VC investments and M&A activity topped $600 million across NFV and SDN space last year
Venture capital funding is increasingly finding its way into the virtualized software space, with firms specializing in network functions virtualization and software-defined networking garnering hundreds of millions of dollars in...
Stagnant growth in IT infrastructure investment to drive data center colocation market
Information technology infrastructure is expensive. No matter how much data continues to transition to the cloud, it still needs a place to live in the analog world. With spending on IT infrastructure expected...
In many modern enterprises, busy employees use a mixture of internal, private cloud solutions and software platforms, while also casually using public cloud and software platforms.
This internal use of systems not necessarily designed and built in-house is called shadow IT, and it can be...
The four-year cloud contracts have a total value of more than $26 million
U.K. telecommunications group BT won two contracts with the European Commission for the provisioning of public and private cloud services across 52 major European institutions, agencies and bodies.
Some of the agencies included...
ADVA claims the deal will bolster NFV and cloud plans
ADVA Optical Networking is set to boost its cloud and network functions virtualization efforts following its announced acquisition of Overture Networks. Financial terms of the deal were not released.
According to ADVA, the deal combines two...
Shlomo Kramer, founder and CEO of Cato Networks, sees cloud platforms boosting security, options for enterprises
Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year.
The...
OpenCloud looks at the need for NFV differentiation in the market
When the Internet community started talking about the cloud, it meant different things to different people. Over the years, agreement was made on what makes a cloud a cloud, from server and app virtualization...
AT&T software plans updated, highlighting open source targets, cloud milestones
LAS VEGAS – AT&T continues to steadily march towards a virtualized future, which will see the carrier hit software control of 75% of its network by 2020 using software-defined networking and network functions virtualization technologies....
Increased adoption of cloud to power virtualized PBX growth
Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year.
Telecom will take a major step towards the...
2016 is set to see increased competition between cloud APIs and carriers
Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year.
2016 promises to bring even...
Ovum predicts significant upheaval from cloud across the enterprise content management market
The enterprise content management space is set for significant upheaval in 2016, with a recent report from Ovum predicting the largest impact for the segment will come from increased reliance and use of...
AT&T managed hosting and application services unit offload plans include equipment and access to data center floor space
In an expansion of an ongoing relationship, AT&T said it will transition its managed application and hosting services unit to IBM as well as offload equipment and...
Ovum report predicts cloud and appliances to drive ‘next wave’ of big data, Hadoop adoption
A new report from Ovum predicts cloud and appliances are set to boost the “next wave” of big data adoption and target “more of the enterprise mainstream that will have...
Establishing leadership positions in IP networks, cloud, BSS/OSS, TV & media and IoT industry and society are central to Ericsson's overall strategy, according to Rima Qureshi, chief strategy officer for Ericsson, who provided Jeff Mucci from RCR Wireless News with an update on Ericsson's 2015...
As more enterprises move their applications to the cloud, an opportunity for increased monitoring and visibility services is opening up at the intersection of mobility and cloud.
Allot Communications announced today that it is enabling multi-tenant cloud optimization for enterprise, with telecom operator Swisscom. The platform...
Computing giants tap respective specialties in powering hybrid cloud offering
Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced a deal with Microsoft to use the software giant’s Azure platform as the preferred public cloud partner for HPE customers, and in turn having HPE serve as the preferred infrastructure and...
Research paper: 'Organizational Collaboration and New KPIs for NFV Success'
A DevOps structure coupled with network functions virtualization KPIs were central themes in a research report released by Nexius, an end-to-end network services and business intelligence solutions company.
The research paper, "Organizational Collaboration and New KPIs...
Ericsson and Cisco each claim $1B in new revenue by 2018
Networking and computing powerhouses Ericsson and Cisco Systems announced a global partnership tying together their platforms to target telecom operators and reportedly produce at least $1 billion in incremental revenue opportunities for each company...
Nokia tapped to join AT&T Domain 2.0 program to deliver carrier-grade SDN, NFV and cloud solutions
AT&T continues to bolster its Domain 2.0 supplier program, announcing this week the addition of Nokia to the software-centric vendor initiative.
AT&T heaped praise on Nokia in announcing the...
The African continent is set for significant cloud adoption, according to a new study from SAP and IDG, with similar hopes and concerns about the technologies as more established technology centers – and some concerns and potential advantages unique to the region.
Mobility is a significant driver...
ETSI NFV work targets lawful interception, open source software, cloud-based reliability
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s Network Functions Virtualization Industry Specification Group this week released three new specifications targeting security and reliability for NFV deployments.
ETSI said the new specifications provide guidance on lawful interception implementation...
Cloud platform uses SDN to offer customization, scalability for end users
Verizon Communications is expanding the availability of its software-defined networking powered Secure Cloud Interconnect service to the public sector across 30 countries.
The company’s Enterprise Solutions division said the platform provides a secure, private Internet...
NFV is a goal for many, but Procera notes challenges remain ahead of further NFV adoption
Cheaper, faster and smarter are constant claims from supporters of virtualization platforms using software-defined networking, network functions virtualization and cloud solutions, but to reap those benefits, telecom...
SDN tapped to power WAN service marketed by Verizon and Cisco
Verizon Communications continues to integrate software solutions into its platform, announcing the launch of a software-defined WAN service using Cisco Systems’ Intelligent WAN technology and targeting enterprise customers.
Verizon said the platform supports a better user...
