As the networking industry is being transformed by the next-generation virtualization approach called software-defined networking (SDN), the complementary architectural concept of network functions ...

As the hype about containers has mounted over the past year, it has raised questions about what this technology – which is for packaging applications – means for traditional management and ...

For decades, networks have been built on the same fundamental principle: dedicated hardware appliances for each network function. Need a firewall? Buy a box. Need load balancing? Purchase another ...

While system virtualization — and to a lesser extent, desktop virtualization — has held most of the virtualization limelight, there is also a growing trend in network virtualization. Most of you in ...

Campus Network Virtualization using an SDN Approach with a focus on slicing/traffic isolation lends itself to two main approaches, both of which have advantages over VRF-based legacy solution. Find ...

Giving everyone with a wireless card access to the same places on the network creates risk. Guests at an office, for example, may need to access the Internet from the lobby, but they shouldn’t have ...