The shortest end-to-end network path doesn't always result in improved application performance.

It's time to face the network-as-a-service future.

Accelerating progress indicates we've reached a tipping point.

Capabilities that create needed agility for enterprises today.

The IoT will bring exciting, new technology to market, but at what cost?

The role the SDN control layer plays.

What's on your network monitoring agenda?

Extending SDN programmability all the way across the WAN.

Implications of IoT for service providers.

Telecommunications providers discuss opportunities provided by SDN, NFV, and NaaS

This valuable article aims to address various factors that operators should consider while evaluating SDN and NFV technology solutions.

Learn how the Internet of Things (IoT) is taking a huge leap forward with the ability to manage all gateways and networks.

In the WAN, where the optical transport network plays a key role, SDN is now beginning to emerge as a new technology tool that offers the promise of managing

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.

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

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

The Internet of Things (or Internet of Everything) looms large when you consider the challenges CIOs will face in the next five to 10 years. Facing that challenge will

New traffic patterns from the likes of Netflix are causing lots of hairpinning and 'hot potato' traffic handoffs, all of which consume expensive PE router ports. Here's how ISPs

SDN overlays are necessary because networks were static back when IP networking was established. Now, applications can move, and overlays can help the network cope — but overlays come

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

2014 Predictions on SDN and NFV by Kelly Herrell

Yes, SDN can help the broadband network, too. It's a matter of measuring consumption in real-time by taking telemetry data and exerting policy control on the fly — things

SDN has a place in optical transport. With recent advances turning the optical core into more of a switched and meshed architecture, it's time to start dynamically provisioning the

While there is no magic solution to fix capacity problems, mobile carriers can use SDN to alleviate the stress on their networks and to make the Internet of Things