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Hewlett Packard Enterprise makes a move toward greater IoT use by removing many of the common barriers with a little help from NFV. - 12/6/2016
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This week's NFV Essentials coverage included stories on network functions virtualization as it relates to the DevOps model, adoption in the Asia-Pacific region, RADCOM's involvement in the Open Source MANO effort, and the MEF's recognition of VeloCloud. - 12/3/2016
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Operators are moving to DevOps business model to leverage the full capabilities of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) to gain increased flexibility and agility. - 12/1/2016
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RADCOM becomes part the global service provider and vendor community by joining Open Source MANO (OSM) to advance Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). - 11/30/2016
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SD-WAN solution provider VeloCloud Networks Inc. has received the 2016 SDN Technology of the Year designation from the MEF. - 11/29/2016
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By Michael GutaThe Asia-Pacific region is increasing its adoption of NFV/SDN as consumers and organizations demand broadband services on mobile and fixed lines. - 11/28/2016
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ADLINK Technology readies new slate of NFV essentials to show off at Carrier Network Virtualization event. - 11/23/2016
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Infogix offers a look at 2017 in data trends, and data analysis methods are leading the way. - 11/23/2016
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The benefits afforded through cloud computing are available to the average telco through NFV essentials. The key is to understand the transition process and how best to overcome challenges. - 11/23/2016
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Traffic visibility is one of the great NFV essentials, and Astellia and b<>com are poised to deliver it. - 11/22/2016
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Telecoms can use software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) platforms to compete with OTTs by providing best of class alternative services with faster times to market. - 11/22/2016
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Cloud over IP platform company Zentera Systems Inc. later this month will formally announce new integrations with some popular security engines used by enterprises. - 11/18/2016
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A focus on NFV essentials and telecom signaling operations are part of what will drive huge gains for Oracle to come, projects Larry Ellison. - 11/18/2016
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Cost-cutting proves a big draw for companies focusing on NFV essentials. - 11/18/2016
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The cloud, NFV, open source, and messaging were among the key themes this week in NFV Essentials. - 11/12/2016
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Enterprise IT and product engineering services provider ALTEN Calsoft Labs has been promoting the fact that it was included in Forrester's new "Vendor Landscape: Oracle Services Providers Aggressively Pivot to Cloud solutions" report. This report addresses the impacts of the cloud shift and provides… - 11/9/2016
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It's one thing to want to put network functions virtualization (NFV) systems in place in a business, but it's another thing entirely to actually step up and get that job done. Such a job can be made a little easier with the right tools, and RIFT.io may have just the tool. It's recently brought its R… - 11/8/2016
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Not so long ago, the Groupe Special Mobile Association (GSMA) brought out its Universal Profile for Advanced Messaging, a system geared toward providing a universal framework for messaging services, including things like group chat, read receipts and tools for photo sharing. Backed by 58 global oper… - 11/7/2016
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Steve Anderson, NFV Essentials contributing writer, reported about Ingenu's work in New Orleans. The company's M2M network in New Orleans covers 240 square miles and is based on Random Phase Multiple Access technology. - 11/5/2016
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With a networking microprocessor chip, additional devices are not needed for sending and receiving data on a telecommunications network. As service providers come under increasing pressure to deliver voice and video in addition to data, the networks they deploy or use have to be optimized to maximum… - 11/4/2016
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By Michael GutaAs communication service providers (CSPs), enterprises and telecom operators continue to migrate to software-based networks, testing and assurance services are essential to properly manage and monitor their infrastructure. If they are not able to do so, they cannot guarantee the end user experience … - 11/4/2016
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By Michael GutaAs more organizations migrate to the cloud, communications service providers (CSPs) want to be able to deploy a unified, multivendor and multifunction NFV platform capable of supporting a wide range of applications at all stages of the development. For VMware, a global provider of cloud infrastructu… - 11/4/2016
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Businesses the world over are seeing clear value in the Internet of Things (IoT), and that's spurring a lot of new demand in this field. Ingenu recently brought out its own system to add some value to this market, and the recently-launched New Orleans Machine Network is going to offer up a lot of he… - 11/3/2016
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KORE, the world's sixth largest M2M/IoT services provider, continues its advance on a number of fronts. That includes plans to expand geographically, recognition for its leadership in the homeland security market, and an upgrade in the Gartner Magic Quadrant. - 11/3/2016
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M2M, network performance, orchestration, and SD-WAN all made headlines this week in NFV Essentials. - 10/29/2016
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By Michael GutaNetwork performance greatly dictates how today's digital businesses perform. Whether it is service providers or enterprises, the end user experience depends on how the performance of the network has been optimized to deliver the best possible service. In addition to performance, flexibility and lowe… - 10/26/2016
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By Michael GutaGartner defines managed M2M services as a solution used for automated data transmission and measurement between mechanical or electronic devices. It also includes field-deployed wireless devices with embedded sensors, wireless communications networks, back-end systems that interpret data and enables… - 10/26/2016
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SD-WAN has already become a popular new way for businesses to connect their branch locations without buying costly MPLS connections, and receiving some other nice capabilities in the process. But did you know that there are applications for SD-WAN related to the Internet of Things and mobile network… - 10/24/2016
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There's been lots of action and work around network functions virtualization in places such as the U.S. and key countries in Europe. But, as Susan J. Campbell noted in an NFV Essentials piece this week, NFV can also be helpful in bringing communications capabilities to developing parts of the world. - 10/22/2016
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While there's been no shortage of development in the network functions virtualization (NFV) field in general, some developments are getting more attention than others. Voip-Pal.com, Inc., meanwhile, is actively calling out one of the biggest developments in the market: messaging platforms. - 10/21/2016
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By Michael GutaNetwork technology is undergoing a transformation to keep up with what organizations and individual consumers are demanding. In order to support live streaming video, real-time services, hosted applications and the different types of communications solutions in the market place, a transformation is … - 10/21/2016
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Development - it means different things to different people. In the technology realm, it's a focus on consistent innovations that help us focus on the next generation of enablement. When development is happening in parts of the world where it hasn't been a primary focus in the past, the adoption of … - 10/20/2016
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Open source has been a great boon for the technology market as a whole. Opening up the field and encouraging development above all else, some charitable corporations out there are offering up key components on an as-needed basis. This in turn gives other, often smaller, companies access to necessary… - 10/20/2016
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By Alicia YoungWelcome back to the week in review, where we take a look at all the top stories making headlines in NFV Essentials this week. - 10/15/2016
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By Alicia YoungDIGITALK, a provider of carrier, consumer and mobile solutions to retail and wholesale voice and data communications service providers worldwide, announced this week that it has selected and deployed Affirmed Networks to help enhance its mobile cloud infrastructure. DIGITALK will use Affirmed Networ… - 10/14/2016
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By Michael GutaThe promise of virtualization has service providers excited about the possibility of automating most of the functions in their network, with the goal of end-to-end orchestration that will deliver greater operational efficiency and cost reduction in capital and operational expenditures. The new NFV 2… - 10/13/2016
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Data traffic is one of those things that few really notice until something's gone wrong in the flow. When it does go wrong, having a means to get visibility on that traffic can be a huge help in spotting a problem before the user experience starts to be substantially impacted. Vedicis may have a lit… - 10/11/2016
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AT&T;, Italtel, and Sandvine were among the companies making headlines this week in NFV Essentials. - 10/8/2016
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The Sandvine Traffic Steering Engine is a new product designed to address the challenges CSP's face when they look to deploy large-scale Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Service Function Chaining (SFC). - 10/7/2016
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Italtel has long been known as a force to be reckoned with in all-IP communications, and it's stepping up its presence in software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) as well. This expanded effort is set to bring some new products to show off at an upcoming exhibition… - 10/6/2016
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A flexible network infrastructure lets organizations adapt to existing conditions, as well as future demands without the delay and cost of legacy systems. While in the past any change to the infrastructure meant adding new hardware, today it can be accomplished almost instantly with on demand platfo… - 10/5/2016
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By Michael GutaMany countries in sub-Saharan Africa don't have uniform broadband infrastructure in place capable of providing or delivering Ethernet services. As countries in the developed world continued to deploy applications based on software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV), … - 10/5/2016
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You know how when you attend a trade show you typically have a lot of conversations, listen to a lot of speeches and presentations, and see a lot of new and sometimes exciting things, but that you also suffer a bit of information overload in the process? Right, me too. - 10/1/2016
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By Alicia YoungEveryone knows that network functions virtualization (NFV) is important. It's more than just moving network infrastructure functionality to a virtualized environment, which is how it looks on the surface. It's also about orchestrating, delivering and managing end-to-end services. It does this by cha… - 9/30/2016
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Enea, a provider of software services and platforms, announced this week that its Pharos lab is now open to OPNFV Colorado software testing and validation for OPNFV members. The OPNFV platform is now in its third iteration, "Colorado," and the first release to provide commercial grade quality and fu… - 9/30/2016
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Another Oracle OpenWorld in the books. In my opinion, this is the biggest gathering of folks that care about databases, which should be almost everyone who runs nearly any application. Bottom line: If they were here, they had a database. The five-day event took over San Francisco's Moscone Center an… - 9/29/2016
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By Casey HouserCommunications control devices traditionally work for users by helping them create a standard interface for interacting with other devices, such as allowing a computer to connect through a serial port to a modem. In such situations, the devices on either end can exchange information in a simple and … - 9/28/2016
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It was a busy week in San Francisco, where Oracle customers, employees, and partners gathered to learn what's new and what's next from the company, and had the opportunity to network with one another. - 9/24/2016
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By Michael GutaAs Oracle 2016 OpenWorld comes to an end today, the event was responsible for some noteworthy announcements from the company and it's CEO Larry Ellison. There was Oracle Database 12c Release 2, and more than 20 new Oracle Cloud Platform and Application services. This includes a range of Infrastructu… - 9/22/2016
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Oracle went after the jugular at Amazon this week, launching a crop of cloud data centers that will help the company go head to head against AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google. The new centers will offer IaaS at a low price point, and Oracle is hoping to make the company a serious contender in the clou… - 9/22/2016
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Many companies lack the skillsets and resources required to manage cloud management and migrations. In an effort to help its partners address those gaps, Oracle has launched its Cloud Managed Service Provider Program. - 9/20/2016
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As Oracle kicks off 2016 OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, the company so far has introduced more than 20 new products and services for its cloud platform. This includes the new innovations to its Oracle Analytics Cloud solution with a comprehensive set of capabilities that will be addressing p… - 9/20/2016
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Application delivery controllers have become an important product category in networking. Indeed, mentions of ADCs have arisen again and again in our recent coverage. - 9/17/2016
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Application delivery controller (ADC) services are critical to deliver the solutions organizations need for their workforce. With the migration to the cloud to improve the level of accessibility, flexibility and scalability, the right ADC service becomes that much more important. The new KEMP 360 Cl… - 9/16/2016
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After the infrastructure and technology to operate a mobile telecommunications service has been deployed, monetizing and managing the different tiers of services the business offers can make or break the company. For QBoCel, a mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE) and Mobile Virtual Network Operator… - 9/15/2016
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Demand on networks is only increasing, and it is going to get that much more challenging when 5G is fully implemented in the coming years. For service providers and network operators, the entire ecosystem has to be optimized to ensure the deluge of data consumers and organizations' access is readily… - 9/15/2016
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Special deals are an eye-catching proposition in a lot of markets. It's no different in the mobile market, as a recent move between Reliance Jio and LeEco put a little extra life in the Jio Welcome Offer, a special deal that should do its share of drawing in new customers. - 9/14/2016
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Various network infrastructure solutions providers have unleashed a wealth of new product news in the areas of network functions virtualization and software-defined networking in recent weeks. - 9/10/2016
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By Alicia YoungKEMP Technologies, a provider of advanced Layer 2 - 7 Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) and application-centric load balancing, works to improve the way enterprises and service providers build cloud-enabled application delivery infrastructure. Clearly, they are doing an impressive job with this… - 9/9/2016
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Huawei has unveiled Agile Controller 3.0, a software-defined networking solution. Agile Controller 3.0 allows for automated deployment, on-demand bandwidth adjustment, optimization, and resource reservation in enterprise and service provider networks. Huawei says it's suitable for use in enterprise … - 9/8/2016
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We are currently at a unique time in history. Donald Trump is a presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton is poised to become the second Clinton to sit at the Resolute desk and, meanwhile, software continues its quest to eat the world. Software is serving communications service providers well, as we a… - 9/8/2016
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Red Hat has announced the general availability of its Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9. This is the latest release of the company's infrastructure-as-a-service platform, which is used for deploying and managing private and public cloud and network functions virtualization environments. - 9/6/2016
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This week many people with an interest in next-generation data centers, software-centric networks, and virtualization gathered at the VMworld event. - 9/3/2016
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NFV and SDN were wonderful concepts in theory for many years. Then they made their way into the data center and have been instrumental in building out today's "hyperscale" data centers in support of mobility, the cloud and a seemingly infinite number of applications and services. And now NFV is prov… - 9/1/2016
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Dell is poised to close its acquisition of EMC next week, giving the company a controlling interest in VMware. The two companies presented a united front at the VMworld event this week, seizing on a pivotal moment to strengthen their play into the service provider space by way of network functions v… - 9/1/2016
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While Telit's OzVision Management Platform wasn't exactly a slouch in its own right, Telit recently took a closer look at this impressive system and noticed that one key point was absent, a point that it moved to patch up. Now, OzVision comes with video recording capability, allowing it to better ta… - 9/1/2016
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It was a week of acquisitions, new product-related partnership and new study publication in NFV Essentials this time around. - 8/27/2016
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There can no longer be any doubt about the direction in which networking is headed. We have hyperscale data centers cropping up all over the globe, massive fiber optic cables being laid on the floors of our oceans and an explosive number of mobile subscribers consuming services and data at a breakne… - 8/25/2016
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InfoVista provides network orchestration solutions to improve network performance for communication service providers, mobile operators and large enterprises. For all of these organizations, network performance and security are some of the biggest concerns they have in this highly competitive and da… - 8/25/2016
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Agility, automation, lower capital costs, operational efficiencies - these are some of the drivers of carrier exploration and adoption of network functions virtualization and software-defined networking. - 8/23/2016
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A new partnership between Trend Micro and Wind River recently came to light, and with that new partnership came some great new options for users. The combined effort of a security software giants and the folks behind the Wind River Titanium Server now offers users the Trend Micro Virtual Network Fun… - 8/23/2016
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It was a week of new product introductions, new industry organizations and proof of concept success stories in NFV Essentials. - 8/20/2016
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Whenever there is a technology that gets labeled as "The Next Big Thing!" there is always a reason to question the validity of the claim. Indeed, it is one of the reasons for the popularity over the years of the Gartner Group's hype cycle. That said, a leading metric for how much traffic something n… - 8/19/2016
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It is interesting how fast things can move in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space. A case in point is that it was only a few weeks ago that I covered the announcement from ON.Lab and the Linux Foundation regarding the formation of the CORD Project aimed at re-architecting the telecom ce… - 8/18/2016
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For those of us in the technology business we are all aware of those yellow books with titles "XXX for Dummies." And, while we may be aware, most people don't necessary readily admit that they use these books as constant reference materials. However, the not so little secret is that the books, regar… - 8/17/2016
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NEC is introducing a network functions virtualization-based cloud radio access network solution that controls distributed units in line with data volumes. - 8/17/2016
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This week in NFV Essentials was a time of benchmark testing, lab opening stories and new partnership announcements. - 8/13/2016
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It is rare that in the telecommunications world infrastructure upgrades end up being an all-family affair. However, such has been the case with the announcement that the Dimension Data arm of Japan multi-national NTT Group has been selected by the service provider business NTT Communications to prov… - 8/11/2016
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Spirent provioded NFV test bed helps establish metrics for helping make the case for NFV deployments. - 8/10/2016
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Huawei Launches Cloud Open Labs in ceremony including several partners including OPENFV, Red Hat, VMware, and others. - 8/10/2016
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Epsilon selects Cirrus Core Networks NFV-based IaaS solution to provide intelligent networking and cloud connectivity. - 8/9/2016
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There was a wide range of news this week on NFV Essentials, but the connective thread that ties together all of it is the involvement of communications services providers. That's a good sign, as it offers further evidence that network functions virtualization is truly moving forward rather than simp… - 8/6/2016
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By TMCnet StaffAT&T; to migrate its network probe functions to the cloud with new service assurance software from RADCOM. - 8/4/2016
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When it comes to network functions virtualization (NFV) the headlines tend to be about developments regarding the telecom service providers. However, as we all know, they are not the only ones looking to transform their networks, especially as the network services market moves rapidly to provisionin… - 8/4/2016
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So often when it comes to looking at next generation technology solutions, the focus is on the mass market. Focus also these days tends to be on the need for networks, leveraging to a large extent the virtualization capabilities of software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualizati… - 8/4/2016
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With so much attention being paid to network functions virtualization (NFV) and all the efforts for communications service providers (CSPs) to help accelerate its development and realization for commercial use, sometimes the fact that it already is out there and has use cases gets overlooked. In fac… - 8/3/2016
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ETSI's NFV Group names Diego Lopez of Telefonica as new leader. - 8/2/2016
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The departure of Ericsson's CEO and Google's embrace of CORD were probably the two biggest developments of the week related to network functions virtualization, and the larger movement to software-centric networks. - 7/30/2016
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Amdocs is acting as the integrator for those who use AT&T;'s ECOMP platform to build software-centric network services. - 7/28/2016
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It has long been implied, but rarely explicitly, that the future of the communications hub for local switching, the Central Office (CO), along with the PSTN has reached retirement age. It has been no secret as well that the future of communications networks would be based on the IT data center model… - 7/28/2016
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FusionLayer's FusionLayer Infinity now certified for use with HPE's NFV Infrastructure (NFV-I) system and OpenStack Carrier Grade virtualization platform. - 7/27/2016
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By Casey HouserSonus Session Border Controller (SBC), which runs as a virtual network function, gets several significant updates. - 7/25/2016
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AT&T; and Orange this week announced that they are working together on NFV and SDN standardization. And Saudi Telecom Co. is deploying Juniper Networks' Contrail Networking solution. - 7/23/2016
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AT&T; Network Functions on Demand (NFD)will have a global presence as it will be available in 76 countries. - 7/21/2016
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Much has been made recently of the fact that, despite the desirability of all members of the communications industry to cooperate to get 5G right the first time, various regions of the world are counting on their area's expertise to assure the economic benefits of technology leadership flow to them.… - 7/21/2016
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One of the more interesting aspects of the history of communications and computing is that, when it comes to the adoption of standards to assure everything interoperates solutions, vendors need a little nudge from the major customers. A good example of this was TCP/IP which, despite competing "stand… - 7/21/2016
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As somebody who follows network functions virtualization (NFV) developments closely, including what industry analysts have to say about current practices and trends, it is extremely rare that a report from a respected analyst firm stirs industry reaction. However, the latest NFV Hardware, Software, … - 7/20/2016
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By Michael GutaSaudi Telecom Company (STC) isdeploying Juniper Networks' Contrail Networking solution for its cloud services. - 7/20/2016
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Network functions virtualization and software-defined networking continue to be the subject of much debate and activity. Here's a sampling of what we've seen on this front recently. - 7/16/2016
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Understanding network functions virtualization (NFV) can be a challenge in its own right, but actually trying to put it to work can be even more of a problem. That's a point that Mirantis has heard more than once from its customer base, and as such, has made a move to make its OpenStack release easi… - 7/14/2016
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