The Arista IPO is nice and all, but Arista isn't an SDN pure-play. Other SDN startups take a more radical approach to software-based networking, and they're plentiful enough to

Implementing NFV in the wireless network could bring previously unheard-of levels of visibility and control into the MVNO market by giving wireless-service resellers a piece of the network to

DevOps relies on workflow automation to support evolving software function and programming. At the heart of automation lies standardization: the ability to meet demand, maintain a standard, and be

DevOps tools are just the tip of the iceberg. Agile software development, one of the most critical methodologies in DevOps, relies on people, culture, processes, and tools to establish

For most networking professionals getting familiar with DevOps, the tooling framework consists primarily of deployment and provisioning tools like Chef and Puppet. But the continuum of DevOps tools spans

While it's clearly not a conceptual requirement to implement SDN and NFV together, the technologies complement one another and work well together in supporting a software-defined data center.

Folks at Chef get a firsthand look at how companies get good at building awesome stuff. Here are some of the traits they've observed that lead to DevOps success

Network Functions Virtualization offers a key solution by delivering an alternative platform to create services and applications on flexible network architectures. However, if the proper software architecture is not

Changes such as NFV won't allow telecom to sacrifice fundamentals such as high availability. But NFV does give us an opportunity to rethink some principles of the network, starting

While there are many ways to execute configuration management, implementing infrastructure and application delivery automation as code is a key first step. In this DevOps post, we take a

Orchestration can be the key to reconciling a carrier's legacy OSS/BSS platforms with newer NFV deployments. However, the needs of development and test organizations call for a particular type

Surrounded by mystery and controversy, and dogged by apathy, DevOps is a bit misunderstood. Really, it's about taking some well established principles of software development and applying them to

A DevOps methodology can result in a more resilient development environment. The testing of network changes, for example, could be moved away from a brute-force routine to something more

Are you a 3:00 a.m. network-configuration hero? Your organization will still need you after transitioning to DevOps, but the DevOps culture produces a different kind of hero — and

DevOps is about the expression of the system as source code. But networking does not have universal, vendor-agnostic descriptions for VLANs or even routes. Abstractions play a key role

A peek inside the structure of NFV shows that it's primed to be deployed quickly by carriers. That's partly due to ETSI's guidance, but also due to the fact

DevOps is a hot topic in networking these days, but the movement is young, so many people still do not understand exactly what it is or why it’s important.

Is it backwards day at the school of SDN? Too much attention is going toward the SDN equivalent of assembly language, rather than the area closest to the paying

With the advent of network functions virtualization (NFV), let's step back and remember that carrier-grade networking is a daunting task, one that goes beyond the tenet of high availability.

This is the year for carrier SDN and NFV to kick into gear, so how are we doing? A look at virtual networking, network overlays, management & orchestration, and

Super Bowl-sized Web ambitions flame out so frequently when the gaps in cloud and SDN tools get exposed. To truly take advantage of cloud computing, companies need the ability

In 2014, we can expect more production deployments of SDN, and that's going to force us to consider some key questions. Should the northbound interface be standardized, and how?

Eric Carmès, CEO of 6WIND, addresses the recent ETSI approval of the CloudNFV Proof-of-Concept (PoC) application submitted by the CloudNFV™ initiative. The CloudNFV architecture provides end-to-end NFV implementation and

A few examples of NFV applications show why the technology is getting traction with both service providers and OEMs, considering the variety of potential benefits the technology could unlock