As the networking industry is being transformed by the next-generation virtualization approach called software-defined networking (SDN), the complementary architectural concept of network functions ...

As I write this I am sitting on a flight to Hong Kong. It is a long haul, and I feel like data being shuttled through a network. I often have conversations with business people who hear the marketing ...

Network functions virtualization (NFV) enables IT pros to modernize their networks with modular software running on standard server platforms. According to ETSI, the goal of NFV is to transform the ...

The recent launch of the Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV) initiative by the Linux Foundation presents enormous opportunities for enterprises utilizing the OpenStack platform. A component of the ...

Server consolidation: Applications running on servers typically use less than 20 percent of the available capacity. Server virtualization allows multiple VMs to run on the same physical server, thus ...

For decades, networks have been built on the same fundamental principle: dedicated hardware appliances for each network function. Need a firewall? Buy a box. Need load balancing? Purchase another ...

There are a number of emerging and proposed standard protocols focused on optimizing the support that data center Ethernet LANs provide for server virtualization. Several of these protocols are aimed ...

AT&T says it virtualized another 6% of its network functions during the last year and has virtualized 71% of its network to date. That’s a change from what the company said last week. AT&T’s ongoing ...