Networking @Scale, May 2016 — Recap

This post recaps the second annual Networking @Scale conference, highlighting technical discussions and presentations from various companies including Microsoft, Google, AT&T, Netflix, JPL, and Facebook. Key topics covered include data center network monitoring (PingMesh, NetBouncer), wide area networks (Google's B4), wireless connectivity for urban environments (Facebook's Terragraph), scaling live video streaming (Facebook Live), interplanetary networking (JPL), modular routing platforms (Facebook's Open/R), EVPN for large-scale service overlays (AT&T), and application data caching (Netflix's EVCache). Day two focused on IPv6 adoption and implementation, with presentations on IPv6 buildouts, address space visualization, and backbone/data center conversion to IPv6.