Thursday, February 27, 2014

State of The Internet - 3RD QUARTER, 2013 REPORT

Source : http://www.akamai.com/dl/akamai/akamai-soti-q313.pdf?WT.mc_id=soti_Q313


Software trends - futuristic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_security_software


http://www.siliconindia.com/news/enterpriseit/12-Transformations-That-Will-Revamp-Software-Industry-By-2015--nid-126774-cid-7.html

1. How We Purchase Software
What Is Leading To This Change: Cloud Computing
What Is Changing: The companies as a substitute of spending huge amounts in purchasing the license are buying subscriptions and getting their software delivered over the internet.
Whose Gain: Companies having cloud technologies as their core. For example Salesforce.com, Google Apps etc.
Whose Loss: Software veterans like Microsoft, SAP, Oracle. Though they are investing huge amounts in cloud, no significant change is visible.



2. How Company Buys Software
What Is Leading To This Change:
Rogue Software
What Is Changing: Employees are buying software for themselves instead of IT professionals. Thus, with significant number of users, the company is forced to buy the software to save money or to make the product more secure.
Whose Gain: Companies selling their software directly to the employees.
Whose Loss: IT departments of companies as there is no control over employee using such software.




3. How Software Is Delivered
What Is Leading To This Change: Desktop Virtualization
What Is Changing: Companies moving towards DaaS or Desktop as a Service. The employees want to work on software that they like and hence companies need to make sure that they control this software and protect important data.
Whose Gain: Companies in the like of Dell, Wipro, VMware, Red HAT etc.
Whose Loss: No one’s. But in most cases DaaS requires constant network connection so it is not suitable for employees who are regularly travelling.



4. How We Use Windows
What Is Leading To This Change:
Windows Metro 8
What Is Changing: Everything about Windows. The new version of the Windows offers a Metro look that will redefine all arenas of the popular operating system.
Whose Gain: Customers, as they’ll get more choice in terms of tablets. Windows Developers, as it becomes easier for them to write applications.
Whose Loss: On a larger scale, Microsoft as it is forcing users to relearn Windows.



5. Microsoft’s Monopoly
What Is Leading To This Change: Web apps
What Is Changing: Introduction of HTML5 has established that software can be written for browsers only and it need not be operating system centric anymore.
Whose Gain: Cloud and Web companies, software developers and Linux vendors.
Whose Loss: No one but Microsoft but it is trying desperately not be left out.



6. Where We Use Software
What Is Leading To This Change: Mobile computing
What Is Changing: With the cloud technology on the rage, people don’t want their software to be stuck to one system. Instead they want it to be accessible anywhere on any device.
Whose Gain: Everyone. Employees as they get the freedom to work from anywhere. They can now work even while relaxing on a beach or while watching a soccer match. Computing device manufacturers like Google, Apple, etc. as people will use more number of devices to separate work from their social life. Network companies like Cisco, Verizon and AT&T.
Whose Loss: Companies which are still blind-eyed towards mobile computing.



7. Extinction Of Paid Software
What Is Leading To This Change: App stores
What Is Changing: Apple’s app store has got us into a time where we have learned to pay lesser than we used to pay for software earlier. Mobile app store like Google Play can also take a giant leap.
Whose Gain: End-users as they do not have to shed their pockets much for purchasing software.
Whose Loss: Software developing companies who still focus on traditional desktop software.



   
 8. Software User Interface
What Is Leading To This Change: Extinction of the Mouse
What Is Changing: The touch interface has completely revolutionized the way we interact with the software. It has also led to the development of more interactive and cool applications and games.
Whose Gain: People with disabilities and those who thought using a mouse ate a lot of unnecessary time.
Whose Loss: Trackball manufactures like HP, Logitech etc.




9. How Software Is Written
What Is Leading To This Change: Open-Source
What Is Changing: Now, software can be written by anyone who is willing to contribute and at the same time it can be used by anyone. The whole process is not controlled by a company. This also helps in rapid evolution of software as different minds work to make it the best.
Whose Gain: People and companies that are using these software. Companies like Linux, Mozilla, Apache, Red Hat, etc.
Whose Loss: Prosperity software developers.
 
 



10. Who Controls Software
What Is Leading To This Change: Open-Source
What Is Changing: The open source emphasizes that these software should always remain open and the code should be available to the world.
Whose Gain: People using and contributing to these software.
Whose Loss: Companies who have long been using licensed monopoly. They have to be careful that they do not use these open source software or they will have to make their code available to the world.
 


11. What Can Be Done With Software
What Is Leading To This Change: Big Data
What Is Changing: Technologies like Hadoop now allow huge amount of data to be collected, stored, and analyzed at cheaper costs. This is helping in developing new types of software.
Whose Gain: Cloud companies that have to make sure they have tremendous amount of storage space. Enterprises that could not afford the traditional warehouses.
Whose Loss: Oracle, IBM and Microsoft are losing a big share of their pie from the database market.



12. How Software Is Used
What Is Leading To This Change: Social media
What Is Changing: From spreadsheets to television, social media is being integrated on all platforms. The urge of people to work together and interact at the same time is leading to this change.
Whose Gain: Social networking websites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Google, Yammer etc.
Whose Loss: All the companies are trying hard to make sure they embrace this change. 
 
 

NFV - Network Functions Virtualisation

http://portal.etsi.org/NFV/NFV_List_members.asp

http://portal.etsi.org/tb.aspx?tbid=789&SubTB=789,795,796,801,800,798,799,797,802

 

http://portal.etsi.org/portal/server.pt/community/NFV/367 

Network Functions Virtualisation
ISG NFV


LIST OF MEMBERS
 
Organisation Name
URL
Adara Networks Inc www.adaranetworks.com
ADTRAN Europe Ltd www.adtran.com
Alcatel Lucent www.alcatel-lucent.com
Allot Communications Systems Ltd www.allot.com
Amdocs Software Systems Ltd www.amdocs.com
AT&T www.att.com
Anuta Networks Inc. www.anutanetworks.com
BAE Systems www.baesystems.co.uk
Benu Networks www.benunets.com
Broadcom Corporation www.broadcom.com
BT Group PLC www.bt.com
Cablelabs www.cablelabs.com
Cadzow Communications
Ceragon Networks www.ceragon.com
China Telecom www.chinatelecom.com.cn
Cisco Systems Belgium www.cisco.com
Citrix Systems Inc www.citrix.com
Deutsche Telekom AG www.telekom.de
DOCOMO Communications Laboratories Europe GmbH www.docomolab-euro.com
European Advanced Networking Test Center www.eantc.com
ETRI www.etri.re.kr
France Telecom S.A. www.francetelecom.fr
Fraunhofer FOKUS www.fokus.gmd.de
Freescale Semiconductor EMEA S.A. www.freescale.com
Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe www.fujitsu.co.uk
Fujitsu Limited www.fujitsu.com
FTW - Telecommunications Research Centre Vienna www.ftw.at
Hewlett-Packard www.hp.com
Hitachi Europe www.hitachi.com
Huawei Technologies (UK) Co. Ltd www.huawei.com
IBM Europe www.ibm.com
Intel Corporation (UK) Ltd www.intel.com
Iskratel Ltd www.iskratel.com
Italtel S.p.A www.italtel.it
JDSU Deutschland GmbH www.jdsu.com
Juniper Networks www.juniper.net
Marvell Switzerland www.marvell.com
MeadowCom
MetraTech Corp. www.metratech.com
NEC Europe Ltd www.nec.com
Network Definitions Inc. www.definitionnetworks.com
Nokia Solutions and Networks B.V. www.nsn.com
NTT Corporation www.ntt.co.jp
Openet Telecom Ltd www.openet.com
Oracle www.oracle.com
Ooredoo (Qatar Telecom) www.ooredoo.qa
Portugal Telecom SGPS SA www.telecom.pt 
Procera Networks AB www.proceranetworks.com 
RadiSys Inc www.radisys.com
Samsung Electronics www.samsung.com
Sandvine Incorporated www.sandvine.com
Seven Principles AG www.7p-group.com
Sonus Networks Limited www.sonusnet.com
Sony Europe Ltd www.sony.net
Spirent Communications www.spirent.com
Sprint www.sprint.com
Swisscom SA www.swisscom.com
Tektronix GmbH Co KG www.tek.com
Telecom Italia S.p.A www.telecomitalia.com
Telefon AB LM Ericsson www.ericsson.se
Telefonica S.A. www.telefonica.es
Telekom Austria AG www.telekom.at
Telenor ASA www.telenor.com
Tellabs OY www.tellabs.com
UPRC www.unipi.gr
Verizon UK Ltd. www.verizon.com
Versa Networks Inc. www.versa-networks.com
Virtela Technology Services Inc www.virtela.net
Virtual Open Systems www.virtualopensystems.com
Vodafone Group Services plc www.vodafone.com
Wind River www.windriver.com
Yaana Technologies LLC www.yaanatech.com
Yokogawa Europe B.V www.yokogawa.com/eu
ZTE Corporation www.zte.com.cn
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. www.amd.com
ADVA Optical Networks SE www.advaoptical.com
AEPONYX Inc. www.aeponyx.com
Affirmed Networks Inc. www.affirmednetworks.com
Akamai Technologies Inc. www.akamai.com
ALAXALA Corporation www.alaxala.com/en/
Altera Corporation www.altera.com
Amartus wwww.amartus.com 
Aricent Group www.aricent.com
ARM Limited www.ARM.com
ASOCS Ltd www.asocstech.com
ASSIA Inc. www.assia-inc.com
Brocade Communications Systems www.brocade.com
Calix Networks, Inc ww.calix.com
Calsoft Labs Inc. www.calsoftlabs.com
Canonical www.canonical.com
Cavium www.cavium.com
CenturyLink Corporation www.centurylink.com
China Mobile US Research Center www.chinamobileltd.com
China Unicom www.eng.chinaunicom.com
Ciena Corporation www.ciena.com
CIMI Corporation www.cimicorp.com
ClearPath Networks www.clearpatnet.com
Colt Technology Services www.colt.net
Connectem Inc. www.connectem.net
ConteXtream Inc. www.contextream.com 
Cyan Inc. www.cyanic.com 
Definition Networks Inc. www.definitionnetworks.com 
DELL Inc. www.dell.com 
DESS GmbH & Co. KG www.desscon.com 
Dialogic Corporation www.dialogic.com
Dorado Software Inc. www.doradosoftware.com
ECi Telecom Ltd www.ecitelecom.com
Edgewater Networks www.edgewaternetworks.com
Embrane www.embrane.com
Eileen Healy and Co. www.healy-co.com
Emerson Network Power Inc. www.emersonnetworkpower.com
EMC Informations Systems Int. www.emc.com
Emulex Corporation www.emulex.com
EnterpriseWeb LLC www.enterpriseweb.com
Everything Everywhere Ltd www.everythingeverywhere.com/
EZchip Technologies Ltd. www.ezchip.com
Flextronics GmbH www.flextronics.com
F5 Networks Inc. www.f5.com
Genband Ireland Ltd www.genband.com
GES Group www.globalencoder.com
Guavus Inc. www.guavus.com
IDC Research Inc. www.idc.com
IDT Canada Inc. www.idt.com
IneoQuest Technologies Inc www.ineoquest.com
Infinera Corporation www.infinera.com
Informa Telecoms and Media www.informa.com
Intune Networks Ltd www.intunenetworks.com
IPgallery www.ipgallery.com/
IP Infusion Inc. www.ipinfusion.com
Ixia www.ixiacom.com
Jasla LLC www.reliableSDN.com
KDDI Corporation www.kddi.com
KT Corporation www.kt.com
Lancaster University www.lancs.ac.uk
Layer123 www.layer123.com
LSI Corporation www.lsi.com
Mantra Telecom Inc www.mellanox.com
Mellanox Technologies Ltd www.mantratelecom.com/
Metaswitch Networks Ltd www.metaswitch.com
Mojatatu Networks www.mojatatu.org
MRV Communications www.mrv.com
Netronome Systems Inc. www.netronome.com
Netsocket www.netsocket.com
Nextworks www.nextworks.com
Noviflow Inc. www.noviflow.com
OKI Electric Industry Co. Ltd www.oki.com
Openwave Mobility Inc. www.owmobility.com
Overture Networks www.overturenetworks.com
PeerApp Ltd. www.peerapp.com
Plexxi Inc. www.plexxi.com
PMC Sierra www.pmcs.com
Poznan Supercomputing and Network Centre www.man.poznan.pl/online/en/
Qosmos www.qosmos.com
RAD Data Communications Ltd www.rad.com
Radware Ltd www.radware.com
Red Hat www.redhat.com
Saisei Networks Pte Ltd www.saiseinetworks.com
SCILD Innovations www.scild.com 
Shenick Network Systems www.shenick.com
SingTel Optus (Pty.Ltd.) www.optus.com.au
SK Telecom www.sktelecom.com
Softbank Telecom Corp www.tm.softbank.jp
Solarflare Communications www.solarflare.com
Sunbay AG www.sunbay.com
Symantec Corporation www.symantec.com
Syntologica www.syntologica.com
Tail-f Systems www.tail-f.com
Tech Mahindra Ltd. www.techmahindra.com
Tekelec Inc. www.tekelec.com
Telchemy Incorporated www.telchemy.com
Telco Systems Inc. www.telco.com
Telekom Research &Development Sdn Bhd www.tmrnd.com.my
TELNET Redes Inteligentes www.telnet-ri.es/en/
Telstra Corporation Ltd www.telstra.com
Tieto Sweden AB www.tieto.com
Tilera www.tilera.com
Ubicity Corporation www.ubicity.com/
Ulticom, Inc. www.ulticom.com
University of Patras www.upatras.gr
Visionael Corporation www.visionael.com
VMware www.vmware.com
Windstream Communications Inc www.windstream.com
Wipro Ltd www.wipro.com
Wiretap Ventures LLC www.wiretapventures.com
6WIND www.6wind.com

     

 Last modified on 2014/02/25

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

RSA 2014


Tuesday, February 18, 2014

White-box networking work in your datacenter

I happen to read this article (reference : http://www.zdnet.com/will-white-box-networking-work-in-your-datacenter-7000026462/)

Summary: "Commodity" is often considered a curse word by hardware vendors. Can SDN make it the standard for networking hardware?
 
Traditionally, data centers have been tied into well-established networking platforms. With tried and tested hardware combined with well supported proprietary networking operating systems, investing your datacenter network’s future in products from industry leaders such as Cisco, Juniper, HP,  and other top-tier vendors has been a pretty safe bet. Other vendors have made inroads, but primarily in special case scenarios, where they offered some specific feature or feature set that meshed with the business and technical needs of the datacenter. But for the most part, the datacenter networking infrastructure is dominated by a few top-tier vendors.

With the rise of the software defined network (SDN) datacenter operators are being presented with a new option in the form of white box equipment running standardized software that is not tied to a specific set of hardware, but rather focused on the OpenFlow / Open vSwitch technology. Hardware vendor Pica8 is one of the leaders in this move with their Linux-based network OS running on their new line of white-box network switching hardware.
Hoping to capitalize on the move to virtualized networks and cloud-serving datacenters, Pic8 offers four different switch models targeted at different size and configuration networks. All running their PicOS operating system, the support for industry standard OpenFlow technology and providing the Open  vSwitch as a process within their OS, customers are able to use the OpenFlow interface for external programmability. Supporting 1, 10, and 40G switching their current designs offer a maximum fabric capacity of 176 Gbps for 1 GbE and 1.28 Tbps for 10 GbE
For Pica8's take on what SDN and white-box networking means to the datacenter, take a look at their video explanation:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk1zLnM5k_c&feature=player_embedded

With prices starting under $5000 for their latest products, Pica8 believes that the value and flexibility of the white-box switch in the future of SDN in the datacenter makes it the right growth platform for datacenters servicing the cloud.

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