News tagged: virtualisation

21 September, 2022

Verizon deploys more than 8,000 VRAN cell sites, marches towards goal of 20,000

New York, United States – Verizon, the provider in virtualised radio access network (VRAN) innovation, has now deployed over 8,000 virtualised cell sites with a goal of deploying over 20,000 by the end of 2025. This technology milestone allows Verizon to rapidly respond to customers’ varied latency and computing needs, and provides greater flexibility and agility in the introduction of new products and services. The move to a cloud-based, virtualised architecture with standardised interfaces in every part of the network leads to greater flexibility, faster delivery of services, greater scalability, and improved cost efficiency in networks.

21 June, 2022

As US Govt warns telcos about hacking breaches, SecurityGen urges MNOs to revise security and upgrade network defences

Earlier this month, multiple US Government security agencies warned that hackers breached major telecoms companies by exploiting software flaws in routers and other network infrastructure equipment. Warnings came from the FBI, National Security Agency (NSA) and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency.

22 July, 2021

Enterprises must address engineer training to make NetOps a success

New research commissioned by Opengear spanning the UK, the U.S., France, and Germany has found that nearly two-thirds (64%) of network managers, network architects, and network engineers said their organisations have hired dedicated network automation engineers to transition to network operations (NetOps). However, only one-third of respondents said their teams had undertaken industry training courses to achieve this goal.

15 February, 2021

How enterprises can fast-track branch virtualisation and achieve major CapEx and OpEx savings

Virtualising branch network infrastructure can save Enterprises a fortune on equipment, maintenance, and support costs while ensuring “always-on” access to critical business applications. But replacing physical devices with virtualised network functions can be complex and risky without the right architecture, strategy, and skillsets in place. (more…)

18 March, 2020

GSMA Telco Edge Cloud turns to MobiledgeX to take ownership of the edge marketplace

With the recent announcement that China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, EE, KDDI, Orange, Singtel, SK Telecom, Telefonica and TIM are working together, with the support of GSMA, to develop an interoperable platform to make edge compute capabilities widely and easily available, it’s clear that telecoms operators see significant potential in mobile edge computing, writes George Malim.

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08 October, 2019

SD-WAN is a lever in the door for the new world of software-defined telecoms says Verizon’s Cantor

Oliver Cantor is associate director of product strategy at Verizon and is focused on communicating the company’s software defined and virtualisation strategy to enterprise customers. The emergence of these technologies is enabling the telecoms industry’s transformation into a provider of digital infrastructure for enterprises. At the same time, enterprises are transforming through digitalisation and Verizon has developed products and services to support them in this agile, new world he tells VanillaPlus managing editor George Malim

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15 November, 2018

Maintain visibility into the new mobile reality

The rapid explosion of over-the-top (OTT) services has forever changed the business model of mobile operators globally, writes John English, the director of marketing for service provider solutions at NETSCOUT.

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11 October, 2018

A lesson in VNF standardisation

Virtual network functions (VNFs) are based on the principle of running a network function using software that is decoupled from the underlying hardware, and is a key component of network functions virtualisation (NFV). However, the process of onboarding virtual network functions (VNFs) has become complex and time-intensive, and is in contradiction to the promised benefits of NFV. Oren Marmur, a vice president and head of NFV at Amdocs, believes that communication service providers (CSPs), industry organisations and vendors should support the standardisation of VNF onboarding, in order for the telecoms industry to realise the benefits of NFV.

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27 June, 2018

How to assure networks in virtual environments

Service providers everywhere are increasingly turning to virtualisation, writes John English, the senior product manager for service providers at NETSCOUT. In an effort to gain control of service creation, innovate faster in response to evolving customer and market demands, and reduce costs and meet competitive challenges, they are migrating their IP networks from purpose-built to virtualised, software-based platforms.

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20 June, 2018

Why machine learning is helping the move from hindsight to foresight

It’s a pretty safe bet to say that former US President Theodore Roosevelt would have loved machine learning, writes Derek Canfield, the general manager for Business Analytics at TEOCO.  He left behind a treasure trove of quotes, but one of his most famous ones is perhaps even truer today than it was for Teddy.

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