4 Things to Consider When Virtualizing Networking and Security
In order to plan the transition to virtualizing their business, enterprises must consider the required functionality, as well as complexity, cost, and performance.
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Deploying Secure Kubernetes Containers in Production: Thwarting the Threats
Once you have containers in production certain security measures must be put in place to cover network filtering, container inspection, and host security. -
Modern Networks Enable Programmability by Interfacing via APIs Instead of CLIs
As technology domains shift to support agile-based methodologies, DevOps processes, and programmability, the network must undergo this same transformative shift. -
How to Balance Cloud-Scale Efficiencies Against Business Realities
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. -
Making Cloud Native a Reality for Financial Services
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. -
Composability: Are We There Yet?
When full composability is achieved, data centers will be defined by the needs of applications. This will require simple, open, standards-based, and scalable solutions. -
Setting the Record Straight on Multi-Cloud Security
Before deploying a multi-cloud strategy, there are four myths about multi-cloud security that need debunking. -
NetOps Is Still Trying to Catch Up to DevOps in the Automation Race
Lack of expertise and integrated tools, not indifference, is leaving NetOps behind DevOps in the race to automate the deployment pipeline. -
Putting the M in MANO
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 -
Cloud-Native and Hybrid Cloud Organizations Need Security Best Practices
Both cloud-native and traditional organizations must implement a security practice that offers automation, abstraction, flexibility, visibility, and is application-aware. -
The Future Is Dispensable Servers
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. -
Can NFV Help in Rolling Out DDoS Mitigation Services?
Moving the security perimeter into the cloud helps companies that are struggling with the budget and talent needed to keep security in-house. -
Monolithic Data Center Interconnect Is Not Always the Best Bet
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? -
Securing Hyperconverged Systems: Why Traditional Security Tools Won’t Work
Securing hyperconverged infrastructures requires a policy-based approach that intertwines security with applications. -
How Identity Awareness Will Transform SD-WAN Routing
Traditional routing fails to differentiate between application and user requirements. SD-WAN is changing that with identity awareness. -
Time-Saving Techniques for Deploying and Managing Kubernetes Applications
DevOps teams face a steep learning curve with best practices related to deploying, running, and managing the lifecycle of a containerized application. -
Orchestrating the Requirements of Intent-Based Networking
Current networks require an intent-based networking system based on proper orchestration to keep current infrastructure intact while integrating next-generation platforms. -
We’re Addicted to Databases. They Won’t Help with Edge Computing
Edge devices will create a tsunami of data, and while using databases would seemingly help tame the volumes of data at the edge, databases don’t work at the edge. -
Orchestration and Automation: The One-Two Punch for Multi-Cloud Simplicity
Success in multi-cloud environments will be characterized by the adoption of an operational framework that can exploit all the advantages of a multi-cloud world. -
How to Get to the Cloud Computing 'Goldilocks Zone'
Borrowing from the astrological meaning, the Goldilocks Zone refers to the space where organizations have the right amount of resources and combination of components to support network life. -
Enabling SDN Based Multi-Access Edge Computing Systems
While MEC is set to address the data demand of 5G networks, adding network programmability to MEC ameliorates the overall MEC solution. -
6 Recommendations for a Future-Proof Hybrid Cloud Strategy
Hybrid cloud computing for high performance computing is quickly becoming commonplace, but there are certain challenges that CIOs must overcome in order to reap all the benefits. -
How NTT DoCoMo Is Cutting Costs and Increasing Efficiency Based on ETSI NFV
DoCoMo’s implementation runs on Ericsson-provided OpenStack-based virtualized infrastructure managers and includes VNFs from multiple vendors such as NEC, Nokia, and Fujitsu. -
Why Problems With Service Chaining Are Stalling NFV
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. -
Deploying Secure Kubernetes Containers in Production: Understanding the Threats
Inadequate container security is increasingly leading to strikes related to ransomware, cryptomining, data theft, and service disruption attacks.