Are containers taking over?
Virtual machines have taken the spotlight on the telecom stage within the last few years, but the technology is by no means a one-man show. Containers, which predate virtual machines, have taken on an increasingly important role lately largely thanks to...
Mosaic Alliance brings vendors together to improve NFV and SDN solutions
In an effort to speed up the implementation of its software-defined access (SD-access) networks, Adtran Inc., a global provider of networking and communications equipment, recently debuted its Adtran Mosaic Open Network Alliance. The...
Verizon expands its software-defined ecosystem by integrating another security tool
Verizon Communications is offering another security component to its virtual network services platform with the addition of Check Point Software Technologies.
Verizon has become more and more concerned with securing its virtual service line, and it’s...
The need for container orchestration
Containers are being embraced by enterprises across the industry. The lightweight technology allows service providers to package applications, along with their dependencies, libraries and other binaries, into isolated environments on an individual server. Accompanying the rise of containers is the...
D-Link teams up with Pluribus Networks as part of open networking partnership
In an effort to gain footing in the enterprise market, D-Link, a networking equipment manufacturing company based in Taipei, Taiwan, recently debuted a new line of bare metal switches based on open networking...
Microsoft Just-In-Time Virtual Machines (VM) Access aims to thwart unauthorized access to virtual machines
Microsoft recently debuted a new security tool called Just-In-Time VM Access in an effort to better secure virtual machines running on Azure from computer hackers.
Microsoft Azure is Microsoft’s public cloud computing...
Red Hat patches vulnerability in OpenStack subsystem that manages virtual machines
Red Hat recently patched a security glitch in an OpenStack subsystem used to provision network services to virtual machines (VMs), which could have given hackers access to network resources if gone unnoticed.
Red Hat dubbed...
The booming NFV and SDN market
The network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN) market is expected to be worth approximately $54.41 billion by 2022 with a compound annual growth rate of 71.4%, according to a new report by MarketsandMarkets. Accompanying the report is...
Orange Poland virtualizes business and customer support systems to compete in digital market
Openet, Ireland’s largest privately held tech firm that develops software for telecom service providers, recently announced Orange Poland, a Polish telecommunications provider, has started using virtualized versions of its policy manager and...
Dell EMC and BT partner on PoC to use disaggregated switches to manage network traffic
Dell EMC and BT announced they are collaborating on a trial centered on how disaggregated switches can create flexible, open networks. The companies are tag teaming a proof-of-concept at BT...
Verizon teams up with Amazon to deliver virtual services at global scale
Verizon announced it has made its Virtual Network Services available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. AWS cloud provides building blocks that can be assembled quickly to support workloads. Businesses leverage AWS...
InterDigital Flips platform uses NFV and SDN 'fabric'
InterDigital, a mobile technology research and development company, announced its mobile edge computing (MEC) 5G network architecture trial in Bristol, U.K., was a success.
Bistol Is Open, a collaborate smart city project run by the University of Bristol...
IBM joins Telecom Sector Skill Council with push toward network functions virtualization
IBM Corp. recently announced it is collaborating with Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) in an effort to advance budding technologies like big data, cloud computing, virtualization and the internet of things (IoT) within...
Mirantis Cloud Platform boosts NFV capabilities
Mirantis, a cloud computing services company, recently deputed a string of network functions virtualization (NFV) enhancements for its Mirantis Cloud Platform (MCP). NFV involves running various network functions on inexpensive computer nodes in data centers. It has been heralded...
Lack of stability markets early NFV MANO deployments, analyst says
Network functions virtualization (NFV) has made significant progress moving from lab tests to early deployments over the last few years, but not without its share of hurdles. David Snow, a principal analyst of IP services...
Virtual networks: a bullseye for hackers
Virtualization of networks are on the rise as are cyber attacks. According to a report by FireEye and Mandiant, approximately 97% of organizations have had at least one hacker bypass there defense architecture. Moreover, network security devices like next...
NFV growing pains
Several operators are jumping on board the network functions virtualization (NFV) bandwagon. It promises to provide service providers with the speed and agility necessary to pump out automated network functions at an unprecedented clip. No technological transition is without its growing pains,...
The challenge of NFV and SDN security vulnerabilities
Telecommunication operators are gung-ho about network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN). The former involves decoupling software from hardware, whereas the latter involves a central control plane that manages network behavior. Although both technologies provide several...
ECI new platform seeks to bring service agility closer to the edge
ECI, a global provider of the "elastic network" technologies , announced its Hybrid Virtualization Platform Thursday, created to support an array of network functions virtualization (NFV) use cases.
NFV architecture serves as the backbone...
Intel and ZTE have released a network functions virtualization reference design for a containerized virtual evolved packet core (vEPC) application. The companies said Intel's microservice-based NFV application container solutions will support ZTE in the development of vEPC applications developed, tested and verified in the...
The push for virtualization
With the push for virtualization and cloud computing, virtual machines and containers are making big waves in the IT world. Major companies like Google, IBM and Microsoft have embraced the technologies to pump out multiple services on a single platform. Despite...
 Kontron and Genband collaborate on NFV infrastructure reference solution
Kontron, a global provider of embedded computing technology and secure IoT platform solutions, and Genband, a global provider of real-time software solutions, debuted a media network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVi) reference solution at the Perspectives17 Annual...
Moving VoLTE to OTS hardware is a step toward virtual VoLTE
For mobile network operators, voice over LTE is one of the most promising use cases for network functions virtualization. VoLTE promises not only better quality voice calls, but also the many benefits of IP-based...
July marks the second half of the year, making it an ideal time to reflect upon what the journey through 2017 has been like and where it is going. With respect to virtualization, developers have played an increasingly important role in how companies deal...
