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Charlie Ashton

Charlie is the VP of Marketing and Business Development at 6WIND.

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6WIND SDN Dataplane

Featured Post: Data Plane Performance Is Critical for Cost-Effective SDN Implementations

By: Charlie Ashton Posted: Mar. 13, 2013

SDN Transforms The Business Model for Networking By: Charlie Ashton, VP of Marketing for 6WIND From the perspective of the network operator or service provider, SDN promises significant improvements in CAPEX, in OPEX, in network manageability and in the time required to deploy new network-oriented applications. Based on transitions from hardware-centric to software-centric architectures, SDN transforms the business model for…

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SDN a Hot Topic at Linley Tech Processor Conference

SDN a Hot Topic at Linley Tech Processor Conference

By: Charlie Ashton Posted: Oct. 19, 2012

It was interesting to see some in-depth discussions of Software Defined Networking (SDN) at last week’s Linley Tech Processor Conference in San Jose. Typically, these conferences are focused on processors and related chips such as memory, but this time there was a significant amount of time dedicated to software topics. Both SDN and OpenFlow generated some interesting conversations. During a…

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Addressing Network Overlay Challenges

Addressing Network Virtualization Overlay Challenges

By: Charlie Ashton Posted: Oct. 07, 2012

Thanks to on-going increases in processor performance, the number of Virtual Machines per server blade is expected to grow rapidly, from typically 20 today to a hundred in 2016. Given this growth, the virtual switch that is present on each server blade will need to distribute significantly increasing volumes of network traffic, becoming a strategic focus for networking equipment suppliers…

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SDN Implications for service providers

Insights into SDN for Service Providers at Linley Carrier Conference

By: Charlie Ashton Posted: Jun. 07, 2012

This week I attended the Linley Tech Carrier Conference in San Jose. There were many interesting presentations on trends in Cloud RAN SDN for Service Providers, and HetNets, along with details of new basestation SoCs and network processors. Given 6WIND’s focus on solutions for Software-Defined Networking (SDN), I was especially interested in a presentation by Christos Kolias, Research Scientist at Orange,…

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SDN Network Virtualization OpenFlow

Insights into Cisco’s Software Defined Networking (SDN) Strategy at Interop

By: Charlie Ashton Posted: May. 17, 2012

I spent a day last week at Interop in Las Vegas and came away with some insights into Cisco’s Software Defined Networking Strategy. Interop is always a fascinating show because it covers the whole range of products and technologies that can loosely be termed as “networking”. The exhibits span everything from cables and server enclosures to high-end networking equipment and…

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