Seit 2012 profitieren die Betreiber von Rechenzentren in großem Umfang von den Vorteilen der generischen Bare Metal/Whitebox-Hardware-Revolution, die im Netzwerkbereich stattgefunden hat. Fast ein Viertel aller heute ausgelieferten Switches besteht aus generischer Bare Metal-Hardware. Wobei die sogenannten Brite-Schaltergehäuse (Bare Metal-Hardware die zum Beispiel unter den Marken HPE und Dell vertrieben werden) in dieser Zahl nicht enthalten sind. Es ist grundsätzlich einfacher geworden, Rechenzentren zu automatisieren, zu skalieren und bereitzustellen, ganz zu schweigen von den reduzierten CAPEX- und OPEX-Kosten.

Seit 2012 profitieren die Betreiber von Rechenzentren in großem Umfang von den Vorteilen der generischen Bare Metal/Whitebox-Hardware-Revolution, die im Netzwerkbereich stattgefunden hat. Fast ein Viertel aller heute ausgelieferten Switches besteht aus generischer Bare Metal-Hardware. Wobei die sogenannten Brite-Schaltergehäuse (Bare Metal-Hardware die zum Beispiel unter den Marken HPE und Dell vertrieben werden) in dieser Zahl nicht enthalten sind. Es ist grundsätzlich einfacher geworden, Rechenzentren zu automatisieren, zu skalieren und bereitzustellen, ganz zu schweigen von den reduzierten CAPEX- und OPEX-Kosten.

Since 2012, hyperscale data center operators have enjoyed the benefits of the bare metal/whitebox revolution that has taken place in networking. Nearly a quarter of all switches now shipped are bare-metal and that does not include the brite boxes (bare-metal rebranded like HPE and Dell) in that figure. It has become easier to automate, scale, provision our data centers, not to mention the reduced CAPEX and OPEX.

Since 2012, hyperscale data center operators have enjoyed the benefits of the bare metal/whitebox revolution that has taken place in networking. Nearly a quarter of all switches now shipped are bare-metal and that does not include the brite boxes (bare-metal rebranded like HPE and Dell) in that figure. It has become easier to automate, scale, provision our data centers, not to mention the reduced CAPEX and OPEX.

I was back in Amsterdam last week, again on my best behavior, for the fourth annual Telecom Infra Project (TIP) global summit in the RAI Centre. I was there in October for the regional OCP summit about which I wrote two blogs that can be found here, part 1 and part 2. This blog is going to be dedicated to exploring TIP with a focus on the Project Groups within. Firstly, we will look at the structure of the organization before examining their 3 strategic domains of Access, Transport, and Core and Management.

I was back in Amsterdam last week, again on my best behavior, for the fourth annual Telecom Infra Project (TIP) global summit in the RAI Centre. I was there in October for the regional OCP summit about which I wrote two blogs that can be found here, part 1 and part 2. This blog is going to be dedicated to exploring TIP with a focus on the Project Groups within. Firstly, we will look at the structure of the organization before examining their 3 strategic domains of Access, Transport, and Core and Management.

The OCP’s 3^rd regional summit in Amsterdam’s RAI centre was a resounding success by every measure.  Attendance increased by 9% to 700 visitors, with those visitors hailing from 38 different countries. There were executive talks, engineering workshops, case studies, project working groups and new product announcements from the likes of Inspur and Wiwynn. While videos and slides for all these sessions are available on the OCP’s  website nothing can really replicate attending to get a feel for the way the OCP and industry is shifting, and the shift was noticeable.

The OCP’s 3^rd regional summit in Amsterdam’s RAI centre was a resounding success by every measure.  Attendance increased by 9% to 700 visitors, with those visitors hailing from 38 different countries. There were executive talks, engineering workshops, case studies, project working groups and new product announcements from the likes of Inspur and Wiwynn. While videos and slides for all these sessions are available on the OCP’s  website nothing can really replicate attending to get a feel for the way the OCP and industry is shifting, and the shift was noticeable.