon development and manufacturing costs. The idea is fo chiplet-based silicon to be composed using best-of-breed […]
Wave Computing outlined its strategy for an AI-enabled MIPS offering and ecosystem. The company announced a new AI-enabled licensing roadmap and a broader 3rd party ecosystem. The company said it will pursue a multi-pronged strategy to enable new use cases for AI based on MIPS architecture. “Wave Computing’s MIPS technology is a key component of […]
Researchers at Caltech are experimenting with metasurface optics to bend and focus light in a finely controllable way by using carefully designed microscopic structures on an otherwise flat surface. In a paper published by Nature Communications on October 10, the researchers describe a technology called “folded metasurface optics,” which is a way of printing multiple […]
Sprint announed the worldwide expansion of its Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) services worldwide. “With just one dedicated Sprint team and one simple portal in the cloud, an enterprise is now able to more intelligently manage all of its network resources across the globe with the geographic expansion of our SD-WAN services,” said Mike […]
Aerohive Networks reported total revenue for the third quarter of fiscal year 2018 of $40.6 million, compared with $39.3 million for the third quarter of 2017. Subscription and support revenue was $11.7 million, or 29% of total revenue, for the third quarter of fiscal year 2018, compared with $10.1 million, or 26% of total revenue, […]
EKINOPS introduced its OneAccess 10G Ethernet Access Device (EAD) for high-speed Ethernet services to Enterprise and wholesale customers. The OneAccess 1651 EAD, which will be commercially available in Q1 2019, will enable operators to monitor thousands of Ethernet links centrally and generate service activation birth certificates without the need for deploying test equipment at the […]
AT&T has activated its LTE network in Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro, bringing connectivity to more than 800,000 daily users of this route. AT&T has also enabled free Wi-Fi in all 24 stations of the route. Line 2 is the 4th connected line by the company as part of the Mexico City Metro […]
MEF released four LSO (Lifecycle Service Orchestration) Sonata API technical specifications and Software Development Kits (SDKs) for inter-provider orchestration of current and emerging MEF 3.0 services (e.g., Carrier Ethernet, IP, SD-WAN, Optical Transport, security, and other virtualized services). The four LSO Sonata technical specifications related to serviceability, product inventory, quoting, and ordering cover business requirements, […]
MEF completed a draft technical specification that defines an SD-WAN service and its various attributes. The draft spec is circulating among MEF members. A complete MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Service Attributes and Service Definition standard is expected in 1Q 2019. SD-WAN service standardization will enable a wide range of ecosystem stakeholders to use the same terminology […]
MEF’s mission is to accelerate the adoption of assured services across automated networks. Nan Chen, president of MEF, makes two important announcements: 1. The industry’s first SD-WAN service definitions, which provide common terminology for buying, selling and delivering standardized SD-WAN services. Look for these in Q1 2019. 2. LSO Sonata API – providing the ability […]
Nokia introduced its WaveSuite software for optimizing and virtualizing the optical networks of service providers, wholesalers, and large enterprises. Nokia describes WaveSuite as a new breed of intelligent software applications driven by real-world use cases. Nokia’s WaveSuite applications are organized into three categories: WaveSuite Node Automation: an approach to streamline service supporting equipment, leading to […]
Ciena is launching a cloud-based analytics-as-a-service offering to help network providers translate network performance data into actionable insights. Ciena said its Insights Service, which builds on its existing consulting practice, consolidates a wide array of analytics-based capabilities into a single, multi-tiered service offering designed to ensure networks are securely “fit for flexibility” today and into […]
