There are many reasons to deploy a network virtualization overlay. But the biggest advantage to an NV overlay is that it can extend the capabilities of legacy networks.

OSCON 2018 did a great job of highlighting women and people of color in their programming.

The scale and impact of Kubernetes was obvious at the recent OSCON 2018 conference in Portland, Oregon.

Many companies find that deploying a network virtualization overlay makes more sense because of the ROI.

From Adtran to ZTE, cable and telco vendors alike are beginning to reap the benefits of SDN and virtualization with the development of software-defined access solutions and propositions.

Half of container users started less than 12 months ago, providing new blood for AWS, Azure, Google, Docker, VMware, Red Hat to fight over.

The latest cloud orchestration report indicates that CIOs, cloud architects, and other IT infrastructure managers need to educate themselves on an increasingly wide variety of options.

SDN technologies are diverse, making it difficult for network engineers to know what technologies they should learn to master.

The idea that SD-WAN will make MPLS obsolete plays on the frustrations of enterprise IT professionals that are dissatisfied with their current WAN provider and want to kick them

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

Organizations are automating security incident investigations and making use of deception grids to identify breaches more quickly.

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.

Data protection is one of the first applications most IT organizations will deploy across a hybrid cloud.

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.

Network virtualization overlays will determine winner of hybrid cloud computing race.

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.