Not everything has to be hyperscale. IT departments are looking at different models of modeling to the cloud, using NFV technology and microservices for different levels of scale.

Virtualization can help IT organizations break down the silos that exist between application developers and enable operations teams to deliver real-time IT.

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

Big technology shifts like cloud take at least 10 years. That’s why the shift to the telco cloud, led by NFV, will require at least a decade of patience.

VMware says it is looking at East-West encryption inside the data center, adding another layer of security to the SDDC.

The telco NFV cloud has different characteristics from the enterprise cloud – with a higher emphasis on reliability, connectivity, and specific applications.

Network virtualization (NV) can increase IT agility, according to emerging case studies and user feedback.

VMware is pursuing two container strategies that call for integrating Photon OS and its VIC with NSX for containers.

The data center is driving toward a more software-centric security model and security performance in NFV will be key.

Huawei says it now has more than 50,000 patents.

With The Linux Foundation taking charge of Open vSwitch, a new future for the open source project takes shape.

Network virtualization and SDN technology can add to network security by enabling a secure DMZ in the data center.

Hardware acceleration can boost adoption of network function virtualization (NFV) technology by providing a more powerful platform.

Network virtualization (NV) is starting to blur the lines between the LAN and the WAN.

The combination of new network hardware acceleration techniques and SDN is driving a new era of networking.

Virtualization of the S/Gi-LAN in mobile networks through the use of converged platforms can improve security.

While 5G standards or definitions don’t yet exist, it’s becoming clear that the technology has the chance to become a big driver of the network virtualization and software-defined networking

New networking approaches such as SDN and NFV will require a balance between hardware and software.

Edsall discusses what 'application-centric' really means and how webscale players change the industry.

Edsall discusses what 'application-centric' really means and how webscale players change the industry.

With higher traffic demands on the SGi/Gi-LAN in mobile networks, the move towards converged platforms enables increased efficiency in processing IP traffic.

Neutron networking open-source options are expanding for OpenStack, but users are still relying heavily on proprietary network virtualization solutions.

While the SDN market isn’t taking off as much as everybody would like, it’s being implemented in many customer deployments for key data center use cases.

It's the “write once, run many” principle.