Cisco

Cisco | October 05, 2016

Virtualization is one of the most effective ways to manage a modern organization’s IT infrastructure. If staff members need new desktops or servers, the IT team can configure and spin them up from an existing resource pool without adding new hardware. Still, some K–12 districts may not want to house confidential data offsite with cloud-based services, and, until recently, few workable alternatives existed....

lightreading | March 03, 2015

The big question facing every communications service provider (CSP) right now is: How can I build and run a programmable, intelligent, responsive, efficient, flexible, secure yet open network that has a high degree of automation, enables me to configure and activate new services quickly, makes best use of emerging cloud capabilities, meets customers' needs and helps me make money?Yes, it's a major challenge but it's not insurmountable. There are many smart innovators in the global communications...

networkworld | March 02, 2016

With traditional network infrastructure, services have been tied to dedicated hardware devices. Network functions virtualization (NFV) changes this paradigm by decoupling the network functions from the underlying hardware platform.To date, NFV has been used primarily by service providers for service chaining, but recently digital enterprises have become interested in the technology. ZK Research (I am an employee of ZK Research) data shows that 61% of organizations are investigating or have deplo...

CRN | January 15, 2020

The industry's leading virtualization technology vendors—VMware and Citrix—have finalized a settlement that will avoid further litigation stemming from VMware's recent acquisition of Avi Networks. The two companies have “resolved the litigation” without taking their patent-infringement dispute to trial, confirmed Tony Gomes, Citrix executive vice president and chief legal officer. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. When it closed its deal for Santa Clara-based Avi Networks this past sum...