Tag: SDN

December 1, 2016

As telecom operators continue to migrate parts of their networks to software control using software-defined networking and network functions virtualization, the traditional infrastructure market is set to feel the financial burden. According to a recent report from Technology Business Research, […]

November 30, 2016

The enterprise-focused software-defined wide area network space continues to attract telecom players, with Sprint now set to launch its own SD-WAN platform. The carrier said it was working with VeloCloud to offer a service designed to allow enterprises to more […]

November 22, 2016

One of the common taglines parroted by SDN aficionados goes along the lines of “The cost to acquire and manage server and storage architectures has declined over time while networking stays stubbornly expensive.” (I took it straight from an anonymous […]

November 22, 2016

This is a time of great opportunity for communications service providers. Demand for all sorts of cloud-based services is on the rise. Technologies such as software-defined networking and network functions virtualization promise more efficient ways to provide digital network services. […]

November 22, 2016

The global network functions virtualization (NFV) market, which includes NFV hardware, software and services, will be worth $15.5 billion by 2020, according to thelatest report from IHS Markit. “Between 2015 and 2020, the service provider NFV market will grow at a […]

November 16, 2016

Corsa Technology wants to bring software-defined networking to the edge of the network. The company this month introduced the DP2000 series switching and routing platform that officials said delivers 10G and 100G networking, on-demand services and network tuning and is […]

October 4, 2016

The Citrix NetScaler Product Group had a very interesting presentation at Network Field Day 11 (NFD11). They started with possibly one of the most provocative statements of any vendor: “Networking is better done in software.” Their perspective is that network […]

October 3, 2016

The telecommunication industry’s ongoing march toward virtualization platforms using software-defined networks, network functions virtualization and cloud technologies looks to be unstoppable, though caution still remains the name of the game. While operators are anxious to take advantage of the operational […]

September 15, 2016

Masergy Communications, a hybrid networking and cloud communications service provider, Tuesday unveiled the latest edition to its networking portfolio, its Managed Software-Defined WAN offering for solution providers and end customers. The software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) market is heating up and the […]

August 4, 2016

Enterprises are seen as some of the earliest test cases in terms of the telecommunications industry’s push into virtualization platforms, with many operators working with those enterprise customers on applications and services using software-defined networking, network functions virtualization and cloud. […]

July 27, 2016

The Central Office Re-architected as a Data Center (CORD) initiative by Open Networking Lab (ON.Lab) and The Linux Foundation takes a turn as a new independent open source project. The initiative has since been joined by new members Google, Radisys […]

July 26, 2016

Verizon and AT&T are launching programs to offer business customers virtualized network services that can be deployed and managed easily in their data centers. The two carriers, both of which are pursuing initiatives to transform their own networking infrastructures by […]

July 21, 2016

AT&T and Orange have signed an agreement to collaborate on driving the open source and standardization initiatives that will accelerate the standardization of software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) technologies. Through a network-centric approach, AT&T and Orange are committed to making […]

July 19, 2016

AT&T is putting network functions virtualization (NFV) into the hands of its end customers. Network Functions on Demand is a managed service that lets businesses make adjustments to their networking services through virtualized functions deployed on one piece of on-premise […]

July 18, 2016

AT&T is continuing to target enterprises with its growing virtualized network platform, with the latest move coming from the expansion of its Network Functions on Demand offering. The carrier said the platform allows business customers to deploy a single universal […]

July 18, 2016

AT&T’s march toward standard “white-box” network gear will come to enterprises with the introduction of a standard x86 server that can take the place of four specialized network devices. AT&T is aggressively pursuing SDN and NFV (network functions virtualization), a […]

July 14, 2016

Glue Networks used the Cisco Live conference in Las Vegas this week to announce what CEO Jeff Gray describes as the “first multi-vendor software defined network orchestration platform focused on end-to-end automation, all the way from the data center across […]

July 14, 2016

AT&T said it was moving on previously announced plans to migrate its enhanced control, orchestration, management and policy platform to the open source community. The telecom giant said the platform, which controls its move into the software-defined networking space, is […]

July 12, 2016

With Gartner estimating that more than 85% of data center workloads are now virtualized, it’s clear that the age of the software defined data center (SDDC) is upon us. The next steps in the evolution toward SDDC will be moving […]

July 8, 2016

CenturyLink has acquired certain strategic assets of broadband networking firm, Active Broadband Networks to help accelerate its efforts to automate its network, move network functions into the cloud and deliver software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) services to its […]