Last evening, as you may remember me mentioning yesterday, we had a really enjoyable MEF award dinner last night. It was great to have a fabulous chat with our partners and customers. As it is to be expected of such things, it went on very late and the adrenalin kick didn’t quite subside till this morning when our forums reconvened. Read more...

Today is the first “official” day at the Carrier Ethernet World Congress, with the sun shining on Berlin to make the setting perfect. The weather wasn’t the only thing that left me feeling very ebullient today, as we also took part in some very interesting panels. Read more...

Hello everyone. The countdown is finally over. David here on the first (private) day of the CEWC 2009 in Berlin, the largest event for the Ethernet networks and service industry. This year, the congress is all about bringing Value-Added Services to the Carrier Ethernet environment. Read more...

If there is one thing I am absolutely sure about network design and architecture, it is that there are no absolutes ;-) Ok maybe there are a few, but there is a reason why equipment vendors build some boxes big, and some small. There is a reason why equipment vendors develop some line cards with as much functionality as is physically possible, and others with as much cost reduction as possible. There is a reason why equipment vendors develop modular plug-in service/application processing cards that can be deployed only where they are needed. One size does not fit all. Operators need a range of products that meet different demonstrated and future preferences with respect to at least: Flexibility, scalability, reliability, availability, security, manageability, and service velocity, in what ever quantity, quality, time, cost, and utility desired. Read more...