Performance Benchmarking of OpenStack-based VIM and VNFs for NFV Environments

This post focuses on a case study of evaluation of NFV architecture components i.e. VNFs (virtual network functions) and VIM (virtual infrastructure manager) to deliver best-in-class performance to end users and offer a valid approach to active testing.

DevOps in NFV: Assuring Health of Service Chains and 5G Network Slices

This post is about how DevOps methodology is implemented in 5G network slices and service chains for active service assurance and monitoring by vendors like Intel, Netrounds, Rift.io, Arctos labs with the help of ETSI’s Open Source MANO (OSM).

Gartner’s Strategic Tech Trends Show the Need for an Empowered Edge and Network for a Smarter World

Take any leading tech vendors – they are all indulged around these technology trends Gartner has listed. They are actively optimising or innovating existing solutions, offering new revolutionary products to support digital growth. But I believe that all the innovation will be consumed by the end user at its fullest when there is continuous upward innovation..

How NFV Deployments are Driven by Open Source Projects

Here’s how open source is helping advance network optimization to support emerging technologies. There is a growing demand for efficient networks with low latency and high bandwidth to support innovations such as autonomous cars, connected devices, machine learning, augmented and virtual reality, and real-time analytics.

Towards the Intelligent Network Security with Software Defined Networking (SDN)

This article talks about how SDN technology helps in network security and how SDN is evolving to use machine learning based intelligence to perform security operation in a highly automated way. Article throws lights on Intent Based Networking (IBN) which helps scaling and deployment of network resources in an agile manner.

Incorporation of OpenStack and Open Source MANO (OSM) for NFV Deployments

Both OpenStack and OSM  have a large community that have a rapid pace for innovating NFV & higher contribution by all scale companies to enhance current features and develop new capabilities for core projects under it. For NFV case, OpenStack standardized interfaces between NFV elements and infrastructure.

Top Three IoT Concerns for IT Infrastructure

This article talks about how a proliferation of data due to growing number of devices imposes a burden on current IT infrastructure and what needs to be done to tackle the challenges. Concerns are: need faster and high volume data storage systems, need scalable and agile network with high bandwidth and low latency

Kubernetes Cluster Networking

To communicate between pods residing on different member nodes, it is necessary that the master node and member node should be able to communicate among each other. Even though all the nodes are able to ping each other, the communication between master and members can be stuck. This happens because kubernetes

[Infographic] Docker Security: What You Need To Know?

While Docker is highly instrumental in facilitating developers, operators, enterprises and users to function smoothly, it is vital to ensure that their containers are firmly secured. To understand this notion in a better manner it is important to get acquainted with the overall scenario of Docker Security.

Evolution of OpenStack: TripleO

There has been a revolution of innovations in OpenStack ecosystem. The latest innovation is TripleO. It is also called OpenStack over OpenStack. The Red Hat OpenStack Platform director is a tool for installing and managing OpenStack environment. It is based primarily on the TripleO. TripleO is a method of deployment in which dedicated ..