5G was by far the biggest talking point at this year's MWC Barcelona event but Huawei did give it a run for its money.

We here at SDxCentral are also interested in hearing more about the importance of software, network infrastructure, and security in support of that 5G future.

The data center server vendor made several smart partnerships around HCI and cloud last year, and now it’s moving into edge and IoT.

AT&T's launch of 5G services this week has taken the level of competition and snipping to a glorious new level showing that we are truly now entering the golden

MEC is an idea whose time has come. And for mobile operators, advertisers, and OTT providers, it's also an idea that can't come soon enough.

If IBM does what it says it’s going to do with the assets, then it becomes a more formidable competitor against Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.

The widespread deployment of cloud infrastructure has led IT teams to demand freedom of choice, but that might not always be what’s best for the organization as a whole.

Having your SD-WAN delivered as-a-service helps simply the network and free up IT resources to focus on growth generating opportunities.

Cloud-native architectures are already impacting data science, IoT, and other areas and will provide both the threat of being disrupted and the opportunity for innovation.

In the rush to capitalize on NFV many operators have focused purely on the NFV orchestration, but as they move from trials to production, one key piece is missing

For a server to be truly dispensable, it should be able to be shut down at will or fail without any noticeable end-user impact.

Moving the security perimeter into the cloud helps companies that are struggling with the budget and talent needed to keep security in-house.

Monolithic compact DCI boxes are like a race car. But why buy a high-performance race car when all you really need is a flexible, rock-solid daily driver?

I lived through the 3G and 4G hype but I don’t remember the breadth of hype being quite as insane as it is for 5G.

There seem to be a lot more European vendors, emerging from anonymity, that are having success in network virtualization.

While MEC is set to address the data demand of 5G networks, adding network programmability to MEC ameliorates the overall MEC solution.

DoCoMo’s implementation runs on Ericsson-provided OpenStack-based virtualized infrastructure managers and includes VNFs from multiple vendors such as NEC, Nokia, and Fujitsu.

Since ETSI set standards for NFV six years ago, the technology has yet to reach its full potential as operators get stuck on physical limitations.

Achieving consistent point-of-sale transactions and cloud application performance over low-speed broadband can be challenging, but finding the right SD-WAN can alleviate some of these difficulties.

Every day there’s another company touting its “edge” product. Let’s start to separate the hype from reality.

As the network continues to evolve and change, IT professionals have to adapt and learn in order to keep up, and employers must find ways to verify that perspective.

Deutsche Telekom joins The Linux Foundation.

A software-driven approach to security makes advanced capabilities possible even on a tight budget.

If IT and operations teams thought it was hard to contend with BYOD and Shadow IT, they must prepare for the latest siege on IT — the Internet of