Open Source Broadcast Software Released
I’ll admit my first ever merge request really knocked the old self confidence. As a plucky young intern beavering away over the summer, I made some changes I thought made sense and hit push....
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SDN – Driving Cumulus/Mellanox (Nvidia) Networks from TFS
I’m not going to win any prizes for “catchiest” title but it’s something we’ve been beavering away with at work. A new datacentre network configured through a CI pipeline. At the moment, the initial...
First Steps into OpenDaylight with Brocade
It’s not often that catch-up meetings with vendors lead to anything particularly exciting but a recent one I attended with Brocade was a little different. While Brocade have had Openflow support for a very...
Network Switch APIs (and the Lack Thereof)
Since the dawn of time on managed network switches, we’ve had the CLI. Well, that’s a bit of a lie – menu driven interfaces were the go-to option for a number of years. But...
There’s Nothing New in IT
Ok, I’ll admit the headline might be a bit much. Especially as we’re now in a world where automation is king (really, stop hand cranking stuff!) and mobile devices are everywhere. However, when you’ve...
IP for Serial Controlled Audio Switches
It’s not often you talk about systems from the DOS era, especially now that we’re in 2015. However, the DCS playout system used to be shipped with a serial controlled audio router. The router...