Tag open-source

February 2, 2017

AT&T Open Sources ECOMP for network and NFV orchestration

By John Dixon in Assured Forwarding Tag Americas, AT&T, Brocade, Canada, Cloud, deployment, development, ecomp, huawei, IBM, Intel, Linux, linux foundation, NFV, open-source, openstack, orange, orchestration, policy, SDN, virtualisation

Yesterday AT&T handed over control of it's ECOMP (Enhanced Control, Orchestration, Management and Policy) engine to the Linux Foundation, moving the development of their VNF orchestrator into the Open Source…

August 25, 2016

Linux is 25 years old

By John Dixon in Assured Forwarding Tag anniversary, development, Linux, open-source, repository, security, storage, validation

It doesn't seem that long since I wrote this blog post: Happy Birthday: Linux is 20 years old. The time has come around again, and now today is Linux's 25th…

November 6, 2012

Brocade purchase Vyatta – now has NFV/SDN capability

By John Dixon in Assured Forwarding Tag acquisition, Amazon, AWS, Brocade, deployment, finance, firewall, Hypervisor, NFV, open-source, router, routing, SDN, VMware, VPN, vyatta

So Brocade has splashed some cash and will acquire Vyatta. The announcement on the Brocade web site indicates that the deal will close by the end of the year. Vyatta…

September 29, 2011

All change on the mobile front: LiMo becomes Tizen, Meego no more.

By John Dixon in News Byte Tag Asia, change, deployment, development, engadget, Europe, finland, Intel, Internet, limo, Linux, maemo, meego, Microsoft, Mobile, moblin, Nokia, open-source, Samsung, south korea, tizen

The LiMo and Linux Foundations have announced Tizen, a new operating platform for internet connected devices and phones. “LiMo Foundation views Tizen as a well-timed step change which unites major…