ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Monika Antoniak

Director of Engineering and Professional Services

Monika’s background is in networking. She spent over 15 years in telcos designing, prototyping, testing and implementing solutions. She has worked with different vendors and thus looked at different realizations and different points of view. To keep abreast of rapidly evolving technology, she has broadened her view and added SDN & NFV to the picture to be able to work with complete, automated network solutions. Privately, she likes SF, fantasy, crime novels, playing board games and is a fan of Star Trek.

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Beyond simulation: the practical applications of Digital Twins in modern networking

Explore the concept of Digital Twins for networks and discover their testing benefits and applications in network automation.
Monika Antoniak

Monika Antoniak

on Feb 9, 2024
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Source of Truth vs. Source of Intent in network automation

Lately we have been discussing the topic of the Network Automation Journey. While the previous article covers the path towards network (or infrastructure) automation, let’s take a step back and take a closer look at the elements that build the complete solution.
Monika Antoniak

Monika Antoniak

on Feb 5, 2024
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Empowering efficiency: A brief intro to the Network Automation Journey

In this article, we want to focus on the usual steps that need to be taken to achieve network automation, but we also discuss the common apprehensions towards it.
Monika Antoniak

Monika Antoniak

on Jan 30, 2024
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Linux network features from an ISP point of view

Discover Linux network features from an ISP point of view. Learn about data plane features, control plane features, ISP services and more.
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Multiple authors

on Jan 19, 2024
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SRE vs. DevOps — what’s the difference?

DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) are two approaches in modern software development and operations. DevOps is a methodology that embraces lean and agile principles, focusing on continuous delivery and automation throughout the software development life cycle. This approach enables frequent releases and efficient software development and deployment processes. In 2003 SRE emerged as a solution designed to support the construction of large-scale applications. Today, SRE involves a team of experts with development backgrounds, applying engineering practices to tackle common challenges in production systems.
Monika Antoniak

Monika Antoniak

on Sep 13, 2023
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What does CUPS mean in networks and what are its benefits

CUPS stands for Control and User Plane Separation. This is an architectural concept which says that for a given network solution, the Control Plane (CP) and User Plane (UP) functions are different entities. To read more on what Management, Control and User Planes (a.k.a Data Plane, or DP) are see Management vs. Control vs. Data Planes in a Network Device. But what does it mean in practice and where is the CUPS model implemented? What benefits does it bring compared to a combined model? The first thing that comes to mind when discussing CUPS is a mobile network or, more precisely, a mobile packet core.
Monika Antoniak

Monika Antoniak

on Apr 3, 2023
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Linux as a network device

Using Linux as a network device can result in many benefits. Find out what network devices are and why it’s a good idea to use Linux as one. This is actually not an easy question to answer. In general, one can say that a network device is a piece of equipment whose main role is to forward packets or perform actions on them. While packet forwarding seems easy to understand, the actions that a packet can be a subject to differ between device types. For example, a router will (usually) route an IP packet based on a (OSI model) layer 3 header, a switch will use layer 2 for that, and a firewall can dig deeper into the packet payload.
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Multiple authors

on Jan 23, 2023
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Network monitoring challenges in heterogeneous environments

The growing complexity of network environments poses great challenges to effective network monitoring. This should come as no surprise: such environments can include bare metals (on-prem solutions), data centers, private and public clouds. Additionally, automation, orchestration and SDNs can greatly enhance your network management, but at the same time add yet another level of complexity. In this blog post, we will discuss the main challenges related to monitoring and how to solve them to streamline the entire monitoring process.
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Multiple authors

on Oct 27, 2020
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SDN vs traditional networks: revolution or evolution?

SDN is definitely a buzzword in the networking world. Software-defined networks are now gaining momentum among enterprises. But is this a truly disruptive technology that is going to replace legacy networks? Or is it a logical step forward in the evolution of the network? In this blog post I will discuss these questions. As I see it in the introduction to SDN, this is an evolutionary step for networks, not a revolution. Considering the benefits SDN technology offers or even starting to adopt it does not mean sweeping aside the traditional network as we know it.
Monika Antoniak

Monika Antoniak

on Sep 1, 2020
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Infographic: The NFV MANO model in practice

Please bear in mind that this infographic does not pretend to present a complete and ultimate mapping. It is only our vision based on the specific products. Since it is tough to precisely map the existing solutions, the model itself should be treated as an approximation. The elements presented are only examples and obviously do not show every solution available on the market. We are always eager to discuss this subject and consider different points of view.
Monika Antoniak

Monika Antoniak

on Jul 24, 2019
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Infographic: BUM traffic in the L2 and L3 domains

Broadcast, unknown-unicast and multicast traffic (BUM) in the L2 and L3 domains
Monika Antoniak

Monika Antoniak

on Jul 18, 2019
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Infographic: ISO/OSI and TCP/IP models

ISO/OSI and TCP/IP models - what are the equivalences between the layers?
Monika Antoniak

Monika Antoniak

on Jul 11, 2019
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Infographic: IPv4 vs IPv6 — comparison

Monika Antoniak

Monika Antoniak

on Jul 3, 2019