I’ve been in network management a long time. Long enough to know that it ain’t sexy, and likely never will be perceived as sexy. My only dream is to at least get it moved from a cost center to a ...

The Software Defined Networking movement is still evolving, but profiles of SDN users are becoming more clear and we’re getting a bead on some of the common evaluation criteria companies are using to ...

Software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) (SDN and NFV) are hot topics. They are clearly related, but how exactly are they similar? How are they different? How do ...

Software-defined networking (SDN) has taken center stage in the networking industry for the better part of a decade now. In the spirit of the election season, it’s a great time to ask the question: Is ...

Software-defined networking (SDN) is a way to virtualize networks for ease of configuration and maintenance in the same way that servers and storage are being virtualized. The difference is that SDN ...

As the digital enterprise struggles to find the best security solutions to defend their ever-expanding networks, many are looking to next generation tools that offer interoperability capabilities.

Managing networks has become increasingly complex, and it will remain a challenge as the use of Internet of Things devices continues to grow. This complexity makes it difficult to reconfigure a ...

The Department of Defense (DOD) plans to leverage open source solutions and services to meet mission requirements, no matter where the tactical edge lies. Providing ...

Neil Bright is a research scientist and chief HPC architect at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Office of IT. The introduction of server virtualization not only led to more efficient use of ...

Vodafone has upgraded its global transport network using software-defined networking (SDN) to connect the multi-supplier parts of the network. This network orchestrates all the telco’s mobile and ...

New Zealand telco Spark highlighted its drive to adopt software defined networking and network function virtualisation in a strategy update (pdf) delivered to investors yesterday. Spark's chief ...