Inocybe's expansion is happening as the SDN controller market blossoms.

Humans will be the ‘digital conductors.’

Pulse Secure completes acquisition of Brocade assets; Riverbed releases Xirrus access point.

Juniper gets a new CTO from Google; Find out how Cisco's intent-based networking works.

ONAP adopted AT&T’s process of VNF validation.

Analysys Mason advises Telefόnica to exert pressure on Unica vendors to live up to their promises.

Microsoft releases Azure Container Instances; ZTE and Intel publish a white paper about containerized vEPC.

News hints at potential future investment opportunities.

AT&T credits SDN and NFV with helping it lower its costs.

New Ethernet switches target larger market instead of outright speed.

Extreme's purchase of Brocade assets gets postponed; Arista loses to Cisco on import dispute; A fun map shows the top tech companies in each state.

Company needs "fast and efficient" integration of MRV to stabilize revenues.

Report suggests a significant 5G backhaul market for optical networking.

Several SD-WAN vendors have joined MEF.

MEC is an important part of the operator's network virtualization goals.

The VNFs allow users to build custom overlays.

Google sets up an AI venture fund; Extreme Networks closes on the Avaya Networking assets.

The operator got fed up with separate NFV management for different equipment.

Virtualization makes repairs easier but does not eliminate labor costs.

Juniper Research also predicts 5G revenue could top $269 billion by 2025.

ADVA has been on a streak of bolstering its optical networking and virtualization platforms.

Nokia completes its Comptel acquisition; Windstream joins the ONAP Project.

Startup manages connected devices for Comcast, SoftBank, Orange, and others.

AT&T said XGS-PON is less expensive than Verizon's optical plans.