Colt expands On Demand SDN globally, adding high bandwidth solution options

Colt Technology Services to deliver on-demand high bandwidth solutions to more regions, as the organisation continues to upgrade its network to ensure it’s the ideal backbone for enterprises globally.

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Software defined networking market to grow at 54% CAGR from 2017-2024

The software defined networking (SDN) market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $2.2 billion to over US$88 billion by 2024; according to a new

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Cisco Global Cloud Index projects cloud traffic will represent 92% of total data centre traffic by 2020

In today’s unveiling of the sixth annual Cisco® Global Cloud Index (2015-2020), cloud traffic is expected to rise 3.7-fold, up from 3.9 zettabytes (ZB) per year in 2015 to 14.1

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Taking full advantage of SD-WAN with unified service assurance – Part 2

Assuring service quality: the key to SD-WAN success In a nutshell, SD-WANs can provide a high level of service quality with a level of flexibility and at a cost that

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Network Mind research results aimed at achieving network control automation are announced by Huawei

The Noah’s Ark Laboratory of Huawei has announced its research results in relation to Network Mind, the world’s first prototype to apply machine learning to achieve intelligent, automated network traffic control

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Network performance assurance provider Accedian appoints new head of R&D, pursues growth in NFV, 5G

Accedian, a global end-to-end network performance assurance provider, has appointed Martin Labelle to the role of vice-president of Research and Development.

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It’s not you, it’s me: Why operators and vendors must help employees ‘skill up’

With the introduction of Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV), and Software Defined Networking (SDN) operators hope that they can finally rival, at a local level, the types of services that the

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De-mystifying Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) – Part 2

Instead of individually managing racks of physical devices to provision new services, NFV technology decouples the services from the hardware and simulates the network functions of the devices in software

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The virtue in virtualisation

I recently read a memoir of childhood in the 1950s, with a description of being sent into exile: the mother gives the child a tearful farewell hug before the walk

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Virtualised LTE core network provided to ITRI in Taiwan by NEC and Netcracker

NEC Corporation and Netcracker Technology have provided a virtualised Evolved Packet Core (vEPC) solution via NEC Taiwan Ltd. to the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a non-profit research institute working under

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