Digital infrastructure is under mounting pressure from a variety of powerful technology trends. Whether that pressure stems from DevOps, the cloud, AI, mobile or big data, almost every organization is looking to the future with an eye on modernizing their mission-critical IT systems. Unfortunately, the challenge of future-proofing IT infrastructure is often exacerbated by the […]
IBN’s Success is Driven by Formulating the Right Test Validation Strategy
Intent-Based Networking (IBN) is widely considered to be the next big innovation in networking industry. IBN is all about simplifying the process of implementing new upgrades and changes in any networking environment to ensure the results match the original intent. IBN can be considered a successor to software-defined networking (SDN) as it seeks to automate […]
DevOps: Embracing the Telco Cloud
Ongoing developments in technology have led businesses to look to the cloud for greater flexibility, scalability and processing power. The telecoms industry is no different. Under growing pressure to meet the demands of the internet of things (IoT) and 5G, service providers are increasingly adopting cloud and virtualization technologies such as network functions virtualization (NFV) […]
OpenStack and Open Source MANO: Technologies for NFV Deployment
We have experienced how open source software technologies revolutionized the application development process, which ultimately resulted in digital transformation across various industry verticals. Open source technologies now are disrupting the telecom sector for building 5G internet, which will be powered by network functions virtualization (NFV) and software defined networking (SDN). With NFV and SDN, multiple […]
SDN/NFV DevOps: Release Automation for Network Operators
A powerful force is waiting to be unleashed. Software defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) are already acknowledged as exciting possibilities in the world of telecom and media. Leading providers, such as Verizon Enterprise Solutions and My Republic, along with original equipment manufacturers including Cisco Systems and Ericsson, have unveiled their SDN-based services. […]
How DevOps Can Create Smarter, More Agile 5G Telecom Networks
There is no doubt DevOps revolutionized software development with its introduction of lean and agile techniques. By applying continuous deployment and continuous integration methodologies into software development, enterprises can build, test and deploy applications and release new services more rapidly. In this article, we will see how the DevOps approach is being utilized in 5G […]