To be specific, the control plane of the software defined network remains in the controller that companies deploy – VMware’s NSX, Juniper Networks’ Open Contrail, the Nuage Networks controller from ...

In 2014, companies and open source programmers alike are working as hard as they can to virtualize hardware into software. The latest example of this is Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). The ...

Server virtualization also delivers the high availability, failover, speed, scalability, agility, performance and flexibility that today’s web-based, highly connected businesses require.

In a client-server network, the server or servers act as the centralized hub of the network, providing information to the connected devices. Servers can be set up to store and retrieve Web content ...

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) has the potential to advance significant change in the way telecom networks are built and operated. Led by seven major communications service providers, NFV ...

The advantages NFV provides to business are numerous. Replacing expensive proprietary network hardware appliances with cost-effective, Intel-based server infrastructure can provide significant ...

TCUs are coprocessors for server security. Axiado’s TCUs are single-chip security processors designed to serve as co-processors to the main processors of the target servers.

IP edge routers are located at the edge of the network, where services are introduced. By moving IP edge functions and applications to servers, operators can trial services quickly and in a controlled ...

Proxy servers can easily be used to increase speeds and save bandwidth on a network by compressing traffic, caching files and web pages accessed by multiple users, and stripping ads from websites.