Focusing on the network specifics of OpenStack's role, this article also touches on the compute and storage needs and what will need to be included in the emerging OPNFV

Public cloud providers excel at creating standardized virtualized instances, but this isn’t always ideal for the consumer who needs a variety of custom options.

Charlie Ashton summarizes the cost of downtime in telecom networks and how this financial impact might be affected by NFV from his talk at the recent SDN and OpenFlow

From the very basics to carrier-class SDN. Here's a perspective of carrier SDN vs enterprise SDN viewed from the lens of SDN architectural characteristics.

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.'

What are the landmark deals in the SDN game so far? Check out analyst Scott Raynovich's list and see what he expects next from the M&A machine.

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

SDN startups are all at varied levels of their lifecycle -- from slideware to revenue -- with different levels of success. Take a look at some of the habits

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.