By 2019, 69 percent of enterprise IT organizations will be trying to manage some type of multi-cloud environment.

Unless the TM Forum spends more time on the cultural challenges, most operators will continue to struggle to make meaningful strides toward the holy grail of becoming bona fide

Newly released SDxCentral 2018 report on the VNF Ecosystem finds SD-WAN and vCPE are top use cases for NFV and the driving force behind service providers virtualizing their networks.

SDN and NFV are a reality today, but is it the reality that the industry wanted? It's up to the SDN community to set realistic expectations and be candid

At a recent 5G panel discussion the audience was asked to raise their hand if they were looking forward to buying a 5G access point this year. Not a

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

Our analysis posts provide a deeper dive on what certain trends mean to the industry. In 2017 these articles coveraged a wide swath of topics from the best tools

Thanks to rise of APIs IT organizations are crafting more modern approaches to data protection.

Networking technologies are now starting to be incorporated into DevOps making it easier for DevOps and IT to work together.

Tensions between DevOps departments and IT should lessen as companies like VMware try to make their software more accessible.

Modern data centers employ IT automation to cut costs and inject agility

There are several advanced features that make up an enterprise-grade SD-WAN, including load balancing, optimization, and real-time visibility.

The IT industry has a selection of tools for deploying containers. They can use a PaaS or a CaaS based on Kubernetes, Marathon, or Docker.

A key driver for SD-WAN is that it can be used to intelligently optimize and secure connections to the cloud.

Carrier virtualization, programmability and the massive data sets from machine learning and analytics are driving new requirements for data centers.

Defining a set of security and compliance policies is a key first step. But enforcing security policy is not as easy.

With machine learning, big data, cloud, and NFV initiatives invading the data center, there are implications for data center networking performance.

Virtualizing the data center may make it more efficient and agile but additional processing power may be needed.

SD-WAN adoption is growing quickly as IT organizations become aware of the benefits of this approach to networking.

Cisco's new security chief has ambitions bigger than $2B a year.

Hyperconverged infrastructure requires IT organizations to consider a scale out architecture.

As open source NFV technologies mature, the rate of adoption should soar in 2017.

NFV online stores are transforming the way the networking gear is being purchased and distributed.

NFV popularity is forcing more companies to make MANO a higher priority so they can combat virtual server sprawl.