OpenStack is not enough. NFV needs an app-centric architecture that includes monitoring and supports containers that go beyond Docker.

Our NFV Insider series continues as Marc Cohn explains OPNFV, the newly formed open source effort aimed at creating a platform to help push NFV toward deployment.

SDN will only be disruptive if it displaces commercial switches and routers with purpose-built hardware that has total control over packet forwarding.

If there is a technology moving as quickly as SDN, it has to be photonics. SDN coupled with optical switching at Layer 1 allows the physical network to be

Here's an overview on validating OpenStack Neutron network module and plugins.

EVO, OpenStack, more NSX — that's all fine, but where were VMworld's truly groundbreaking, mind-blowing announcements? Maybe it's a case of 'Wait 'til next year.'

OpenFlow now accommodates multiple forwarding tables, but how do the controller and switch agree on what those tables are supposed to do? Enter Table Type Patterns (TTP), an ONF

ETSI NFV Group Elects New Leaders and Repositions for Phase 2

Learn how increasing the performance of the virtual switch in an NFV platform causes very significant improvements in service provider opex.

SDN and NFV vendors need to sharpen their messaging. Let's learn from our history so we don't repeat the same mistakes. Read more about what vendors need to do

Jack Pugaczewski shares some real-world insights into how CenturyLink is revamping their OSS/BSS systems and introducing SDN.

Each Network Function has a unique set of performance requirements. Learn how these requirements become even more critical when we consider control plane virtualization versus data plane virtualization.

Ethernet speed transitions have garnered close attention from networking industry vendors, consumers and analysts, as they trigger new technology buying cycles & periods of rapid change in the Ethernet

Carriers have dealt with metro environments for years. The objective being to pull traffic in, and then make distributed resources accessible via some distribution or transport layer. While this

Learn about 3 different models of a software-defined access network (SDAN) and how it can be applied to any access technology including the SDN framework.

Explore why virtualizing a self-organinzing network (SON) is beneficial to operator to deploy SON on top of NFV for optimal network management and why self-organizing networks’ true home is

Take a deeper look at MPLS-TP OAM and new extensions needed to OpenFlow as we pave the way to carrier grade software-defined networking.

What can a network engineer learn from DevOps to improve their work? Here are seven DevOps practices that are potentially valuable for IT professionals.

In today's world, should we automate configuration and delivery of services? Or should we first focus on integrating APIs and automation?

SDN and NFV, if fully realized, can benefit carriers, but that's only part of the story. Real-time visibility is critical to successful SDN and NFV rollouts and a key

Read about the shifting to NFV: the service velocity, and the resulting democratization of applications and services that come from a NFV architecture.

A Software-defined networking market transition enables unprecedented value from our networks. Read more about the SDN market and an open, evolutionary approach that is required.

IT operations historically have adhered to the philosophy that maintaining stability=good, taking risks=bad. But today’s faster-paced business environment demands more responsive change control. DevOps practices can help IT professionals

In NFV, the distinction between management and orchestration of VNFs is an emerging and nebulous area. Here's one take at how the two differ and how they work together.