SDN, NFV and cloud will further network transformation necessitated by 5G use cases.
WASHINGTON – Emphasizing the key role of communications in global economic development, Sorabh Saxena, SVP of software development and engineering at AT&T, said collaboration and innovation are musts if...
Updates to Cisco Cloud-Scale Networking platform tap NFV and SDN to ease telecom operator moves towards updating central office deployments.
Cisco Systems said it has updated its IOS XR Cloud-Scale Networking platform for greater telecommunications operator support in central office deployments.
The updates include...
Nokia unveiled a “templating system” it said is based on ETSI NFV, TOSCA and OpenStack specs designed to simplify VNF management and orchestration.
The exceedingly complicated process of virtual network function lifecycle management could be gaining some help with Nokia publishing what...
Virtualization is critical to developing next-generation intelligent networks, with cloud central offices seen as an important part of bolstering SDN and NFV.
Communication service providers are facing challenges on multiple fronts in today's digital-first world. Operators need to find ways to cope...
NFV and SDN deployments remain sporadic, though development advances have bolstered platforms with the focus now on making them work better.
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we speak with Michael Brenner, chief architect for Network Functions Virtualization at Gigaspaces, to discuss the firm's growing...
Learn how Huawei brings vast managed services experience to evolving IT landscape
Network operators are transforming the way they do business by using more agile methods to reduce opex and capex while accelerating time to market. Some of the approaches involved in this radical change...
Amazon Web Services set to include AT&T NetBond product in a move designed to increase security for SaaS providers Infor and Pegasystems.
AT&T deepened its work with Amazon Web Services through the integration of its NetBond product with the AWS Direct Connect...
Cable television giant Comcast joins the open source ON.Lab ONOS and CORD initiatives focused on SDN, NFV and cloud development.
The Open Networking Laboratory scored a significant new member as cable telecommunications giant Comcast joined the organization’s Open Network...
Service assurance provides 360-degree network visibility to optimize customer experience while reducing OPEX through NFV
As networks evolve to deliver increasingly complex services and to meet the challenges of exploding data and eroding revenues, communications service providers (CSPs) are racing to implement virtualization strategies. The...
Computing giant Microsoft joins open source software focused group The Linux Foundation as ‘Platinum’ member, with board representation.
The Linux Foundation recently scored a significant new member in Microsoft, which joined the open source-focused organization as a “Platinum” member. The coup was announced...
Cloud security plans require telecom operators and enterprises to think about total protection processes and take into account software platforms.
Telecommunication operators are increasingly turning towards virtualized platforms in order to bolster agility, reduce costs and better position themselves to compete against...
Advances in network technology and applications are expected to support a surge in the global connected workforce, according to Strategy Analytics.
Wireless communications continues to infiltrate and empower the enterprise market, enabling employees – for good or bad – to always be connected...
Integration, orchestration and security noted by Radware as key challenges facing ongoing SDN, NFV and cloud deployment models.
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we speak with Frank Yue, director of application delivery solutions at Radware, on development, deployment and challenges facing the telecom space...
Building on existing partnership, Ericsson and Cisco will further collaborate on IoT, security, Wi-Fi and data center switching
Ericsson and Cisco have expanded the scope of a strategic agreement to now include new areas of business such as data center switching, Wi-Fi, security and the...
OTT rivals continue to hound the mobile telecom space, but NetScout notes SDN and NFV platforms can help even out the playing field.
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we speak with Vikram Saksena, office of the CTO for virtualization at NetScout, on how telecom...
Cloud platforms along with the move towards virtualization technologies have begun to have a significant impact on the way telecom operators run their businesses. Operators have been very active in providing cloud-based options for customers, as well as have begun to use such platforms...
ONOS project’s CORD initiative claims mobile platform bolsters 5G plans with programmable RAN, VEPC, mobile edge computing support.
The Open Network Operating System project’s central office re-architected as a data center platform released its first open sourced disaggregated and virtualized evolved packet core,...
Orange’s Easy Go Network uses SDN to power VNFs as part of its network-as-a-service model focused on the enterprise market.
Virtualized platforms targeting the enterprise space continue to pop up all over the world, with the latest effort coming from France’s Orange, which through its...
AT&T and Colt Technology partnered on a trial showing SDN control of service provisioning between U.S. and Europe across different networks
In a push towards greater interoperability of software-defined networking architectures, AT&T said it’s completed work with Colt Technology Services to create, test and trial...
Telefonica Business Solutions deployed Nokia Virtualized Service Router in a provider edge application looking to boost performance, trim costs
Telefonica bolstered its move into the virtualized network space through a partnership with Nokia to deploy the vendor’s virtualized router technology in a live network to...
Internet connectivity is now no longer a luxury. Users expect to be online wherever they are, tapping into Wi-Fi connections in the same way they expect to find electricity and power sockets for recharging their mobile devices. The internet of things with machines, sensors,...
Linux Foundation-based open source organization OPNFV welcomed China Telecom, Qualcomm and Samsung to NFV-focused group
The move towards virtualizing network functions continues to draw interest of telecom operators, with the Linux Foundation’s Open Platform for NFV project gaining new members.
The OPNFV Project, which is focused...
DALLAS – The Small Cell Forum published its latest technical guide detailing best practices for operators planning to deploy network functions virtualization. Small cell virtualization is expected to be a key enabler of "5G" technology, heterogeneous networks, enterprise services and the "internet of things"...
DALLAS – The Small Cell Forum published its latest technical guide detailing best practices for operators planning to deploy network functions virtualization. Small cell virtualization is expected to be a key enabler of "5G" technology, heterogeneous networks, enterprise services and the "internet of things"...
