Faisal Khan

Faisal Khan is a blogger who loves to write about cutting edge technologies and issues facing service providers, especially subjects related to SDN, NFV, virtualization, IP and optics. He has rich experience working with multiple service providers and vendors in the Middle East and Africa. Currently, he works for mobile operator MOBILY in Saudi Arabia in the technology planning department. The views expressed in his blog are his own and do not represent his employer.

The Latest Posts Featuring Faisal Khan

SDN, Network Management, and You

The industry has been busy discussing the nature of SDN, or software-defined networking. They are wondering if SDN is Openflow. Or maybe it just programs the network through open APIs, which can be anything…

December 8, 2015

Network

SDN, Network Management, and You

Intent-based Networking – A Must for SDN

November 16, 2015

Network

SDN is about making networking more flexible and agile through programming network elements. Such programming needs to be done in a standard way. Hence, standardizing the southbound protocol that directly…

The Challenges of Network Virtualization Technologies

October 20, 2015

Network

Network virtualization, software defined network (SDN), and network function virtualization (NFV) have taken the communication industry by storm. They are no longer buzzwords; the industry is seriously focusing and converging…