Verizon's move to become a digital service provider

Verizon’s next-generation network based on network functions virtualisation (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN) is rapidly taking shape.

Working with Dell, Big Switch Networks and Red Hat, the US telco announced in April it had already brought online five data centres. Since then it has deployed more sites but is not saying how many.

Source: Verizon

“We are laying the foundation of the programmable infrastructure that will allow us to do all the automation, virtualisation and the software-defining we want to do on top of that,” says Chris Emmons, director, network infrastructure planning at Verizon.

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Next-gen 100 Gigabit optics

Briefing: 100 Gigabit

Part 2: Interview 

Gazettabyte spoke to John D'Ambrosia about 100 Gigabit technology

John D'Ambrosia, chair of the IEEE 100 Gig backplane and copper cabling task force

John D'Ambrosia laughs when he says he is the 'father of 100 Gig'.

He spent five years as chair of the IEEE 802.3ba group that created the 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) standards. Now he is the chair of the IEEE task force looking at 100 Gig backplane and copper cabling. D'Ambrosia is also chair of the Ethernet Alliance and chief Ethernet evangelist in the CTO office of Dell's Force10 Networks.

“People are also starting to talk about moving data operations around the network based on where electricity is cheapest”

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