Special vs Custom vs Standard? Choosing the Building Blocks-11
Continuing from last week, we will talk about what the webscale companies are doing to get a cheaper 400G optics and to eliminate the transponder layer. The pluggable DCOs have changed the equation in favor of the packet products. By…
What I learned from a TED Talk by Atul Gawande
Continuing from last week, today I will talk about another TED talk by Atul Gawande. If you have about 16 minutes, you can listen to this talk on Ted by clicking here. Else please read the following few lines to…
Special vs Custom vs Standard? Choosing the Building Blocks-10
Continuing from last week, let us talk about one of the things that the web-scale organizations have been driving very very hard. Their goals are clear. Lower Power Lower Footprint Simplified Architecture – Flat Architecture de-layering dis-aggregation Standardization Simplified management…
What I learned from a TED talk by Adam Grant
Changing track from last week, in the next few weeks I will cover the lessons I learned from some great TED talks. I will start with one talk that helps us build great organizations. Do you feel safe offering help?…
Special vs Custom vs Standard? Choosing the Building Blocks-9
Continuing from last week, let us understand what the web-scale guys have been pushing to make a great change in the way the networks are being built. But before we go there let us also understand their area of interest.…
What I learned from Mr. Brian Ostler at Power Grid
Continuing from the last week, let me talk some more about the good old days at Power Grid, when I used to work out of Hemkunth Chambers in Nehru Place, a commercial complex in Delhi. Mr. Brian Ostler was another…
Special vs Custom vs Standard? Choosing the Building Blocks-8
Continuing from last week, let us dig deeper in the IP Optics building block in reference to the Metro Networks. If you leave aside some boundary cases and some parts of the world geography where the fiber infra is in…
What I learned from Mr. Ralph Brown at Power Grid
This was the good old days at Power Grid, when I used to work out of Hemkunth Chambers in Nehru Place, a commercial complex in Delhi. Mr. Ralph Brown was a consultant from US and he was helping us write…