Network virtualization And speaking of networks, even these are being virtualized to an increasing degree, with network as a service (NaaS) now a viable and even desirable option in many cases.

Network virtualization demand Despite the obvious issues network virtualization attempts to address, network virtualization is still on a ‘slow burn’. Take up has been hampered by a lack of real need ...

Network virtualization for closed user groups was introduced by Cisco, whose approach was aimed at maximizing existing infrastructure investment by consolidating disparate networks and service ...

Network virtualization delivers network services in a more scalable, manageable, and fault-tolerant manner than traditional networking can deliver. For this reason it is gaining traction among cloud ...

What defines network virtualization if not the decoupling of network hardware from the software running on top of it (hence, software-defined)?

The need for programmable optimization between physical and virtual networks (overlays), to guarantee SLAs, can be facilitated by network virtualization ...

As organizations adopt virtual processing software to make their environments agile, scalable and reduce overall hardware costs, network virtualization becomes a must-have. ConteXtream believes ...

Could a network virtualization platform be built like VMware did for compute? We explain why it's unlikely even though there is business value in doing so.

Remind me again, what was the point of network virtualisation? In the years since ETSI created its NFV industry specification group, has the implementation of network functions virtualisation (NFV) ...

How much of an organization’s IT capabilities – including processors, storage and network – can be virtualized and moved into the cloud? Quite a bit, according to Craig Mathias, principal at ...