Much of the material you see on NFV focuses on technical specs, with pretty diagrams about how the technology fits into the ETSI NFV Managment And Network Orchestration (MANO) architecture. But what ...

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 ...

Remember, in March of 2013 NFV was brand new. SDN had been around for a couple of years, but its audience was limited. At the onset, there was general confusion around the similarities and differences ...

For mobile operators, the evolution and adoption of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a positive look into the future of network operations. NFV is an initiative to virtualize network services ...

NFV makes IT infrastructure more flexible, scalable and cost-effective, but the complexity of these new networks makes visibility a real challenge Operational efficiency is a high priority for most ...

Collaborative workshop held at CableLabs facilities last week Participating from 90 leading experts in data modelling Organisations include 3GPP, ITU, MEF, OPNFV, ONF and TM Forum Aim to reduce NFV ...

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 ...

Google, an early proponent of software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV), is going to lend its new-age networking expertise to mobile operators. Noting that mobile ...

NFV lives on the edge of the datacenter, on the border between the company’s network and the carrier’s network NFV encompasses the set of functions—like load balancing, firewalls, intrusion detection, ...

SDN, NFT, and network virtualization are all new terms that are sometimes used interchangeably, but they each have different meanings, writes Wikibon Networking Analyst Stuart Miniman in his latest ...