We're talking about operations because usually when you talk to operations people about disaggregated and cloud-native systems, they do not like it. Since it's multiple vendors, it's multiple building blocks, it's a new thing to learn. And operations people will love to stick to what we have. But surprisingly enough, bringing the Network Cloud into your network actually means better operations, simpler operations.

Watch CloudNets: https://drivenets.com/resources/cloud-nets/special-why-network-cloud-means-better-operations

DriveNets Network Cloud, changes the operational and economic model of the network, allowing it to scale capacity and services much faster while increasing service provider profitability.
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Now that we've established that building a Network Cloud cluster  is easy, let's talk about what happens afterwards because  the operations guys are the ones that having been doing the hard work all those years, after the engineering plans and installation.

How do you build a cluster with Network Cloud? The cluster is granular and built upon multiple boxes, so you can bring them with you, and find vacant places in existing racks to put it into and not have to have a dedicated rack for a new gigantic crowd.

Today we’re going to talk about the cloud, or specifically why cloud does not matter at all. You don’t need to worry or think about the underlying infrastructure, the hardware, the upgrades, the versions, the connectivity, etc, etc. And these are all transparent to you. This all looks like a cloud, something that you know that is there, but you don’t really care what happens in it. So this is why the cloud does not matter.

Today we are going to talk about the things we fear the most...End of life...which we, as network engineers, fear the most. So what do we do about end of life? With DriveNets' Network Cloud you have multiple hardware options, the entire cluster is built upon standard interfaces so it's very easy to replace or to upgrade the cluster with any box that adheres to those interfaces, and you can repurpose boxes in an exhausted cluster without the need for forklift. 
Watch the episode https://drivenets.com/resources/cloud-nets/season-2-ep-7-end-of-life

So what do we need to know about this move from 400 to 800?  800 is real. It's here, you can almost buy it.   It's a fairly smooth transition, having forward compatibility with the stuff you buy today.  The Network Cloud, the architecture, is agnostic to the interfaces or form factors. 

Today we are going to talk about DNOS, the DriveNets Network Operating System. Why is DNOS important and how it's different than just your ordinary network operating?

Let's talk about  ISSU, In Service Software Updates. What's new and how actually DriveNets can eventually make you upgrade your network without service.

We're going to talk about TIP DDBR, Telecom Infra Project Distributed Disaggregated Backbone Router and the RFI that went out. And hey, we got a ribbon, so we need to talk about it.
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