The combination of edge computing, 5G RAN, and low latency will deliver a faster 5G experience.

Network virtualization is making microsegmentation possible and allowing networks to isolate security breaches.

Service providers must accurately estimate vCPE processing power if they want to avoid ripping and replacing equipment down the road.

NFV interoperability is stalled and may be causing operators to forego deploying NFV.

It may soon be unnecessary to backhaul traffic to the data center.

While cloud computing represents a significant advance, it's really the network edge computing phenomenon that will transform the digital end user experience.

In addition to a new crop of SD-WAN players, traditional enterprise networking players want a piece of the network edge.

These are the toughest operational challenges an IT managers should watch out for in the shift to network virtualization.

The GEN15 event showed service providers at a crossroads with SDN and NFV.

Amazon and Microsoft's Azure are the clear leaders in offering cloud services to enterprises, according to the results of a customer survey released by investment bank Cowen and Company.

Apple Inc. is building its own high-speed network to deliver higher performance for its cloud services and may start using white-box switches, according to Bloomberg.

Network as a Service (NaaS) provider Aryaka announced this morning that it has closed $16 million in funding, led by Nexus Venture Partners and joined by existing investors Trinity

The race to provide efficient and secure access to cloud apps continues. Google has approved Global Capacity as a Google Cloud Interconnect provider, expanding the number of operators that

About 13 years ago I received a tip from some Silicon Valley insiders that I should check out this "hot" new startup, Timetra, which was blazing new trails in

Net neutrality has always been gray to me, not black or white. Wired points this out in a nice article making the rounds today.

Earlier this week, Ciena launched the 8700 Packetwave, an important new line of optical networking boxes aimed at solving the challenges of handling the boom in cloud applications and

The exciting part of Software Defined Networking (SDN) is that it has the potential to shake up the current networking technology system and be revolutionary, not just evolutionary. One

I have been digging into Paul Kapustka's excellent Stadium Tech Report, which gives you the lowdown on how U.S sports stadiums are getting connected via wireless technologies such as

From Mobile World Congress, a chat with Sanqi Li, CTO of the carrier network business group, about the scaling challenges of SDN, the motivations for NFV at the edge,

You would think it's just a sleepy Monday before New Year's Eve, but for large networking technology vendors worrying about their Software Defined Networking (SDN) strategy, it may not

Another week in the market, another day for hysterical counter-reactions to previous irrational exuberance. Yes, I'm talking about optical stocks.

Internet video advertising company YuMe successfully went public today, raising about $46 million in total proceeds and achieving a market cap of about $320 million, but it priced 5.1

Online video advertising specialist Tremor Video (Nasdaq: TRMR) went public today, but the results weren't spectacular and this IPO dud is likely hang over a crop of venture-funded ad

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