Set aside different approaches, competitive positions, and internal objectives for the benefit of the network operators. Marc Cohn discusses the recent Intent-based Summit gathering outcome.
Intent-based networking is progressing with properties that deliver all kinds of benefits. David Lenrow discusses the benefits to building intent-based SDN systems.
Wi-Fi in the past 10 years has redefined network expectations. This featured article calls to converge networks for unified wired and wireless access to prepare for the next step
Without a doubt there are some must-have gadgets for 2015 as shown at the International CES conference in Las Vegas, but forget wearables and gizmos. It's time to talk
Unless we take a concrete step to clarify the term “open” it is at risk of becoming another cliché. Creating a commonly understood context and taxonomy can help us
Neela Jacques of the OpenDaylight Project explains why community is critical for an open-source project and what common threads successful projects share.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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