Blueprints

by Pravin Mirchandani, CMO, OneAccess Calls for ‘plausible NFV’ amid a world of short-sighted proof-of-concepts NFV has been voraciously hyped and with good reason; there is much to get excited...

by Matthew Goche Will you be (or have you been) the subject of a headline? The victim of a damaging cyber attack or intrusion? If you’ve avoided it, count yourself...

by Charanya Balasubramanian, Veryx Technologies SDN promises to provide an architecture that empowers enterprises and service providers to realize a high degree of network automation, agility and, a decrease in...

by Stu Benington Vice President, Cloud/SDN Business Unit, Coriant There is a great opportunity emerging for service providers, driven by the widespread adoption of cloud-based applications by both enterprises and...

by Jay Hinman, VP of Operator Solutions, Opera Software So much attention has rightly been paid by industry influencers—from media to analysts and vendors themselves—to the topic of over-the-top (OTT)...

by Chris Purdy A network that does the routine thinking, so you are free to innovate The convergence of LTE, Cloud, SDN and NFV promises dynamic, assured and differentiated services...

by Jeff Klaus, General Manager of DCM Solutions, Intel The growing interest in software-defined networking (SDN) is understandable. Compared to traditional static networking approaches, the inherent flexibility of SDN compliments...

By Sanjeev Mervana, senior director, products & solution marketing, service provider business, Cisco Growth of mobile data services In the era of smart phones, tablet computers and connected devices, mobile...

by Nan Chen, MEF President The Internet is everywhere, and available on-demand – but it offers no service guarantees, and leaves security to the user. CE 2.0 delivers assured performance...

By Kourosh Amiri, VP Marketing, Ikanos, Inc. Demand for high-speed broadband access by consumers has never been more intense than it is today.  Rapidly increasing numbers of connected devices inside...

by Stan Hubbard and Members of the MEF More than 1,000 service providers and network operators worldwide now rely on Carrier Ethernet (CE) to support high-performance Ethernet & Ethernet-enabled data...

By Thomas Vasen, VP Product Marketing and Marketing, DigitalRoute In a globally deregulated telecoms industry where intense competition is rife, differentiated products and services mean commercial success. To deliver these,...

by Kevin Vachon, COO of the MEF Increased enterprise agility and a dramatic boost to user productivity are promised by the latest wave of dynamic CE services now coming to...