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Mar 15 2017 4 min read

ComoreTel — Distributed Private Cloud & Infrastructure Modernization: Lessons Learned

Moved a telecom routing operation off unreliable commodity desktop hardware onto a geographically redundant private cloud, end to end — including the procurement, logistics, and physical build: What the project proved about the system and what should carry forward into the next build.

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Feb 1 2017 4 min read

ComoreTel — Distributed Private Cloud & Infrastructure Modernization: Conclusion

Moved a telecom routing operation off unreliable commodity desktop hardware onto a geographically redundant private cloud, end to end — including the procurement, logistics, and physical build: What shipped, what changed operationally, and what still needed to be watched after delivery.

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Nov 10 2016 4 min read

ComoreTel — Distributed Private Cloud & Infrastructure Modernization: Build Process 3

Moved a telecom routing operation off unreliable commodity desktop hardware onto a geographically redundant private cloud, end to end — including the procurement, logistics, and physical build: How the implementation kept moving without adding avoidable complexity.

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Aug 18 2016 4 min read

ComoreTel — Distributed Private Cloud & Infrastructure Modernization: Build Process 1

Moved a telecom routing operation off unreliable commodity desktop hardware onto a geographically redundant private cloud, end to end — including the procurement, logistics, and physical build: The first implementation step and the tradeoff that made it worth shipping.

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