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2024

An old dog learns new tricks

LinkedIn - February 21, 2024

2023

A tradition of building in America

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - October 18, 2023

Are you in the driver’s seat? Take control of your managed Wi-Fi software updates

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - October 5, 2023

Breaking the glass wall

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - September 27, 2023

When investing in broadband solutions, don’t get fooled by doorbuster specials

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - September 8, 2023

Are soaring cloud costs making you rethink your strategy? Here’s a hack you need to try

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - August 31, 2023

5G is just an optical network with radio access

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - March 27. 2023

uCPE is the ultimate CPE

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - February 28, 2023

2022

Cloud success means embracing the edge and customer premises

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - December 12, 2022

ADVA and Intel accelerate uCPE cryptographic workloads

Intel® Network Builder blog - December 9, 2022

Don’t fall for uCPE disinformation

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - December 7, 2022

Hidden costs and benefits reveal the true value of innovation

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - May 4, 2022

My 100th article on LinkedIn

February 27, 2022

Architecture powers disaggregation

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - February 16, 2022

Giving end users control with edge cloud

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - January 17, 2022

2021

Transforming live video events with uCPE

Technically Speaking - March 1, 2021

2020

Top 5 edge cloud predictions for 2021

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - December 2, 2020

Bringing edge cloud into reality

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - November 18, 2020

Telco cloud evolution: SD-WAN, uCPE and SASE

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - October 26, 2020

IBM and ADVA for uCPE success

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - May 5, 2020

Choice reduces risk

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - March 24, 2020

A fast, secure edge with universal appeal

LinkedIn, Technically Speaking, and Dispersive - March 20, 2020

Blueprint column: End users are now demanding virtualized services

Converge! Network Digest - February 11, 2020

2019

The Road to Containerized Network Functions

Light Reading - December 20, 2019

Top 5 NFV predictions for 2020

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - December 10, 2019

NFV is Winning!

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - December 5, 2019

Stop the intruders at the door!

Optical Networks Daily and Converge Network Digest - October 25, 2019

Talk Less and Listen More

LinkedIn - September 24, 2019

Smokey & the NFV Bandit

Light Reading - September 6, 2019

The real innovators of networking: Lee Jorissen, TPx

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - August 8, 2019

Open hosting for virtualized SD-WAN

LinkedIn and Technically speaking - June 10, 2019

ADVA and Intel® Select Solutions for uCPE

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - May 7, 2019

CPU Selection for uCPE Is About More Than Architecture

Light Reading - February 5, 2019

2018

The year ahead for NFV

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - December 18, 2018

Putting the M in MANO

SDxCentral - October 2, 2018

Closing the NFV management gap

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - September 18, 2018

Why use OpenStack for uCPE?

Lightwave - August 3, 2018

The key elements of NFV usage: A guide

Gazettabyte - June 28, 2018

Securing zero touch for uCPE deployments (reprint)

Reprint at Netmanias - June 7, 2018

Securing zero touch for uCPE deployments

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - May 10, 2018

Using the Cloud to Secure the Cloud

SDxCentral - May 3, 2018

Security is a many-layered thing*

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - April 26, 2018

Working to get to the telco cloud (reprint)

Republished at Netmanias - February 14, 2018

Working to get to the telco cloud

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - January 11, 2018

What’s next for NFV in 2018?

Virtual Strategy Magazine - January 3, 2018

2017

Will Telco Infrastructure Go Soft in 2018?

SDxCentral - December 18, 2017

The real innovators of networking: Chad Thompson, Verizon

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - December 6, 2017

Network Virtualization Simplified (reprint)

Reprint at NetManias - October 16, 2017

Service Providers Are Deploying SD-WAN (reprint)

Reprint at Netmanias - October 10, 2017

Network Virtualization Simplified

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - September 26, 2017

Service Providers Are Deploying SD-WAN

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - September 22, 2017

Don’t Use Hardware Appliances for SD-WAN

SDxCentral - September 19, 2017

What is Universal CPE? (reprint)

Reprint at Netmanias - September 14, 2017

What is Universal CPE?

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - August 8, 2017

Software and Support Optimize SD-WAN for Enterprises (reprint)

Reprint at Netmanias - July 31, 2017

Understanding the Use of Universal CPE

SDxCentral - July 11, 2017

Leave your appliances behind: How to overcome challenges in moving to a cloud-centric network

Telecoms Tech News - June 28, 2017

I Became An Engineer: Because I Loved LEGOs And Tinkertoys

ECN - June 23, 2017

Software and Support Optimize SD-WAN for Enterprises

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - June 16, 2017

The Real CTOs of NFV and The Real Innovators of Networking

LinkedIn - June 9, 2017

Ensemble Continues to Make NFV Easy - and Cloudy

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - June 1, 2017

No Shortcuts to NFV Success

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - May 26, 2017

The NIA Can Help Make NFV a Success

Light Reading - May 2, 2017

Experience Powers Interoperability

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - May 2, 2017

Why Use HARDWARE Appliances for SOFTWARE-Defined WAN?

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - April 20, 2017

Service Providers are Changing for the Cloud

SDxCentral - March 31, 2017

Applications: The Real Drivers of 5G Infrastructure Requirements

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - March 28, 2017

Operator Predictions for 2017 (reprint)

Reprint at Netmanias - February 22, 2017

Cloudifying the Communications Network

Light Reading - February 16, 2017

An NFV and SDN Reader (reprint)

Reprint at Netmanias - February 7, 2017

Operator Predictions for 2017

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - January 5, 2017

2016

An NFV and SDN Reader

LinkedIn - December 21, 2016

The Real Innovators of Networking: Todd McWhirter, Zayo Group

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - December 16, 2016

Ensemble SmartWAN: Transforming SD-WAN

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - December 6, 2016

Back to the Future - Telco Style

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - November 16, 2016

SD-WAN 2.0: Building a Better SD-WAN (reprint)

Reprint at Netmanias - October 31, 2016

Making MANO Easy

SDxCentral - October 28, 2016

Defining MANO: Open Source vs. Standards

Light Reading - October 26, 2016

NFV and MEC: What's the Difference?"

MEC Congress blog - September 20, 2016

The Real Innovators of Networking: Peter Klostermaier, Computacenter

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - September 14, 2016

Ensemble Explained - The Video Series

LinkedIn - September 2, 2016

The Real Reason to Deploy NFV: New Revenue

Lightwave - September 12, 2016

Ensemble Explained - The Video Series

LinkedIn - September 2, 2016

It's All About The Cloud

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - August 17, 2016

SD-WAN 2.0: Evolving to a Complete Solution

SDxCentral - August 12, 2016

SDN and NFV Drive Change, But Not Everywhere

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - August 12, 2016

The key to 5G is getting started

5G World Series - July 20, 2016

Assuring Cloud Connectivity

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - July 19, 2016

In Praise of Hidden Complexity

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - July 5, 2016

SD-WAN 2.0: Building A Better SD-WAN

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - June 22, 2016

Can Cloud in a Box Address OpenStack Issues?

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - June 8, 2016

May is Awards Month!

LinkedIn - May 31, 2016

The Real CTOs of Network Innovation: Christoph Glingener, ADVA Optical Networking

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - May 26, 2016

Orchestration for NFV Needs Scale and Resiliency

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - May 18, 2016

Open vSwitch is No Match for ADVA Ensemble Connector Performance

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - May 16, 2016

Three Easy Numbers for Bloggers

LinkedIn - May 3, 2016

Uncertainty About NFV Orchestration Demands Openness and Flexibility

Technically Speaking - April 26, 2016

Great Speakers Avoid These Mistakes

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - March 29, 2016

Bringing The Cloud to a Business Near You

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - March 17, 2016

Mobile Devices at MWC

LinkedIn - March 3, 2016

Assuring Symmetric Physical Delay

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - February 24, 2016

NFV orchestration demands openness and flexibility

TM Forum Inform - February 23, 2016

Leveraging NFV Infrastructure to Drive Revenue

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - February 22, 2016

The ABCs of Mobile World Congress

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - February 18, 2016

The Real CTOs of NFV: Satya Baddipudi, DartPoints

LinkedIn and Technically Speaking - February 15, 2016

Staffing and Organizing for Telco Innovation – Part 3

LinkedIn - February 1, 2016

Staffing and Organizing for Telco Innovation – Part 2

LinkedIn - January 25, 2016

The Real CTOs of NFV: David Hughes, Silver Peak

LinkedIn - January 20, 2016

Staffing and Organizing for Telco Innovation – Part 1

LinkedIn - January 15, 2016

The Real CTOs of NFV: Tim Naramore, Masergy

LinkedIn - January 13, 2016

The Real CTOs of NFV: Krish Prabhu, AT&T

LinkedIn - January 5, 2016

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2014 / 2015

January 8, 2015: Continued Growth Requires Consistent Service at all Customer Locations

November 11, 2014: NFV Plus SDN Equals Dynamism

October 22, 2014: Network Functions Virtualization: Don’t Fence Me In

September 3, 2014: NFV Performance and Security

July 14, 2014: Masergy puts Dynamic Service Management in the Palm of Customers' Hands

June 30, 2014: Bridging the Fiber Gap

June 16, 2014: Cost Cutting is Not Enough

April 7, 2014: Follow the Money – How Use Cases Drive Innovation

April 1, 2014: An Update on Pet Neutrality

March 31, 2014: Delivering the Transition to the Cloud – Lessons for CSPs

February 25, 2014: Behind the Scenes at NFV#5 in Malaga

February 3, 2014: SDN and Automation

January 23, 2014: Innovation: 3 Key Elements for Success

January 13, 2014: 5 Predictions for 2014

2013

December 23, 2013: NFV Evolution Versus Revolution

November 25, 2013: 4 Attributes of Openness in Modern Communications

October 28, 2013: NFV Needs SDN

October 14, 2013: Update from TIA 2013 - The Future of the Network

October 7, 2013: What Does Orchestration Mean for NFV?

September 30, 2013: A Visit from Uncle Sam

September 25, 2013: SDN, NFV and Future Innovation

September 16, 2013: Architecting the Metro Edge for Accurate One-Way Frame Delay Measurements

August 14, 2013: CloudNFV and Overture

August 1, 2013: The Value of Open - Revisited

July 29, 2013: Net Neutrality - Part 3

July 22, 2013: Net Neutrality - Part 2

July 15, 2013: Net Neutrality - Part 1

July 8, 2013: Independence from Email?

July 2, 2013: Some Recent Collections of SDN and NFV Articles

June 24, 2013: The Power of Questions, and Other Useful Sales Tips

June 10, 2013: Packet Encapsulation and Link Bonding Protocols

May 27, 2013: Giants Still Walk Among Us

May 20, 2013: Special Access, Part 2: No Longer Special?

May 13, 2013: Special Access, Part 1: How Did We Get Here?

April 22, 2013: Thinking Differently

April 15, 2013: The Value of Open

April 12, 2013: Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networking - What's the Difference?

April 8, 2013: Services, Services, Services

April 1, 2013: Radical Innovation in Telecom

March 25, 2013: Network Function Virtualization (NFV) for Access

March 18, 2013: Virtualizing the Edge

March 11, 2013: The Cloud is a Mindset, Not a Destination

2012

December 7, 2012: Observations from Carrier Ethernet APAC Conference

September 25, 2012: Highlights: Fall 2012 Carrier Ethernet World Congress

2015

The Real CTOs of NFV: Kevin Riley, Sonus

LinkedIn - December 14, 2015

The Real CTOs of NFV: Aamir Hussain, CenturyLink

LinkedIn - November 30, 2015

The Real CTOs of NFV: Jason Koenders, Integra

LinkedIn - November 16, 2015

The Real CTOs of NFV: Jerome Tollet, Qosmos

LinkedIn - November 10, 2015

The Real CTOs of NFV: Gareth Noyes, Wind River

LinkedIn - October 26, 2015

The Real CTOs of NFV: Randy Nicklas, Windstream

LinkedIn - October 19, 2015

ARM Wrestling in the Cloud Arena: Winners Stay Pure

LinkedIn - October 13, 2015

Telecom Service Quality Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better

LinkedIn - October 5, 2015

The Real CTOs of NFV: Doug Suriano, Oracle

LinkedIn - September 28, 2015

The Real CTOs of NFV: Martin Taylor, Metaswitch

LinkedIn - September 21, 2015

How NFV Got Real

LinkedIn - September 13, 2015

It's a Server!

LinkedIn - September 8, 2015

A Big Anniversary for Overture

LinkedIn - September 6, 2015

Pure-Play Virtualization versus SFPs

LinkedIn - August 30, 2015

End User Benefits of NFV

LinkedIn - August 22, 2015

The Turing Test for NFV

LinkedIn - August 5, 2015

NFV's Unexpected Bonus

Light Reading - August 3, 2015

Why I Write at LinkedIn

LinkedIn - July 27, 2015

Hard Truths about Software Licensing for NFV

LinkedIn - July 13, 2015

Real-World NFV, Real Lessons Learned

LinkedIn - July 8, 2015

The New Face(book) of Carrier Class?

Light Reading - June 25, 2015

Leave Manual Orchestration to Symphony Orchestrators

LinkedIn - June 19, 2015

Five Important Questions on SDN and NFV

LinkedIn - June 9, 2015

NFV Orchestration and Service Innovation

LinkedIn - May 28, 2015

Topology Options for NFV

SDxCentral - May 14, 2015

The Case for Pure-Play Virtualization

Light Reading - May 8, 2015

Why Telecos Care About SDN and NFV, and Some Issues

LinkedIn Telecom Executives - May 4, 2015

Performance and Low Cost Enable NFV and SDN

LinkedIn - May 4, 2015

Edge Virtualization and Micro-Clouds

LinkedIn - April 28, 2015

Fact Check on SDN and NFV

LinkedIn - April 1, 2015

NFV and SDN: What’s the Difference Two Years Later?

SDxCentral - March 30, 2015

Early Feedback on Net Neutrality

LinkedIn - March 18, 2015

Overture’s ESI Wins Award from Network Intelligence Alliance

LinkedIn - March 4, 2015

Interconnections and Net Neutrality

LinkedIn - February 27, 2015

2014

Cost Cutting is Not Enough (reprint)

Reprint at Telecom Ramblings - August 9, 2014

Real-World Lessons of SDN and NFV

SDNCentral - July 28, 2014

Note - This was named as a top 10 guest blog at SDxCentral for 2014.

Automation or Services — Which Comes First?

SDNCentral - July 8, 2014

Service Provider Realism About SDN

SDNCentral - January 21, 2014

Note: This was named as a top 10 guest blog at SDxCentral for 2014

Innovation: 3 Key Elements for Success

CTOvision - January 16, 2014

2013

Four Attributes of Openness in Modern Communications

CTOvision - December 17. 2013

Architecting the Metro Edge for Accurate One-Way Frame Delay Measurements

Ethernet Academy - September 15, 2013

SDN and NFV: Survey of Articles Comparing and Contrasting

CTOvision - June 28, 2013

NFV and SDN: What's the Difference?

SDNCentral - March 30, 2013

Note - This was been the most popular guest blog at SDNCentral for most of the 12 months after its publication, and it was also the top guest blog for 2013.