Light Reading: AT&T Describes Next Steps for Network Virtualization

Donovan reviewed how the transition to open source and network virtualization has changed AT&T. "The term 'audacious' is how one blogger described it," Donovan said, adding that he was "gratified" by that description. (See AT&T Reveals Audacious SDN Plans.)

"AT&T was a very different company in 2008," Donovan said. Development cycle times were measured "literally in years, not in the months or even weeks that you find today."

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