OpenStack is becoming the de facto standard for infrastructure orchestration for NFV deployment by leading Communications Service Providers (CSPs).

The industry seeks to address interoperability among network virtualization (NV) implementations, but getting networking vendors to work together remains a challenge.

Industry growth is being hampered by a lack of IT professionals who have the skills required to deploy network virtualization (NV) and software-defined networking (SDN) in the enterprise.

The former Cisco exec likes the security aspect of Versa's SD-WAN.

SDxCentral got the following updates from Kelly Ahuja as he embarks on his new career in software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN).

A wide array of supplementary technologies, including adjustments to the NIC, are being built to deliver high performance NFV for service providers.

In the move to the telco cloud, some key considerations are crucial in NFVI components selection.

As providers of container networking platforms jostle for position, the industry is eagerly awaiting the emergence of container networking interoperability.

Industry experts are still debating whether white boxes can take over the networking world.

In the move to the telco cloud, there are some crucial considerations in NFVI components selection.

As NFV efforts shift away from physical network appliances, the use of NFV coprocessors will be key to averting software and hardware bottlenecks.

A debate is starting to roil the networking community, centered around the amount of sprawl network virtualization might spawn across the enterprise.

In the move to the telco cloud and NFV, there are a number of risks associated with implementing a fully virtualized system.

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.

Many operators view the shift to the telco cloud and NFV as a series of steps that require careful planning, not a wholesale rip-and-replace.

Next-generation applications will demand a new level of service assurance that can be delivered by third-party SDN technologies, married with monitoring and automation.

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

We shouldn’t think of NFV as merely porting a cloud to the telcos. We need to understand that true NFV won't happen until we connect all the entities involved

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.

The key to success of NFV will come soon as operators evaluate the benefits of the NFV business transformation in early rollouts including vCPE.