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MEF positions Carrier Ethernet as foundation for future global networking
© MEF The GEN15 industry event opened in Dallas this week, organised by the MEF, with the aim of supporting the transition towards orchestrated, on-demand cloud services. The MEF (formerly Metro...
View ArticleCarrier Ethernet community rallies around The Third Network
Michael Strople, Chairman, MEF & President Zayo Managed Services The MEF reports an increase in the number of members, widening the appeal and interest in carrier Ethernet and its Third Network...
View ArticleAccelerating the industry shift to Third Network services
Stan Hubbard, Director of Communications & Research, MEF The 2016 MEF Annual Members Meeting in Boston was a key meeting for the acceleration of the industry-wide shift to Third Network services....
View ArticleHow the MEF is evolving its Carrier Ethernet focus towards the Third Network
Nan Chen, President, MEF The MEF has successfully grown service provider commitment to carrier Ethernet and CE 2.0, but as the industry moves towards new technologies, such as NFV and SDN, what are...
View ArticleWhy AT&T has released its ECOMP platform to open source
Dan Blemings, Director of Ethernet Product Management, AT&T Mobile & Business Solutions There was much surprise when AT&T decided to release its ECOMP (Enhanced Control, Orchestration,...
View ArticleHow new networking technologies will impact the services landscape
Allan Langfield, Executive Director, Carrier & Enterprise Product Development, Comcast Comcast’s Allan Langfield explains the nature of the opportunities and challenges associated with the MEF’s...
View ArticleHow LSO benefits Telecom Italia Sparkle’s customers
Alessandro Talotta, Chairman & CEO, Telecom Italia Sparkle The CEO of Telecom Italia Sparkle discusses the most significant developments shaping wholesale services markets over the past year, and...
View ArticleCarrier Ethernet as a foundation for NFV service delivery
Anthony Peres, Marketing Director, IP Routing, Nokia; and Ralph Santitoro, Head of SDN, NFV Solutions Practice, Fujitsu The MEF has published a new whitepaper on “Carrier Ethernet and NFV”, looking at...
View ArticleWhat's happening in the wholesale services market?
Brendan Gunn, Director, Global Ethernet and IP services, Verizon Brendan Gunn of Verizon discusses the most significant developments shaping the wholesale services market over the past year, and the...
View ArticleThe evolution to 'Third Network' services
Rosemary Cochran, Principal,Vertical Systems & Erin Dunne, Director of Research Services, Vertical Systems The MEF’s Certification Programs and initiatives like OpenCS and OpenLSO are paving the...
View ArticleThe role of lifecycle service orchestration within open networking
Andy Mayer, LSO Chief Architect, MEF The chief architect of the MEF’s lifecycle service orchestration (LSO) specification provides an update on the group’s ongoing development work, looking at the...
View ArticleHow openness and OSS integration are transforming the service provider business
Michael Kearns, VP Fixed Network Single OSS, Huawei The increasing adoption of open networking, coupled with OSS integration, are underscoring a series of changing customer requirements within the...
View ArticleHow open networking is driving the MEF’s technical strategy
Pascal Menezes, CTO, MEF The MEF is reacting to the move towards open networking with its OpenCS and OpenLSO initiatives and focus on APIs. Pascal Mezes, the MEF’s CTO, explains how OpenCS...
View ArticleEnsuring service assurance within LSO
Chris Purdy, CTO, CENX As the MEF increases its focus and work on lifecycle services orchestration (LSO), it becomes crucial that the industry ensures full Service Assurance within the LSO framework,...
View ArticleThe role of systems integration in deploying Third Network services
Mark Albolafia, COO, Datavision Systems integrator Datavision explains its role in helping service providers achieve the MEF’s Third Network vision, and how it is contributing to the MEF’s OpenCS...
View ArticleDeveloping service orchestration for more agile deployment
Jack Pugaczewski, Distinguished Architect, Centurylink; and Stephan Pelletier, Director of Product Management for Orchestration, Oracle The MEF’s lifecycle services orchestration (LSO) work is...
View ArticleCertification of hardware and services for The Third Network
Bob Mandeville, President & Founder, Iometrix Iometrix has been working closely with the MEF on certification of hardware and services since 2005. Building on the introduction of CE 2.0 in 2012,...
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MEF16 showcases 14 Proofs of Concept for “Third Network” services
© TTV Who needs Trump and Clinton when you have a room full of PoCs to choose from?Annual MEF16 event opens in Baltimore, Maryland.Focus on Lifecycle Service Orchestration, SDN, NFV and CE...
View ArticleWhen East meets West: AT&T trials SDN interoperability with Colt
Josh Goodell, VP Network on Demand at AT&T AT&T and Colt Technology Services are accelerating the adoption of SDN through the creation, testing and trial of a standard API infrastructure,...
View ArticleLevel 3 evolves from on-demand services to customer-defined networking
Travis Ewert, Senior VP, Global Network Software Development, Level 3 Communications Travis Ewert of Level 3 explains how customer usage of on-demand services has evolved since the company first began...
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