F5 Networks introduced a virtual network function (VNF) manager to automatically scale capacity for a couple of functions in service provider networks. Those functions are Gi LAN traffic management ...

For decades, networks have been built on the same fundamental principle: dedicated hardware appliances for each network function. Need a firewall? Buy a box. Need load balancing? Purchase another ...

Cloud native networks are not SDN reborn but a fundamentally different way to look at networks. While SDN seemed to take physical network machines and virtualized them, CNFs are not merely ...

San Jose, CA Even in a currently slow networking market, innovative designs and critical decisions continue apace, as system builders prepare for the inevitable upturn. These decisions generally ...