MEF’s Third Network Goes Forth With On.Lab
Linking open source efforts in the name of LSO.
Featured Guest Article: The Commercialization of Agile Virtualization
It's make-or-break time for commercial virtualization.
Featured Interview: Ayush Sharma on How to Reach a Competitive Advantage Through Huawei Open Source Solutions
Will open source solutions ever be as robust as commercial solutions? Huawei's Ayush Sharma elaborates in this featured interview with SDxCentral.
SDxCentral Weekly News Roundup — March 11, 2016
Here’s a roundup of the week’s news related to software defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) and the rest of the SDxCentral universe, starting with a few tidbits from the OCP U.S. Summit: Radisys joined the Open Compute Project (OCP) as a silver member and launched DCEngine, an OCP-based design for hyperscale data center... Read more →
NTT Docomo Chooses Cisco & NEC to Virtualize Its Mobile Network
Cisco does the SDN, and NEC does the NFV.
Enterprises Projected to Increase Software-Defined Infrastructure Spending 14.4% in 2016
Only 16.3% of enterprises do SDN.
SANs Are a ‘Pain Point’ in Converged Data Centers, Says Plexxi
Plexxi has created a product and lined up resellers.
Cisco Data Center Innovations Aim to Accelerate Hybrid Cloud Deployments
Cisco aims to make the data center more flexible and application-centric with new technologies for hybrid cloud services. Key innovations focus on networking hardware, hyperconverged infrastructure, and hybrid cloud orchestration.
Building Business Benefits for NFV
SDxCentral contributing analyst, Lee Doyle, takes a look at how service providers are building on the business benefits for NFV and the full list of factors involved.
Featured Q&A with ONUG’s Nick Lippis: How to Transition Industry Toward Software-Based Infrastructure and Hybrid Clouds
Get a sneak peek at what’s coming up at the ONUG Spring Conference, where IT executives & vendors will focus on issues including network automation, security, & open hybrid cloud.
Microsoft Provides Open Source Cloud Switch Software
The Azure Cloud Switch becomes open source.
Intel Pushes FPGAs & Silicon Photonics at OCP Summit
Intel takes the stage to talk Altera and optics.
Google Joins the Open Compute Project Because of Rack Voltage
It took a 48V rack to bring Google into OCP.
Lenovo & Juniper Partner for Hyperconverged Data Center
Juniper contributes its networking, including SDN.
Equinix Taps Open Compute Hardware to Build a Container Exchange
Embracing containers, open source, and hybrid clouds all at once.
Open Compute Project Looks at WiFi Access Points
Extending open hardware all the way to access points.
vArmour Becomes a Security Option for Cisco ACI
Little security company has been latching onto some big names.
Versa’s Software-Defined Security Wins Business With a Systems Integrator
Versa recently added SD-security to its SD-WAN.
RSA 2016: There Are Way Too Many Security Companies
Let's face it, security is overcrowded.
Security Analytics: Let’s Assume Every Perimeter Gets Breached
Firewalls are nice, but the security industry is turning its gaze inward.