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March 30, 2015

John Lawitzke

NETCONF and YANG Interoperability Test

Working at the epicenter of NETCONF and YANG world, it’s no surprise that, here at Tail-f, we have received many questions around NETCONF and YANG interoperability test results over the last few years.  It was therefore with great interest a …
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February 18, 2015

Paul Wampler

Cisco Accelerates Greater Adoption of Network Programmability

SAN JOSE, Calif. – February 17, 2015 – Cisco today announced the contribution of Basic ConfD, a free version of its powerful ConfD management agent software, to accelerate the adoption …

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February 18, 2015

Carl Moberg

NETCONF and YANG; Onwards and Upwards

IETF RFC 3535, with the telling title “Overview of the 2002 IAB Network Management Workshop” has the following text in its recommendations section: 4. The workshop recommends, with strong consensus …

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November 12, 2014

Renee Strömberg

Tail-f Still Kicking and Delivering the Best On-Device Management Solution – ConfD

The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. – Mark Twain We are still being asked how the acquisition by Cisco has gone and ultimately are we still open …

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July 02, 2014

Renee Strömberg

Tail-f Offers Advanced Partner Training in Network Service Orchestrations

Stockholm — June 30, 2014 — Tail-f Systems, leading provider of multi-vendor service orchestration and network automation solutions, held its first Network Service Orchestration Advanced Training, that included more than …

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July 02, 2014

Renee Strömberg

Teaching Network Service Orchestration to Battle Hardened Professionals

The last couple of years have seen the networking industry go through an unprecedented shift away from a fairly narrow focus on dataplane technologies towards operational aspects of networking at …

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June 17, 2014

Fredrik Lundberg

Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Tail-f — Acquisition Advances Cisco’s Cloud Virtualization Portfolio with Industry-Leading Network Service Orchestration Technology

Today is an exciting day for us at Tail-f: Cisco is announcing their intent to acquire us to accelerate the pace in which they can address service orchestration challenges. The …

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June 03, 2014

Renee Strömberg

Pipeline Magazine Recognizes Tail-f Systems as the “2014 Innovation in Technical Development Award Winner”

Stockholm — June 2, 2014 — Tail-f Systems, a leading provider of multi-vendor service orchestration and network automation solutions, today announced that its NCS solution has won the 2014 COMET …

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April 24, 2014

John Lawitzke

Gartner Names Tail-f Systems as a 2014 ‘Cool Vendor’ in CSP Infrastructure

Stockholm – April 22, 2014 – Tail-f Systems, a leading provider of multi-vendor service orchestration and network automation solutions, today announced it has been named by Gartner as a 2014 …

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April 11, 2014

Renee Strömberg

When to use ConfD framework based on your development cycle

Communication Service Providers (CSPs) demand more from network equipment providers (NEPs) today because end users demand more. Large established NEPs and startups are both vying for the CSPs business and …

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March 27, 2014

Carl Moberg

SF Network Automation and Other Meetups a Great Resource

As much as I actually do enjoy the enormous events that our industry has been fond of doing over the last 10-15 years, I still feel more at home in …

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February 28, 2014

Carl Moberg

Notes from NETCONF and YANG Town Hall at MWC 2014

What would happen if you put a couple of equipment providers and service providers in the hands of a seasoned panel moderator to talk about the transformative effect of the …

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February 27, 2014

Carl Moberg

Service Orchestration Update: AT&T Selects Tail-f as a New Domain 2.0 Vendor

The cat is finally out of the bag as AT&T has announced Tail-f as one of their new domain 2.0 vendors. John Donovan, Senior Executive Vice President — AT&T Technology …

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