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Verizon's Lonker Talks About New Cloud Virtualization Service
Telco Transformation Video 9/30/2016 3 comments
Verizon's Victoria Lonker provides details about the launch of her company's Cloud Virtualization Service for enterprises.

Level 3's Richter: Security Is Better & Cheaper in the Cloud
The Digerati 9/30/2016 10 comments
Level 3 eases cloud security concerns for its customers by putting firewalls on its backbone.

CenturyLink’s Nowak: SD-WAN Chock Full of Surprises
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CenturyLink's Eric Nowak talks about some of the surprise use cases for his company's recently launched SD-WAN service during Light Reading's NFV & Carrier SDN conference in Denver.

The Growing Pains of Open Source
Mike Robuck 9/29/2016 59 comments
Open source communities are, in some ways, still finding their feet as the industry moves away from using single vendors.

Telstra's Blackall on Network Virtualization
Mike Robuck 9/28/2016 8 comments
At the OpenDaylight Summit in Seattle, Telstra's Blackall said network capacity will need to quadruple by 2020 to meet increasing demand.

Ecosystem Transformation: Readiness & Realities
Infographics 9/28/2016 6 comments
While communication service providers face several large challenges in regards to creating their own digital ecosystems, the upside is too big to ignore for most of them.

AT&T's Rice: Industry Needs to Normalize VNFs
Mike Robuck 9/27/2016 10 comments
VNFs need to be more like Legos and not unique snowflakes, according to Rice.

OpenDaylight Launches Trademark Program
Mike Robuck 9/27/2016 5 comments
OpenDaylight also welcomed China Mobile as a new member.

A River Runs Through It: OPNFV Debuts Colorado Software Release
Mike Robuck 9/26/2016 3 comments
OPNFV's third software release includes laying the groundwork for the industry's MANO layer.

AT&T's Future Is Cloudy – by Design
The Digerati 9/26/2016 23 comments
AT&T's Saxena explains his company's cloud-native strategy.

Cloudy Forecast: Public Cloud Services Market
Infographics 9/23/2016 9 comments
IT modernization is top driver of public cloud adoption, according to a recent report.

ONOS, OpenDaylight Update Open Source Platforms
Mike Robuck 9/23/2016 3 comments
It was a busy week for open source groups as ONOS released the eighth version of its platform while OpenDaylight announced the availability of its fifth platform release.

CenturyLink's Nowak: Lessons Learned From SD-WAN
Mike Robuck 9/22/2016 9 comments
CenturyLink had a few surprises in regards to how its enterprise customers were using its SD-WAN offering.

Report: CMOs Lead Digital Transformations
Mike Robuck 9/21/2016 15 comments
A report said that CMOs, not CIOs or CTOs, are at the tip of the spear for digital transformations.

Trending: 3 Phases of Cloud Computing
Conversations with Huawei 9/20/2016 128 comments
There are three major trends in cloud computing of which service providers and enterprises need to be aware.

CL's Battenberg Maps Out Virtualization Elements
The Digerati 9/20/2016 16 comments
In this Telco Transformation Q&A, CenturyLink's Battenberg talks about the importance of APIs, creating a digital ecosystem and analytics.

AT&T's Khan on Platform Approach for IoT
Joe Stanganelli 9/19/2016 8 comments
AT&T uses APIs and web portals to aid developers' IoT ambitions on its network.

August Cartoon Caption Contest Winners
Mike Robuck 9/19/2016 13 comments
We picked the winners, but everyone's a winner just by posting!

Comcast's Zelesko: The Human Face of DevOps
The Digerati 9/16/2016 11 comments
DevOps is about taking ownership and being accountable, according to a Comcast executive.

Heavy Reading: More SPs Leaning Towards NFV First Strategy
Mike Robuck 9/15/2016 8 comments
Both SDN and NFV will continue their growth spurts over the coming years, according to recent research by Heavy Reading.

Orange Takes AT&T's ECOMP on Test Drive
Mike Robuck 9/15/2016 5 comments
France's Orange is the first service provider to test AT&T's ECOMP platform.

CenturyLink's Walker: Telcos Need to Hit Refresh
Mike Robuck 9/14/2016 31 comments
Service providers of all stripes need better cooperation in order to better serve customers.

Level 3's Dugan: SDN/NFV Key to Enterprises' Digital Transformations
Mike Robuck 9/14/2016 6 comments
Service providers can help enterprises solve their IT and infrastructure dilemmas through the use of SDN and NFV.

This Year's Model: Programmable Functional Disaggregation
Mike Robuck 9/13/2016 6 comments
Network disaggregation is becoming a prime time player for service providers, but it's not for everyone.

Verizon Lights Up IoT Platform With Sensity Systems
Mike Robuck 9/12/2016 8 comments
Verizon continues to build out its IoT stable with another acquisition.

Report Highlights SPs' Top SDN Use Cases
Mike Robuck 9/9/2016 6 comments
A survey by IHS Markit says that 75% of the respondents have either already deployed SDN or will this year.

How AT&T Prioritizes IoT Verticals
Joe Stanganelli 9/9/2016 13 comments
As the IoT sands shift, AT&T is continually re-evaluating its list of top priorities.

Highlights From the Inaugural CORD Summit
Larry Peterson 9/8/2016 13 comments
The first CORD summit featured some of the industry's leading companies as well as the initial release of a reference implementation.

Seen & Heard: Huawei Overtakes 2nd Place in Service Provider Core Router Market
Mike Robuck 9/7/2016 3 comments
Huawei overtook Juniper Networks for second place in a recent core router market report.

Enterprises Need Failsafe SD-WANs
Andy Gottlieb 9/7/2016 2 comments
Failsafe WANs offer enterprises both high network availability and reliable, predictable application QoE.

Cox's Hart on the Importance of DevOps
The Digerati 9/6/2016 6 comments
Cox CTO Kevin Hart provides details on how the cable operator has instituted a DevOps mindset across the company.

Seen & Heard: Orange Seeks to Cure Digital Infobesity
Mike Robuck 9/2/2016 42 comments
Orange has created the Digital Society Forum to examine the effects of digitalization on users' lives.

BSS/OSS: Level 3's Ewert Urges Cloud Centricity for Better Systems
The Digerati 9/2/2016 3 comments
Level 3 is tackling the challenges of upgrading OSS/BSS for use in the cloud.

Accenture's Galassi on DevOps Transformation
The Digerati 9/1/2016 2 comments
Galassi talks about the importance of team building and implementing micro services with DevOps.

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