Riverbed & Verizon Team Up to Deliver an AWS Bundle
While none of these products are new individually, combined they create new capabilities.
News - NFV
-
-
Ericsson Offers its NFVi Platform in Modular Components
The NFVi platform is based on the OPNFV reference architecture. -
China Telecom & Huawei Test Network Slicing
The trial used Huawei gear to deliver certain services to specific customer groups. -
SDxCentral Weekly News Roundup — November 25, 2016
Google buys an AWS trainer; IBM expands in the UK. -
Rick Bauer Leaves ONF for New Gig at MEF
On.Lab seems to be the connection between several open source groups and MEF. -
VMware’s Ayyar Promoted to Accelerate Telco & NFV Initiatives
The company claims more than 80 NFV product deployments. -
AT&T Exec: Artificial Intelligence Will Help Us Run a Better Network
AI combined with SDN and NFV may help AT&T run its network more efficiently. -
5G Subscribers Will Top 550M by End of 2022, says Ericsson Report
NFV is a critical step in the 5G evolution. -
Brocade Updates Its Mobile Carrier Visibility Fabric
Brocade claims costs will be cut in half with the fabric. -
SDxCentral Weekly News Roundup — November 11, 2016
Microsoft opens containers; Verizon closes Fleetmatics. -
China Unicom Picks Spirent to Test NFV Middleware
The tests help the industry understand the predictability of NFV infrastructure. -
There Will be 485 Hyperscale Data Centers Worldwide by 2020
These facilities will account for 53 percent of traffic by 2020. -
Ciena Adapts Blue Planet's Virtualization for the Network Edge
Touting an Ethernet access device as the hardware for the customer premises. -
Korea’s KT Says It Will Launch 5G by 2019 — Will Verizon Follow?
KT & Verizon are tightly aligned in 5G trials and information sharing. -
Orange Business Services Uses Ciena & Juniper for SDN
It’s virtualizing in its core network as a first step. -
Rift.io Releases Commercial MANO Software Based on OSM
It’s based on the recently released OSM open source code. -
Open-O: Here Comes the Sun (Code Release)
It’s the MANO open source group’s first code release. -
SDxCentral Weekly News Roundup — November 4, 2016
Apollo Global Management completed its $4.3 billion acquisition of Rackspace. -
Who Might Buy Brocade's IP Business?
The former Foundry & Ruckus could be split up. -
Telefónica Deploys a Nokia Virtual Router in its Live Network
It only deployed a single instance of the virtual router as proof of its viability. -
CenturyLink Buys Level 3 for $34B in a Fiber Play
CenturyLink becomes a major fiber player. -
AT&T’s 400G Trials Will Include An Open Platform Router
ECOMP is involved too, of course. -
SDxCentral Weekly News Roundup — October 28, 2016
The Linux Foundation's massive open online course is available for registration. -
CenturyLink, Level 3 In Merger Talks
The combination of these two telecom firms could create some interesting strengths in virtualized networking.