Category Archives: NFV

In enterprise network and datacenter environments, the management of networking devices is still highly vendor specific with multiple element management systems communicating with, and controlling their respective families of devices. With the advent of “open” approaches driving the replacement of these devices with commodity hardware, the cost of that replacement relegates that approach to a…

[Uh-jil-i-tee]: n, the power of moving quickly and easily, the ability to think and draw conclusions quickly, intellectual acuity. Agility: We always look for it in athletics, the handling of the cars we drive, the way performers dance and move on a stage, and in the sense of intellectual prowess, the ability to think on…

Part 1: Transformation [trans-fer-mey-shun]: n, A complete or major change in someone’s or something’s appearance, form, nature, etc. Transformation is occurring in many facets of the Communication Service Provider’s (CSP’s) network, product offerings, service definitions and business operations.  Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has been at the forefront as a catalyst…