As with most innovations, challenges loom large with software-defined networking. By decoupling the data and control planes of traditional networks, software-defined networking promises a new ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Ever since VMware bought Nicira ...

The following content is from an older version of this website, and may not display correctly. Thanks to on-going increases in processor performance, the number of Virtual Machines per server blade is ...

A multi-vendor, multi-layer, multi-domain SDN orchestration platform can enable the delivery of traditional cloud services with integrated control and end-to-end awareness. Multi-vendor is about more ...

The network team is being bombarded with configuration requests that can take days or weeks to handle, but luckily several approaches are emerging that promise to increase network agility, chief among ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Big Switch Networks today announced that Intel Capital has invested in the company’s Series B funding, bringing the total amount raised to date to over $45 ...

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) has the potential to advance significant change in the way telecom networks are built and operated. Led by seven major communications service providers, NFV ...