BROWSING: network functions virtualization

Nokia on the role of SaaS for telecom workloads: A vision of a “fully-automated network on demand” AUSTIN—As virtualization, at this point mature in the core network, is making an impact on how radio access networks are architected and operated, there’s a line of thinking...

The ideas around Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), each in their own right, have been around in the industry for many years. They have garnered significant interest in the marketplace as methods to break the vertical market stranglehold that vendors have...

Mosaic Alliance brings vendors together to improve NFV and SDN solutions In an effort to speed up the implementation of its software-defined access (SD-access) networks, Adtran Inc., a global provider of networking and communications equipment, recently debuted its Adtran Mosaic Open Network Alliance. The...

 A new architectural framework SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest wireless telecommunications operator, announced the commercialization of a new network functions virtualization management and orchestration (NFV MANO) platform known as T-MANO to advance the deployment of virtualized network tools and software. The main idea behind NFV...

A cultural environment What is devops? First off, it's a lot more than a buzzword in the telecom industry. Despite the widespread attention devops has received, the concept lacks linguistic clarity. Numerous organizations have adopted the term with conflicting perceptions about what it actually means. Originally...

The internet of things (IoT) is creating ripples in the marketplace of ideas, enabling billions of web-connected devices to exchange meaningful information without human intervention. It has the power to revolutionize how customers shop, companies conduct business and hospitals treat patients. To ensure these...

The telecom industry is undergoing a major shift with the migration from voice and data services to an encompassing set of networking tools. Accompanying this shift is a need for greater agility and flexibility. Open source software is indispensable to a faster, more malleable...

The need for NFV Network functions virtualization (NFV) is widely described as the biggest game changer in the telecom industry. Service providers everywhere are embracing NFV to enable speed and agility, creating the ability to pump out services at an unprecedented rate. Today’s application climate consists...

Network functions virtualization (NFV) is making big waves in the telecom industry, but the shift lacks proper oversight. Consequently, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) defined management and orchestration (MANO) as the architectural framework for overseeing the surge of network functions flooding virtual devices. At...

Napatech discusses the role of NFV in moving telecom into the cloud As carriers gradually work out how to automate increasingly complex networks, NFV is the clear solution, but deployment has been slow. Management and orchestration have been stumbling blocks, but major progress has been...

A perceived lull in NFV deployment and development can be overcome with the right model in place. When people run out of things to say in a conversation or a fierce storm dies down, we call that a “lull.” This is the...

Network function performance in a virtualized world Over the course of the last 15 years, both enterprises and service providers have come to embrace the benefits of server virtualization. The benefits are multi-fold – ranging from increased efficiency and return on investment, and greater business...

Total cost of ownership associated with telecom operators moving toward virtualized platforms continues to be debated, with various models showing savings on the capital expense side, operating expense side, both or neither. A new report from ACG Research comes down on the opex side of...

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we talked with Andre Fuetsch, SVP of architecture and design at AT&T, to get an update on the telecom operators expansive network virtualization, NFV and SDN plans AT&T is arguably one of the most prominent telecom operator...

The cable business typically doesn’t feature high on lists of dynamic industries that rapidly adopt innovative new technologies in order to deliver compelling new products and stellar customer support. Under the surface, however, cable operators are using virtualization technologies to achieve major changes in how...

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we talked with Elias Aravantinos, principal analyst at ACG Research, on a new white paper looking at NFV ROI models https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-jc7EQJmPk One of the bigger challenges facing mobile operators as they look to deploy virtualized platforms like network functions virtualization,...

A new report from IHS predicts the NFV market is set to explode 5-fold beginning this year Analyst firms continue to report data backing growing demand for network functions virtualization across the telecom space. The latest comes from IHS, which this week noted the global market...

A new NFV study from ACG Research shows investment payback in 3 years One of the bigger hurdles facing mobile operators as they look at deploying virtualized network functions is lining up capital and operational expense models with expectations. A new report from ACG Research, sponsored...

A new security extension for network functions virtualization aligns businesses and carriers at the forefront of cloud computing What is a network? That question was fairly easy to answer a decade ago. Today, it’s not so easy. A network encompasses enterprise infrastructure, carrier networks, cloud...

AT&T working on PoC for software-defined storage using SDN, NFV and cloud AT&T is looking to take advantage of its push into network virtualization using software-defined networking, network functions virtualization and cloud to bolster storage opportunities. The telecom giant said it has created a proof-of-concept technology...