The white-box world is growing in influence, so it's time to learn about what applications and use cases can take it to the next level. We'll be covering this

Security is emerging as one of Software Defined Networking's most important applications. In fact, it has the potential to combat the surging threat of cyber attacks on cloud services.

The Rayno Report held another one of our social events on CrowdChat, LinkedIn, and Twitter on March 24. The topic was #sdwan, or Software-defined WAN (SD WAN). The event

Optical networking company Infinera (Nasdaq: INFI) announced that social-networking giant Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) has deployed its technology to build what it calls the "longest terrestrial optical network route," which

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 Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) drumbeat continues. CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) and Cyan (Nasdaq: CYNI) today announced that CenturyLink will use Cyan’s Blue Planet NFV Orchestrator to deliver NFV services

Last week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, I launched The Rayno Report's latest premium research report on Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO), a developing market we project to be

BARCELONA -- Mobile World Congress (MWC) -- Yes, 2015 will be a big year for Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) technology. Large global service providers are beginning to deploy revenue-driving

BARCELONA -- Mobile World Congress (MWC) -- The world's largest mobile technology show is chock-full of gadgets, mobile operators, and buzzwords: Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), Software-Defined Networking (SDN), small

On February 25, the Rayno Report held another one of our riveting social chats streaming live on CrowdChat and Twitter. This one was on the topic of #whitebox. With

Whitebox networking is all the rage. HP (NYSE: HPQ) last week announced it was teaming with Cumulus to deliver whiteboxes. And Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO) recently explained on a conference

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

Shares of Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) hit a new eight-year high, vaulting $2.30 (8%) in morning trading to $29.23, on a combination of positive factors during last night's

Cyan Inc. (Nasdaq: CYNI) is making a bid for the "webscale" datacenter market with the announcement of the N-Series, a 100 Gbit/s optical networking product line that is built

Shares of security-technology provider Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) have been climbing as the company develops a new cloud security strategy. Fortinet has been teaming with service providers to provide private

UBIqube, a Dublin, Ireland-based startup focusing on orchestration software for the telecom industry, has quietly landed a deal with Japanese service provider giant NTT Group (NYSE: NTT). NTT will

Overture Networks yesterday announced a series of products designed to move service provider networks into the Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) future.

Is it time to take a look at shares of Super Micro Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI)? The stock of the data-center infrastructure provider took a hit after the company announced

Pluribus announced today that it has landed a substantial Series D funding round of $50M led by Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek and including Ericsson as a strategic investor.

Do you think things will be normal, predictable, and easy to analyze in the communications technology market in 2015? Well then you are some kind of genius.

It's going to be a robust year for 2015, but not an entirely rosy one. Check out Roy Chua's 2015 predictions for NFV, service providers, and the enterprise.

It's time to serve up year-in-review content appetizers for your New Year's Eve party. So break out the bubbly and read up on some of our favorite topics: Software

Steve Herrod is a pioneer in cloud computing and virtualization. He's probably best known as the former Senior Vice President of Research and Development at VMware, the fast-growing virtualization

Networking technology provider Ciena (CIEN) reported a fourth quarter 2014 loss of 16 cents per share on Thursday night, but its shares responded positively, with much of the bad