NFV Hub

As the demand for true network virtualisation is about to be met, a key issue is how CSPs can deliver the best SDN experience. The importance of capacity planning, management and orchestration is now being recognised in the journey towards end-to-end virtualisation, writes Dr Jay Perrett

This was the question posed towards at the end of a recent NFV roundtable discussion hosted by VanillaPlus which included colleagues from Ericsson, Cisco, JDSU, TMForum, Analysys Mason and Nakina. At the time, my knee-jerk response was “yes”.

NFV allows CSPs to increase efficiency and lower costs, but it requires a transformation in the way networks are run, writes Kate O’Flaherty

To make the most of transforming from a physical to a virtual network architecture operators need to avoid numerous bear traps. Jeremy Cowan asks industry experts where CSPs may feel

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There is widespread agreement that network function virtualisation (NFV) presents a game-changing opportunity for communication service providers and customers alike. But CSPs also have serious concerns about how to manage

Network functions virtualisation (NFV) is less of a subject for debate and excitement than it was two months ago when we published the VanillaPlus CEO Guide to NFV Part One.

The communications industry is beginning to talk about how to implement network function virtualisation (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN), we noted at the SDN & OpenFlow World Congress 2014. This

Communications service providers (CSPs) for the most part still enjoy a healthy bottom line. It is mostly their future that people question, always worried about some nimble, innovative company toppling

The value of SDN/NFV lies in standardising and making network infrastructure programmable, while enabling value-added services to be introduced quickly and efficiently, writes Ari Banerjee, principal analyst for service provider