MEF / Metro Ethernet Forum stories
Microsoft joins MEF to support universal SD-WAN & SASE standards
Thu, 29th Oct 2020
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network infrastructure
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network management
Microsoft commits to a vision of collaboration that will help to expand SD-WAN and SASE standards.
MEF grants 3.0 SD-WAN certification to Fortinet
Mon, 22nd Jun 2020
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firewall
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network infrastructure
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network management
MEF has recently certified Fortinet’s Secure SD-WAN offering as being able to support MEF 3.0 SD-WAN services.
MEF board of directors appoints new member
Wed, 22nd Jan 2020
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digital transformation
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"I look forward to partnering with global service providers and technology vendors to progress the journey to automated, virtualised, and interconnected networks.”
CenturyLink, PLDT, Colt amongst MEF 2019 Award winners
Fri, 22nd Nov 2019
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internet
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“MEF is pleased to congratulate this year’s award winners for their outstanding work in driving industry transformation,” comments MEF president Nan Chen.
MEF launches new certification pilot for inter-provider service automation
Tue, 25th Jun 2019
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network infrastructure
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network management
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“More than 50 service providers around the world have voiced support for the development and adoption of LSO Sonata APIs."
MEF's final draft SD-WAN service standard is publicly available
Wed, 29th May 2019
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network infrastructure
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network management
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Standardisation will enable a wide range of ecosystem stakeholders to use the same terminology.
MEF announces significant progress in its MEF 3.0 project
Sat, 2nd Jun 2018
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smartphones
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virtualisation
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network infrastructure
Today MEF published new Ethernet and IP specifications, progressing Layer 1 projects and the first multi-vendor SD-WAN implementation project.
Channel giants get behind MEF's global networking event
Mon, 12th Mar 2018
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managed services
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at&t
Taking place in Los Angeles, California, the event will bring together over 1000 senior level professionals from over 275 companies around the world.
Fujitsu, PCCW Global, China Telecom...MEF announces new Board of Directors
Mon, 31st Jul 2017
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Re-elected Board members include Eric Puetz from AT&T Labs, Sahar Steiff from PCCW Global and Ralph Sanitoro from Fujitsu.
IN PICS: MEF16 Baltimore - Day 2
Wed, 9th Nov 2016
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"Thank you to everybody and congratulations to all of the finalists. They've all done a fantastic job."
The hyper-connected world, change & automation at MEF16
Wed, 9th Nov 2016
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ethernet
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"But our work is never going to be done as we continue to adapt to these changes."
Industry collaboration is critical, PCCW Global CEO says
Wed, 9th Nov 2016
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“The nature of the way we do our business has to really undergo some structural change.”
IN PICS: MEF16 Baltimore - Day 1
Tue, 8th Nov 2016
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Attendees are in for a jam packed schedule throughout the week, with the opening networking reception currently happening.
MEF16 LSO Hackathon revisited
Tue, 28th Jun 2016
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ericsson
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"This is exactly the type of collaboration we need to drive the industry forward."
Winners of the MEF 2015 Excellence Awards
Thu, 3rd Dec 2015
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The GEN15 event brought together nearly 125 expert speakers to fuel discussions on the future of agile, assured and orchestrated services.
Huawei achieves high-speed connection milestone
Tue, 1st Dec 2015
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cloud
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ethernet
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mef
"Huawei's achievement demonstrates its ability to deliver higher bandwidth and network capacity to meet the growing demand for dynamic services."
The virtuous cycle: The cloud drives innovation
Fri, 25th Sep 2015
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cloud
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innovation
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mef
The reach of the cloud is unprecedented in technological innovation. Service providers are seeing new business in a number of ways.
It's time carriers embrace opportunities from the Cloud
Mon, 10th Aug 2015
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cloud
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network infrastructure
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network management
As enterprises embrace the cloud, carriers have an incredible opportunity to assist with migration, layer on orchestration, and differentiate services
Lifecycle Service Orchestration ramps up in APAC
Thu, 23rd Jul 2015
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devops
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data centre operators
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fibre
It’s time for the provisioning of 21st-century data services to enter, well, the 21st century. That’s starting to happen, for one in the APAC market.
New global industry association to solve Cloud service provider friction
Thu, 21st Nov 2013
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cloud
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netevents
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mef
A new global industry association was launched earlier this year to tackle a whole pile of inter-operability issues between cloud service providers.
10th anniversary approaches for MEF
Mon, 27th Jun 2011
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Predictions suggest Carrier Ethernet market will continue to grow.