A Jaded Journalist Views IPv4 NewsTwo years after first announcing my retirement plans, I'm really doing it. No, really.
There was surprising optimism in the sector at the MEF18 event, but will it be reflected in revenues going forward?
Many larger network operators are bringing software development in-house, developing their own orchestrators and other tools, and using more open source to get the results they want, without vendor dependence.
Here's a quick snapshot of my impressions from this week's NFV-Carrier SDN: Automation and Monetization event in Denver.
The FCC lies about getting hacked and net neutrality proponents cheer when Alex Jones is censored, but so what?
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The deployment glacier is accelerating.
All four mobile operators in the US support it now as do the major wireline residential networks. Android and iOS supports it. More home routers support it.
Avoiding RFC1918 exhaustion, bypassing CGNAT, VoLTE, easier device management, and being ready for the future are driving deployments.
It is sad that it has been such a struggle to do the right thing. It seems almost no one cares about the IP network layer.