In 2014, companies and open source programmers alike are working as hard as they can to virtualize hardware into software. The latest example of this is Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). The ...

Comcast first dipped its corporate toe into the ocean of network virtualization back in 2009 because it wanted to bring a better experience to its video subscribers. That led to the creation of its X1 ...

Video learners wanting to get a leg up on transformative changes in the cloud/networking industry in the new year may care to avail themselves of a new university-curated collection of instructional ...

While the advantages of virtualization are widely acknowledged with regard to servers, desktops and storage devices, this is also leading military organizations to examine how virtualization can be ...

(1) Segmenting a network into separate entities. See VLAN. (2) Using virtualization techniques to perform network functions. See NFV. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction ...

Intel Corp. has integrated virtual radio access network acceleration into its latest 4th Gen Intel Xeon system-on-chip, helping network operators gear up their efforts to deliver cloud-native features ...

Last week, Microsoft’s distinguished engineer Eric Traut gave a presentation at the University of Illinois about Microsoft’s virtualization technology, blogger Long Zheng reports. Not only does the ...

AT&T made a lot of hay out of its six-year push to virtualize 75% of its network functions, a goal it claims it reached in September 2020. The operator earned a lot of praise for being so outspoken ...

Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) represents a paradigm shift in the design and deployment of network services, decoupling software implementations of network functions from specialised hardware.

Ask a $1.8 billion check-printing company how it remains competitive in today’s rapidly changing business world, and you’ll get a lesson in modern digital transformation. Deluxe Corp., a primarily ...

If there’s one technology that can greatly improve computing environments of any size, it’s virtualization. By using a single physical server to run many virtual servers, you can decrease operational ...

A network that recognizes virtual machine (VM) instances. Embodied in VM-aware network switches, when a virtual machine instance is migrated to a different server, a virtualization-aware network is ...