November 30, 2009 8:29 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
IBM,
Juniper,
Oracle,
OSS/BSS,
service delivery platforms,
service delivery technologyIBM has launched its own program to be the solution to service provider service-layer technology needs, but so far, there’s less than meets the eye.
IBM has had what it calls the Service Provider Delivery Environment (SPDE) for some time, but the product has been indifferently...
March 16, 2009 5:02 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Cisco,
control plane,
data center,
HP ProCurve,
Juniper,
servers,
service delivery platformsCisco is expected to launch its blade server project “California” today, and there is a lot of disagreement over just what’s coming. Some predict Cisco...
February 13, 2009 7:03 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Cisco,
HP,
Juniper,
next-generation architecture,
Nortel,
service delivery platformsNortel may be preparing its own application platform, something that would compete with HP ProCurve, Cisco’s new blade server, and Juniper’s JCS1200. All of these products reflect the reality that the “network” is dividing formally into a service layer and a transport layer, and that...
February 3, 2009 5:08 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Cisco,
core networking,
Juniper,
PBT,
QoS,
service delivery platforms,
VirtualizationJuniper announced a new “core virtualization” strategy with the TX Matrix Plus, and the concept is quite interesting. The new capability links the Juniper JCS1200 for hosted-control-plane and the TX Matrix Plus as a large aggregator/on-ramp to create an IP infrastructure that can be...
January 26, 2009 2:08 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
femtocells,
Fixed-mobile convergence,
service delivery platforms,
Verizon,
VoIP,
wirelessVerizon will be launching a VoIP product, “the Hub”, that will also be the flagship of its FMC and likely femtocell position. The new product is designed to deal with the end-of-life issues facing TDM voice and to provide a lower-cost way of offering voice services without risking loss of...
January 15, 2009 4:03 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
network monetization,
Nortel,
service delivery platformsNortel has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a move that comes as no surprise given that the only likely candidate to buy its business components (Huawei) ran afoul of government policy concerns. Nortel has, over the last decade, fallen from one of the giants to its current state of...
