Nibbles & Bits
Network Automation, IPv6, and Beyond
Three Major Network Provisioning Challenges Facing Service Providers (2018)
Businesses’ and consumers’ growing dependence on the network, the rise of mobile computing, virtualization, dual-stack networks and the demand for more and better Cloud-based services, have combined to present service providers with three major challenges: ensuring...
NANOG 73 Conference Overview
Name of Event: NANOG 73 Date of Event: June 24,2018 Location of Event: Denver, Colorado Number of attendees: 1073 Sponsoring Organization(s): CoreSite NANOG 73 Overview The NANOG 73 Conference was buzzing on Sunday, June 24th. Juniper jumpstarted the morning with a...
ProVision 7.0 Has Landed!
ProVision 7 is here, bringing a plethora of new features and improvements! Among the major updates are support for IPAMv2; DHCP groups, pools, and servers; and support for Peering v2. We’ve also made numerous updates and refinements to other parts of ProVision. Be...
We got a patent! Reverse application programming interface (API) endpoint creation process and standardized schema
We were recently granted the patent rights to Reverse application programming interface (API) endpoint creation process and standardized schema on May 8th, 2018. The present invention relates to computer-mediated systems with associated software tools whereby data is...
#Ripe76 Recap
For this year’s #Ripe76 several hundred people met in beautiful Marseille, the second largest city in France. The meeting took place at the Palais du Pharo Convention Centre of Marseille from 14-18 May 2018. Despite the air traffic control strikes over the...
Automated Network Management Strategies
Updated July 24, 2020 Network Management has only become more complex over recent years. Information technology has increased in terms of business need, relating even more to competitiveness and organizational success. An economic downturn means that IT investments...
6connect ACP – Sneak Peek
Still in Beta testing with some customers, but 6connect’s API Conductor Platform (ACP) is coming out in 2017. Initially billed as an add-on to ProVision to ease DevOps integration tasks, ACP is poised to make integration and workflow development faster and easier for...
ProVision 6.0 Has Landed!
From new DNS Connectors and Importers to Zone editing and management – 6.0 has it all. DNSv3 is here DNS management has been reimagined in ProVision 6.0 to be more efficient, keeping related tasks together. DNSv3 restructures ProVision's DNS tab to organize DNS zones...
IPv6 Migration: What it Really Means
Last Updated: January 15, 2021 It’s not a replacement, it’s a path forward When we think about IP address “migration” the phrasing is actually a little deceptive. The thing about IPv6 migration is that you’re not necessarily abandoning IPv4, you’re...