In this six minute interview Allison discusses technical debt. When software is developed in open source, collaborators develop code in a central repository. If an individual or organization downloads the code, makes changes to the code and does not submit those changes to the central repository, they now have to maintain what is known as … Continue reading "Technical debt – the cost of an open source fork; an interview with Allison Randal"

In this 12 minute interview, Michael Goldman and I discuss moving from monolithic to micro-services using open source, technologies such as Kubernetes and HELM – an API based architecture. What are microservices? What is Kubernetes? What are containers? Role of open source ? Listen here:

In this 21 minute interview Heather Kirksey describes OPNFV. OPNFV is the Open Platform for Network Functions Virtualization. Network Functions Virtualization is an initiative that allows telecommunication service providers to virtualize their physical network functions on white box hardware. What’s ONAP? What is FDIO? What is DPDK? What is the difference between “blazing fast network speed built … Continue reading "What is OPNFV, a conversation with Heather Kirksey"

In this 12 minute interview, Bill Snow  explains what the open network foundation is. An industry consortium Service provider driven Help operators transform their businesses to be agile and cost efficient What is a network operator? Why is open source important for networks? Video, IoT, Virtual reality the driving force on networks that traditional equipment … Continue reading "What is the open network foundation, a conversation with Bill Snow"

In 9 minutes, Elizabeth K Joseph, discusses containers and open source. What are Linux containers? What is the intersection of open source and containers? What is Kubernetes? What is container orchestration? If code in open source, aren’t I my sharing secrets and intellectual property with competitors? Listen here:

Welcome to OpenCloudNow. This series of blogs, podcasts and videos will cover how to build and use a cloud using open source software and why open source is a better alternative than closed source or proprietary software. The views expressed in these blogs, and those of my guests are, our own. The blogs will follow … Continue reading "Introducing OpenCloudNow"