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.

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.

IT experts are increasingly looking at securing the cloud using SDN technologies, which add policy awareness and features such as microsegmentation.

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.

Big data and analytics are transforming Network Virtualization (NV) by taking advantage of new sources of data and providing analytics tools that can link to automation in software-defined networks

With higher traffic demands on the S/Gi-LAN in mobile networks, converged platforms will help reduce the costs of processing IP traffic.

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.