can ’ t swap out the hardware ; you have to replace it , which then adds to e-waste .
And , you can ’ t repurpose old hardware to do something else – like you can with a computer , for example . Our software runs on open hardware , which changes all of that , making the hardware more flexible and increasing its longevity .
Q . WHAT DO THE NEXT 12 MONTHS HOLD FOR YOU AND THE COMPANY ?
» I think we ’ ll see more Tier-1 carriers adopting disaggregation , not just in the network edge , where we play , but also in the IP core and the RAN . And we ’ ll see more maturity in the solutions .
Up until now , they ’ ve done the things that traditional systems could do , but at lower cost and with more flexibility . But now , we should expect them to surpass the performance of traditional systems in some aspects , too . For example , our software can now beat any traditional integrated system in aspects of resiliency , like relearning the internet routing table faster than anything else . datacentremagazine . com 19