Resource savings with containers is pegged at around 40 percent.

Cisco forms IoT, 5G, and smart city partnerships; Softbank and Affirmed Networks strike an IoT agreement; VMware launches edge technology.

The current Cisco-Viptela SD-WAN platform is much preferred to the previous Cisco IWAN service.

VMware also plans to integrate container management into its telco NFV platform.

Openwave claims seven of the top 20 mobile operators deploy its NFV platform.

The need to support legacy systems adds costs.

One use case mentioned was to replace WiFi with 5G and 4G LTE.

The new technology removes bandwidth limitations for processing large volumes of data.

Qualcomm increases NXP offer, making Broadcom change its offer; Google pushes cloud IoT to general availability.

ETSI NFV endeavors to make VNFs as open as possible.

Performance Vision’s software will be rebranded as Skylight PVX.

Public safety groups may benefit from slicing functionality.

Atlanta, Dallas, and Waco, Texas, will be among the operator’s first 5G markets.

The company expects the technology will be commercially deployed later this year.

Qualcomm board meets Broadcom; Google releases Beta test of its Cloud TPUs; Tech Mahindra and VMware partner.

It overlaps with part of the work that OPNFV does.

Qualcomm rejects Broadcom (again); ZTE releases first 5G network slicing solution; AT&T closes on its FiberTower acquisition.

The bolstered platform includes core to edge support for mission critical operations.

It provides three ways for enterprises to use Cisco-Viptela.

The vendors collaborated with ONF on a CORD-ready platform.

It's not standards work so much as it is end-to-end testing.

The ONF admits work is still needed before CORD is ready for deployments.

More than two-thirds of all data centers will fully or partially adopt SDN by 2021.

AT&T to release its dNOS to Linux; Cisco buys BroadSoft; Aryaka and Radware team up.