CenturyLink’s Managed Hybrid SD-WAN eases transition to next-generation networks
CenturyLink launched its Managed Hybrid Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) Tuesday, a set of WAN packages that improve traffic flow across both broadband internet connection and private multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) networks.
SD-WAN is a software-defined networking...
Software-defined networking (SDN) holds great promise for the healthcare industry. Healthcare IT professionals are coaxed into updating hospital networks and data centers to protect patient data and support innovative medical applications. SDN can address these challenges. Here's a rundown of some of the different...
A cultural environment
What is devops? First off, it's a lot more than a buzzword in the telecom industry. Despite the widespread attention devops has received, the concept lacks linguistic clarity. Numerous organizations have adopted the term with conflicting perceptions about what it actually means.
Originally...
The internet of things (IoT) is creating ripples in the marketplace of ideas, enabling billions of web-connected devices to exchange meaningful information without human intervention. It has the power to revolutionize how customers shop, companies conduct business and hospitals treat patients. To ensure these...
The telecom industry is undergoing a major shift with the migration from voice and data services to an encompassing set of networking tools. Accompanying this shift is a need for greater agility and flexibility. Open source software is indispensable to a faster, more malleable...
SDN explained
Data centers, carriers and enterprise centers are becoming increasingly complex in a world that demands greater agility. Existing networks are not designed to be dynamic, making it difficult for them to respond to change. In an effort to address shifts in traffic flows...
The University of New Hampshire's InterOperability Lab launched a consortium focused on testing elements and applications in software-defined networks.
UNH-IOL is set to support SDN interoperability testing between controllers and switches, conformance and performance testing when the consortium officially opens on Aug. 1. The testing group recently moved into a 28,000-square-foot space...
With Ericsson and Nokia, AT&T 5G trials focus on millimeter wave, system architecture
As carriers around the world work through "5G" trials ahead of targeted standardization in 2020, AT&T and vendor partners reached a lab milestone in addition to expanding focus to include system architecture...
Two-thirds of enterprises have deployed some aspect of software-defined networking, according to the ninth annual "State of the Network" report from Viavi Solutions, and around 90% of them already have at least one application in the cloud.
Based on a survey of 740 CIOs, network...
Alcatel-Lucent set to add virtualized multi-layer IP and optical solutions expertise
Telecom vendor Alcatel-Lucent this week joined the Open Network Lab’s Open Network Operating System project, which is focused on developing scalable software-defined networking solutions for telecom operators.
Alcatel-Lucent joins the ON.Lab organization with an expected...
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we talked with Andre Fuetsch, SVP of architecture and design at AT&T, to get an update on the telecom operators expansive network virtualization, NFV and SDN plans
AT&T is arguably one of the most prominent telecom operator...
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we talked with Elias Aravantinos, principal analyst at ACG Research, on a new white paper looking at NFV ROI models
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One of the bigger challenges facing mobile operators as they look to deploy virtualized platforms like network functions virtualization,...
AT&T working on PoC for software-defined storage using SDN, NFV and cloud
AT&T is looking to take advantage of its push into network virtualization using software-defined networking, network functions virtualization and cloud to bolster storage opportunities.
The telecom giant said it has created a proof-of-concept technology...
1-year deals valued at $1.3B; include NFV, SDN and cloud support
Alcatel-Lucent signed a pair of contracts with China’s largest mobile operators to support the rollout of network functions virtualization, software-defined networking and cloud technology.
The one-year deals are valued at $727 million with China...
Huawei launches 9 NFV and SDN platforms; Masergy goes live; and OpenDaylight unveils Lithium
Network infrastructure provider Huawei continued its push into the virtualized world, announcing nine software-defined networking and network functions virtualization platforms at the recent Open Networking Summit 2015 event.
Three of the platforms...
Virtualizing server and storage resources to run private and hybrid clouds is an increasingly entrenched practice among Asia-Pacific businesses and government agencies. To empower greater capability from our robust and resilient networks, organizations are looking towards these new technologies to aid the reduction of...
Infonetics report found 72% of NA-based enterprises plan LAN SDN networks
A vast majority of North America-based enterprises plan to deploy live campus local area network software-defined networking products by the end of 2017, according to a new report from Infonetics Research.
The report tapped into...
SDN service targets enterprise customers with scalable solutions
AT&T said it has expanded its enterprise-focused Network on Demand service to more than 100 cities, allowing customers to manage their network needs in near real time. The platform, which was unveiled last year, relies on the...
Telecom NFV growth spurred by operational efficiencies, SDN by enterprise
A new report from Mind Commerce finds that telecom network revenue tied to network functions virtualization could reach $8.7 billion by the end of 2020, as operators continue to push toward virtualized deployments using NFV....
The Linux Foundation’s recently launched Open Platform for NFV Project expanded its membership role as well as announced a director to head up the OPNFV plans to provide a “carrier-grade, integrated, open source reference platform intended to accelerate the introduction of new products and...
On this week's NFV/SDN Reality Check, RCR Wireless News Editor-In-Chief Dan Meyer provides updates on the latest in NFV- and SDN-related telecom news, and speaks with Tom Nadeau, distinguished engineer at Brocade, about the current evolution of network virtualization.
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute recently...
A new report from Argus Insights shows that software-defined networking maintained a healthy mindshare lead over network function virtualization during the past two months, citing data collected from blogs, message boards, Facebook and Twitter.
The firm noted that “relative mindshare reflects the expected revenue growth over...
Huawei NFV lab will focus on multivendor interoperability
Huawei recently opened a new lab in Xi’an, China, focused on developing multivendor integration verification capabilities for network function virtualization. The lab is said to be an expansion of Huawei’s move to work with customers, partners and...
SDN platform now comes with one year of free management
Looking to boost industry uptake of its recently launched Vyatta Controller, Brocade said it is now offering a free one-year license for the downloadable software.
The company said the free management license covers up to five physical...
