Special vs Custom vs Standard? What is the right strategy?
Let us continue the discussion from last week and build on the theme of Hardware vs Software. The equipment are just the building blocks for a network and the end goal is to deliver services. Services have a “retail” connotation…
What I learned from Mr. Anthony McLachlan at Nortel
Moving on from last week, today I will take you back to my Nortel days again. I have worked with many great leaders at Nortel and each helped me gain new perspectives. I started interacting with Anthony when he became…
Router: Should we buy it as Hardware?
Continuing from last week, let us further evaluate the Router or L3 device composition. Let me share a picture to try and simplify this ongoing transformation. I have tried to make things very simple, and some of you may say,…
What I learned from Mr. Deepak Kumar at Power Grid
Changing tracks from last week, this week I am sharing another lesson from my own days at Power Grid. This is a lesson from Mr. Deepak Kumar, who was in Corporate planning team. I had multiple chances to work closely…
Transport L0-L2 vs L3: Hardware vs Software
Continuing from last week, today I want to just show you two pictures. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so this blog is going to a couple of thousand words plus more! The first picture is just…
What I learned from a story about Steve Jobs
Lets again deviate a bit from last week. Today I will share a lesson that learned from a story I read about Steve Jobs. This is from the time that he was let go from Apple. He purchased a Pixar…
What is relevance of software in Layer 0 – Layer 3 Transport Equipment?
Continuing from last week, today I will share some context on where to find the software in transport equipment. We will limit the discussion to L0-L3 equipment, as we already know that all equipment that are beyond L3, are essentially…
What I learned from an incident shared by my friend Neeraj Gupta
Continuing from last week, today I will share a lesson I learned from a dear friend Neeraj Gupta. He currently works in telecom space and has had experience of working in various profiles over last 25 years in India. He…
Where is the software? And why do not we have more of it?
Continuing from last week, let us now examine why the software component is still small in telecom, apart from the mobile core, the network management systems and some SDN stuff. I guess the main reason is that dis-aggregation has not…
What I learned from Jack Welch’s Interview
Continuing from last week, I would like to talk about a lesson from another great leader today. I have not had any chance to interact with Jack Welch but have had multiple opportunities to learn from him, through his interviews…