Moving set-top functions into the cloud is harder than it sounds, apparently. Telefónica is ready to go with the plan, but some of the accompanying functions will require a

The last of the MIPS holdouts in the embedded-processor space, Broadcom has moved its latest multicore processor design to ARM, giving that company a promising foothold in network functions

Sonus virtualizes its session border controller, coming up with what might be an interesting NFV example to watch; IBM patents a virtual-machine-moving application; and Big Switch strengthens ties to

In this week's news roundup: Microsoft states the case for Hyper-V and NVGRE against VMware's NSX; OpenDaylight grows again; Pivotal acquires its way into mobile applications; Alcatel-Lucent gathers NFV

Two announcements show how SDN and NFV might become the norm in certain product areas. Transmode gets serious (and standards-based) about multilayer provisioning, while RAD moves NFV to the

Telcos' OSS and BSS systems don't exactly have a hip, up-to-date image. That's going to become a problem as SDN emerges, upending everything the old software knows about the

Stop arguing about whether vendor-driven openness counts as truly 'open,' In the eyes of Margaret Chiosi of AT&T, any openness is good — but it has to provide something

Cisco admits what's been known for a while: White-box switches really are a threat. Elsewhere in the week, OpenFlow 1.3 starts showing up everywhere and the optical networking industry

Brocade is "the one who knocks" ... or so the company is saying, as it narrows its focus down to the data center, betting that its Ethernet fabric and

... But let's face it, that's how it's going to be deployed at first. Cisco has grand visions for the NCS platform as a new type of network core,

The new NCS product line is more than Cisco's next huge router. It's part of an SDN/NFV strategy where services from Layers 1 through 7 can be provisioned and

SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup – September 20, 2013

The Vyatta router makes the jump to 10 Gb/s, partly the result of Intel's refueled ambitions in the packet processing space. Software appliances will need those speeds to keep

It seems everything in SDN is becoming not only "open," but open-source. But while an open-source framework is already out there — OpenDaylight— Juniper says there's still logic, and

A cloud-heavy week sees Cloudscaling and EMC putting up challenges to Amazon and Intel unveiling its Rack Scale Architecture with some new, key pieces.

It wasn't all VMworld this week, you know. Here's a look at what else happened.

This year's VMware confab advanced the state of SDN today and hinted at what to worry about tomorrow. Here's Matt's take not only on NSX and Cisco, but on

A couple of pre-VMworld links, plus a news rounding that includes Arista partnerships, a CloudNFV formality, and yet another market forecast for SDN

CloudNFV Puts Management First in Its NFV Architecture

SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup – August 9, 2013

CloudNFV Aims to Harmonize NFV & SDN

SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup – July 26, 2013

Cisco can Ignite SDN Based Security Services with SourceFire

SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup - July 12, 2013