Enterprises of every size are moving applications and infrastructure to the cloud. Maintaining operational awareness is difficult enough within a single cloud…
Read MoreNetwork functions virtualization includes many technologies that will enable communications service providers to create more agile networks and reduce operating costs.…
Read MoreNFV is gaining momentum as evidenced by the production implementation of a virtual policy manager at a Tier 1 North American wireless…
Read MoreMany still have difficulty understanding how SDN technologies improve networking in the data center. The key is to develop clear business use cases and detailed training — crucial elements for future success.…
Read MoreToday, IT systems are required to be operational and perform flawlessly. And while all systems fail at some point, advances in network technologies now enable the network to support continuous availability via geographically distributed data centers.…
Read MoreCommunications service providers (CSPs) can deliver highly reliable, low-latency, secure networks between highly distributed user populations and applications running at remote cloud data centers. Because of this, they offer tremendous advantages for enterprises looking to adopt public and private cloud computing.…
Read MoreThere is no question that the software-defined networking (SDN) arena is a hotbed of new ideas, well-funded startups, and established vendor SDN architectures. However, there is a significant question about how much future revenue the SDN market can create. VMware’s $1.2 billion acquisition of Nicira (an SDN startup with minimal current revenues) speaks volumes about the potential market size. Relatively small revenue streams in 2012 show that SDN needs to increase its acceptance to truly impact the broad IT market.…
Read MoreThe tremendous growth of public and private cloud services places new demands on the IT organization, particularly when it comes to the scale, agility, and management of the data center. Software-defined networks are a response to those demands in terms of provisioning, segmentation, management, and costs.…
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