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Nakina Launches a new web site

Posted on January 14, 2015 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

Hey Readers, Nakina Systems launched a new web site today and it is just the tip of the proverbial ice berg. You can check it out at: http://www.nakinasystems.com The Internet infrastructure is in transition and Nakina has been tracking those … Continue reading →

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The importance of state full VNF’s

Posted on December 22, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

What’s a VNF you ask? A VNF is a Virtualized Network Function and these things will be a key building block as networks adopt cloud technology. Many hardware vendors (Routers, Policers, Firewalls, etc) are extracting the software from their devices … Continue reading →

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The on going network evolution

Posted on December 1, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately about NFV and SDN and it seems that all of the players are either in denial, trying to stall competitors or announcing products that are not quite ready for prime time. While … Continue reading →

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New addition to the BLOG

Posted on November 22, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

I’ve just added a new section to the BLOG called “DIY Jeep Videos”. The first of hopefully many video has been uploaded as I had to change the searing gear on my jeep today. Check it out and let me … Continue reading →

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Support Problems

Posted on November 13, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

A couple of days ago, I was having problems with an app on my iPhone, so I contacted the manufacturer. I just happen to know a developer there, so I contacted him at the same time. He asked me to … Continue reading →

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Whats up?

Posted on November 12, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

For those of you who are wondering why there have been no posts so far this month, it’s because it’s November and I am writing another novel for NaNoWriMo. Check out nanowrimo.org if you’re curious. This new novel is called … Continue reading →

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What is MANO

Posted on October 30, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

The winds of change are blowing through the Internet in response to the introduction of SDN and NFV. Software Defined Networking (SDN) promises to upgrade the core with an order of magnitude change in throughput and programmability. Network Function Virtualization … Continue reading →

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What is Yang?

Posted on October 23, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

YANG is a way to model data that will be used by the NETCONF protocol and NETCONF is a standard way to manage network elements (NE’s). Programming languages have BNF’s that define how the languages work which allows programmers to … Continue reading →

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Contributing to innovation

Posted on October 22, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

I’ve been doing a few small hardware projects lately and they have re-kindled my interest in building things for software to run on. I don’t really keep up with advancements in the hardware space, but I have a guy from … Continue reading →

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What is TOSCA?

Posted on October 20, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

TOSCA was brought up in an online discussion recently, so I had to go away and figure out what it is all about. TOSCA stands for Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications. I managed to extract the following from … Continue reading →

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