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Key developments related to the configuration, provisioning, management and orchestration of virtualized network functions (VNFs).


News & Views Most Popular Telefónica Wrestles With OSM, SDN as Unica Passes Halfway Point By Iain Morris, International Editor, 3/18/2019 The Spanish operator's big virtualization project is over the halfway point and facing up to a new set of technical challenges. Post a Comment \| Read (0) MWC19: ETSI's DG Drills Down Into 5G By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/13/2019 At Mobile World Congress, Luis Jorge Romero, director general of ETSI, talks about the industry body's focus on key areas of 5G R&D, including edge computing, virtualization and automated network management, and provides an update on blockchain and AI efforts. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Orange, Vodafone to Unveil Common Approach to NFVi By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 2/27/2019 The two operators have been working to develop a number of NFV infrastructure (NFVi) configurations to meet the needs of different types of virtual network function (VNF) deployments. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: lior_mi An important carrier-driven initiative to streamline NFVI efforts! Currently,... Advertisement The Self-Publishing Network – What Can it Do for You? By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 1/28/2019 No, it's not a self-help group for struggling authors... Post a Comment \| Read (0) Canonical Girds Its Cloud-Native Loins as Containers Gain Traction By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 1/9/2019 Canonical's head of NFV is bullish about the shift towards cloud-native functions and the appetite for containers among network operators, but others are waiting to gain from that development too. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Digital Transformation: Telcos Face the Future By Stan Hubbard, Director, Communications & Research, MEF, 12/27/2018 How MEF's work impacts telco businesses, SD-WAN and digital transformation, from the perspectives of AT&T, PCCW and Verizon. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Solution12143 I always regarded SD-WAN as carrier network technology, and he told it comes... ONAP's Casablanca Focuses on Deployability By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 12/4/2018 No romance here, just a software release with practical features to put this automated orchestration platform into use globally. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Operators Using PoCs to Drive APIs to Market Faster By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 11/28/2018 Real-world experience using live networks in MEF proofs-of-concept is allowing operator members to shape technical specs faster. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Orange Pushing Multivendor SD-WAN By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/16/2018 Orange Business Services is working with several vendors to develop multivendor SD-WAN expertise and counting on MEF application programming interfaces and definitions for SD-WAN to enable a single portal for its SD-WAN offering, says Franck Morales, vice president of marketing of connectivity services for Orange Business Services. In addition, its SD-WAN service will be built on four other pillars: native cloud connectivity, best-of-breed security, global services and future-proof solution. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Nokia Upgrades NFVi for Edge, Containers By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 11/15/2018 Also, for the first time the vendor is directly sourcing OpenStack from its open source community instead of using RedHat's version. Post a Comment \| Read (0) The Acumos AI Project Is On Track but Lacking 'Apps' By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 11/14/2018 The Linux Foundation's Acumos AI Project has issued its initial release on schedule but its 'app store' is still rather bare. Post a Comment \| Read (0) How Red Hat Could Give IBM's Telco Strategy a New Lease of Life By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/5/2018 With telco cloud and open source developments playing a key role in network operator strategies, Red Hat's acquisition could bolster IBM's opportunities with communications service provider customers. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: bosco_pcs This CSP angle is a more substantive than most the run-of-the-mill IBM + Red... Orchestrator Startup Inmanta Raises Funding, Bolsters Team By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/29/2018 Startup boasts some impressive results from a proof of concept with a Belgian operator and remains confident about landing commercial deals. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Ericsson CTO Talks 5G, Edge Computing & Machine Learning By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/23/2018 Ericsson's Group CTO Erik Ekudden discusses 5G partnerships, the growing importance of edge computing and the use of machine learning (ML) tools. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: peter morris Excellent post. It was really informative. please keep sharing more Essay... Is Virtualization a DIY Deal for Telcos? By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 10/22/2018 Many larger network operators are bringing software development in-house, developing their own orchestrators and other tools, and using more open source to get the results they want, without vendor dependence. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CSPs Still Puzzling Over NFV Business Case By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 10/18/2018 TM Forum Digital Transformation Tracker shows diversity of views on virtualization, with larger operators moving forward much faster, and many smaller companies struggling to make it pay. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Service Providers Should Adapt to Open Source World By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 10/16/2018 Four operator executives say open source solves more problems than it causes, and that CSPs need to get with the program. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Open Source MANO Needs a Reality Check By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/16/2018 There's friction and a fair amount of hot air in the open source NFV MANO world and it's not doing anyone any favors. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: vances History tells us victory goes to the popular choice. Linux was a technically... Is Open Source the Right Approach for NFV Orchestration? By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 10/15/2018 Open source MANO (management and orchestration) developments are providing network operators with something of a conundrum. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Colt Ready for Major NFV Push By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/12/2018 After years of developments and incremental advances, Colt is set for a major three-stage telco cloud deployment that will be a big step in its migration from a legacy hardware architecture to virtualized functions. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards lior_mi, 3/7/2019 3:58:19 AM Orange, Vodafone to Unveil Common Approach to NFVi Re: Important carrier-driven initiative to streamline NFVI efforts An important carrier-driven initiative to streamline NFVI efforts! Currently, too many NFVI alternatives make transition to NFVI complex and expensive for both vendors and operators. Consolidation into a single simplified... juliahaiden43, 1/20/2019 11:43:39 PM DT's Terastream: A Bigger Splash? Re: Appreciated Really good article really appreciate your knowledge and found you as expert in it. Solution12143, 12/27/2018 8:37:33 AM Digital Transformation: Telcos Face the Future Re: Not clear about SD-WAN... I always regarded SD-WAN as carrier network technology, and he told it comes from OTT. Maybe I don't understand something? peter morris, 11/6/2018 6:00:32 AM Ericsson CTO Talks 5G, Edge Computing & Machine Learning Re: Peter morris Excellent post. It was really informative. please keep sharing more Essay Writing services bosco_pcs, 11/5/2018 3:29:34 PM How Red Hat Could Give IBM's Telco Strategy a New Lease of Life Re: Great report w/ originality This CSP angle is a more substantive than most the run-of-the-mill IBM + Red Hat doing hybrid cloud bhah bhah bhah on TV. Those folks are suppose to be analysts who know everything about IBM and Red Hat but they are more... FranP, 10/28/2018 8:35:25 AM Is X by Orange Showing Us the OTT Future for Telcos? Re: x by Orange shows a change in the intention to have an own cloud service offer? Interesting news!, does this mean that Orange is abandoning their intention to have an own cloud service offer and start relying and using AWS?, at least this is what they are doing for this criticial service. Or... vances, 10/18/2018 5:08:03 AM Open Source MANO Needs a Reality Check Re: Mindshare History tells us victory goes to the popular choice. Linux was a technically poor and incomplete alternative to BSD but that only lasted as long as they enjoyed a lead in the amount of development tme devoted to the project.... [email protected], 10/18/2018 2:27:19 AM Open Source MANO Needs a Reality Check Re: good stuff well this was something necessary and i am now hopefull a lot for the betterment. Businesses should open some of their techniques for the betterment of the people. They should prvoide something. Business can proper with... AHavang, 10/16/2018 9:23:59 AM Open Source MANO Needs a Reality Check Re: A Vendor View Ray, Couple of thoughts. As a VNF vendor, we have to support all cloud platforms and all MANOs that customers support, unless we want to be excluded from their business. That is, a vendor can't rely on one single MANO... markhmortensen, 9/27/2018 2:12:33 AM NFV 1.0 Is Passé; Cloud Native Is Coming Re: CNFs will require unprecedentedly tight standards The movement to cloud native virtual network functions (called CNFs in the article), based on microservices will require that the VNFs be decomposed into sets of stateless microservices. This will require "breaking up" the... Gabriel Brown, 9/26/2018 4:30:24 AM Vodafone's Heeran: Defining the Telco Cloud Re: Public cloud for telco networking This is a big statement to unpack: "We also have to consider the public cloud -- the closer we are in an architectural sense to the public cloud, the easier that will make it for us." jylliannesiga, 9/25/2018 4:46:07 AM NFV Is Down but Not Out Re: So does Gedeon from TELUS expects NFV to be FREE???? Some of these comments look stark in text in a news report, but it's hard to judge context and tone from here. James_B_Crawshaw, 9/13/2018 5:22:08 PM DT's Terastream: A Bigger Splash? Re: Re: Beer reference Kölsch - a clear, top-fermented beer with a bright, straw-yellow hue. Nothing cloudified there Axel :) axelc, 9/13/2018 11:36:56 AM DT's Terastream: A Bigger Splash? Re: Beer reference I won't comment on the rest of the content, but for someone who studied and worked for a long time in Cologne, this comment on the start section of the article is key: my favorite beer is Koelsch (this is brewed inside the... Joe Stanganelli, 8/30/2018 11:57:34 PM CSPs Brace for Changes in Assurance Wrought by Virtualization, Automation Re: Automation and virtualization > the growth of virtualized networks will increase the need for proactive, automated testingWhich is kind of funny, considering that the growth of virtualization enables this automation to begin with. It's almost like... More Message Boards		Security Now Facebook Exposes Millions of Unencrypted User Passwords Larry Loeb, Author, 3/22/2019 It's an internal matter – but it could affect millions of the social ... (3 comments) FIN7 Resurfaces With New Malware Techniques Larry Loeb, Author, 3/22/2019 The FIN7 group of cyber criminals is still going strong. 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LINX Talks Open Networking & OcNOS Nominum & Security for Small to Midsized Businesses C-V2X Is Getting Ready for Commercialization With ... Ixia Launches World’s First 400GE Testing Solutions Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoCs Integrate the RF Signal Chain Pluribus: SDN & Beyond Cloud, Security, AI & IoT Are Driving the Need for ... Masergy's NFV Journey Mavenir on RCS Cloud Platform & Multi-ID Keep Connected IoT Devices Under Control With Allot Metaswitch: Defining the Cloud Native Core Accelerating IP/Optical Network Visibility & Control Making 5G NR a Reality With Qualcomm Act on Your Intelligence With Amdocs aia! Making 5G New Radio (NR) a Reality Accelerating C-V2X Toward 5G for Autonomous Driving Dan Sahar of Qwilt on Open Edge Cloud Platform Nominum's Craig Sprosts on DNS & Cybersecurity Trends Versa: A Lot More Than SD-WAN SmartNICs & the Future of Network Virtualization Introducing the Next-Generation ONT (Optical Network ... 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Palo Alto Networks on Expanding in the Carrier/Service ... Infoblox on DNS Threat Index The Netformx Ecosystem Versa Networks on Leveraging VNFs Nuage Networks on Operationalizing SDN Mellanox's New 25/50/100Gb/s Ethernet Products Arista's CloudVision VIEW FULL VIDEO SHOWCASE Prime Reading DT's Terastream: A Bigger Splash? Iain Morris , International Editor , 9/13/2018 Deutsche Telekom's once-ballyhooed Terastream initiative, which turned seven this ... (3 comments) NFV Is Down but Not Out Iain Morris , International Editor , 5/22/2018 NFV has failed to live up to the original expectations five years after it was ... (33 comments) Atrinet Pivots, Tackles Hybrid Network Headaches Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 2/13/2018 Network management vendor revamps its strategy to promote itself as a telco cloud ... (0) How Radcom's Pricing Model Is Set to Disrupt the Market Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 2/7/2018 Radcom's VNF pricing model looks set to excite network operators and drain the ... (5 comments) All Prime Reading Newsfeed MYCOM OSI Acquired by Inflexion Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Nokia Releases Updates CloudBand NFV-I Software Thursday, November 15, 2018 Ekinops Unveils New OneAccess 10G Ethernet Access Device Tuesday, October 30, 2018 ADVA Reports Q3 Improvements Thursday, October 25, 2018 TM Forum Survey Finds Digital Transformation Going Slowly Thursday, October 18, 2018 Linux Foundation Networking & Cloud Native Computing Foundation Get Jiggy Thursday, September 27, 2018 ADVA Beefs Up Ensemble MANO Suite Wednesday, September 5, 2018 More Newsfeeds

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