Implementing the BGP Monitoring Protocol (BMP) in your NOS to track BGP network state
The worldwide public internet has long depended on the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) for exchanging routing a reachability information between ...
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Implement MPLS on white box switches with the Metaswitch NOS Toolkit
With the continued growth of the global MPLS IP VPN Services Market and the ongoing consolidation of of the access layer onto Multiservice MPLS edge ...
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Intent-Based Composable Networking
There is absolutely no question that B2B technology marketing remains a most revered profession. Certainly, since I first donned my marcom blazer and ...
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FD.io Takes Over VPP and Unites with DPDK to Accelerate NFV Data Planes to Outright Nutty Speeds
On the realization that I was not about to quit these blog posts any time soon, my inbound marketing manager felt obliged to impart some worldly ...
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Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! BGP, MPLS, Segment Routing and PCE!
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Transforming Networks and Businesses
Fixed line providers are under unprecedented competitive assault, from cable providers, from new OTT entrants and from wireless substitution.  Many ...
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Let's Give SIP Normalization Some Love!
We all know that SIP is a hodge-podge of standards, with a variety of “interesting” implementations floating around in the market.
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Follow the Leader II
If you’ve been following our blog, you may remember the post titled Follow The Leader. (If this is your first visit, I recommend you take a moment to ...
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How Many Engineers Do You Need to Change an SBC?
This post was inspired by a story told to me by a partner who resells and manages SBCs for a living. 
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Hardware vs. Software: Dispelling Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
Are you watching the French Open tennis tournament? It’s great to see top athletes competing against one another. How would they perform if they were ...
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Raising my Session Border Control IQ: Part III
We’re back for the final look at the Swiss Army Knives of networks. Let’s take a last look at two of the most important functions provided by SBCs. ...
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Raising my Session Border Controller IQ: Part II
We’re back for another look at the Swiss Army Knives of networks. Let’s take another look at some of the functions provided by SBCs. Last post we ...
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