Telecom and internet service providers have turned to faster networking technology—whether it be 5G, DOCSIS 4.0 or fiber-optic cables—to boost sales and profitability. But even with these new network ...

For decades, networks have been built on the same fundamental principle: dedicated hardware appliances for each network function. Need a firewall? Buy a box. Need load balancing? Purchase another ...

As the networking industry is being transformed by the next-generation virtualization approach called software-defined networking (SDN), the complementary architectural concept of network functions ...

Bidding to become a major player at the heart of telecommunications infrastructure for edge computing, VMware Inc. today announced the launch of its new vCloud NFV-OpenStack Edition 3.0 infrastructure ...

With traditional network infrastructure, services have been tied to dedicated hardware devices. Network functions virtualization (NFV) changes this paradigm by decoupling the network functions from ...

The network team is being bombarded with configuration requests that can take days or weeks to handle, but luckily several approaches are emerging that promise to increase network agility, chief among ...

In 2014, companies and open source programmers alike are working as hard as they can to virtualize hardware into software. The latest example of this is Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). The ...

Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) represents a paradigm shift in the design and deployment of network services, decoupling software implementations of network functions from specialised hardware.

Looking to up its SDN game against rivals like Cisco and Juniper Networks, Hewlett-Packard is readying the launch of a new networking unit dedicated to Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and the ...

Quebec City, Canada. EXFO Inc. has announced it is joining forces with NEC/Netcracker SDN/NFV Solutions in order to help communications service providers (CSPs) access the full benefits of network ...

These days there’s clearly a massive amount of interest in all things relating to network function virtualization (NFV). But based on historical trends, the adoption of high-performance hardware can ...