As standards for Software Defined Networking (SDN) solidify, the telco industry is converging around a common architecture for SDN implementation in service provider networks. While SDN-based networks have been a long time in the making, SDN rollout is now accelerating globally across multiple service providers, with the majority aligning around a three-tier SDN control hierarchy:…
The Promise of 5G 5G technology is being promoted mostly on the basis of dramatic increases in network speed and reliability. This will be accomplished to a great degree by moving intelligence and computing to the edge of the network. Through edge computing, 5G promises to eliminate the latency created by the centralized mobile core…
Our News from MWC and OFC The past month was an insanely productive and exciting time for the Sedona team. With one major customer announcement and back to back industry events (MWC Barcelona & OFC San Diego) I am happy we are still standing. Everything went by so fast, I wanted to make sure you…
Challenges in the Face of Digital Transformation The Communication Service Provider (CSP) landscape is changing rapidly in the face of the digital era. New and stronger competition, growing customer demands, increased operational costs and evolving technologies are just a few of the challenges CSPs face today. CSPs are now required to adopt a digital strategy…
Introduction Accurate network inventory data is a critical foundation for delivering new services and minimizing the impact of maintenance and outages, with significant flow-through impact on both cost and revenue. That said, access to accurate inventory data is a big challenge for most, if not all Communications Service Providers, because today’s inventory validation and audit…
Automation is one of the big rising stars of networking. It has attracted huge industry interest of late, with Light Reading dedicating a whole category to the topic and many industry events, including Layer123’s SDN NFV World Congress, hosting significant automation tracks. Carriers are building requirements around it in their RFP processes, and analyst firms…
Service providers globally are converging on a control model to achieve the significant goal of automating service creation and assurance from data centers, through the network, to customer premises equipment. In this model, a centralized network controller delivers end-to-end network abstraction, automation, and service awareness, thus considerably simplifying the work of service orchestrators. Realization of…
Selecting the right IP/optical network controller is critical for end-to-end service delivery. There is no room for capability gaps in the solution and we encourage you to carefully consider your options. We suggest asking suppliers the following questions to determine whether the solution can truly deliver comprehensive, accurate visibility and control in a real-world multilayer,…
What’s the difference between the challenges faced by Telecom service providers and cable operators in their high-capacity backbone and metro networks? Not much, actually. We learned this at the CableLabs Winter Conference in Orlando this week. The central problem is essentially the same: separate IP/MPLS and Optical network layers with little or no visibility between…
Our announcement about raising $13.6M in round B funding has attracted plenty of attention. It was kick started in a blog item by Marcin Hejka, Vice President of Intel Capital. Announcing Intel’s investment in three Israel companies, Sedona being one of them, Hejka wrote that Sedona, “Is improving the connectivity of the world’s networks and the efficiency…