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afwriter
2/25/2016 12:17:35 AM
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Re: Is it really the Big Prize?
@dchampagne70
Perhaps AT&T is simply assuming that consumers want something straight out of the box and not understanding that this is a new generatition understands more and would rather have something that works better than is easier.
Re: Is it really the Big Prize?
The tech world has been trying to do away with the OS (or, at least, minimize it) for years. (Remember NCs in the '90s? No? Nobody else does either.)
Re: White Box
I think it's becasue the cloud has become so fundamental -- so basic.
At this point, it would almost be like asking: "What will be most important for mankind's continuing to thrive over the next decade?" with "Food" presented as an option among various scientific advances.
5G?
I feel like it was rather silly to include 5G on the survey at all given the question. The next decade? In 2026 we'll be talking about 7, 7.5, ot 8G at least, no?
(I'm also curious about the 6% who voted for 5G.)
Re: White Box
To be fair, can "white box networking" really be touted as a "new technology"? Is it not, more properly speaking, a new term for what was once little more than "being cheap" except now it actually has a strategic purpose in the age of virtualization?
Re: White Box
It was really interesting to see absolutely no votes for white box concept.
However I am not surprised to see 44% for Cloud. That is yet another positive sign and reaffirmation to one and all about Cloud's role going forward. It made sense when Mr. Donovan also indicated 'cloud' as one of the pre-requisites for white box networking. I thought that is completely in line.
Re: Is it really the Big Prize?
Thanks for providing an overview. Gained more insight of the concept as a person with not commanding network background.
The advantage of this approach is that switches can be customized to meet an organization's specific business and networking needs.
This could be the winning secret behind this whole thing if this becomes a big hit.
Re: White Box
Can not agree more, that was my exact thought while reading the post.
It's amazing to see absolutely no votes in the poll and yet a strong push for the same. At the same time I don't see any winning theory behind that I could be convinced as a customer myself.
mhhf1ve
2/23/2016 3:15:23 PM
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cheaper hardware...
Open Compute and other open source hardware projects are really going to make the "white box" trend a more compelling choice as these boxes become more advanced and get cheaper with scale.
It'll be interesting to see how non-proprietary hardware holds up against the traditional networking equipment....
Re: White Box
It was somewhat amusing when white box came up with 0 votes. Steve Saunders was surprised but Donovan bailed him out by picking it first.
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