Displaying items by tag: Software defined networks

ISG Provider Lens report says companies accelerated SDN deployments to increase network capacity and cloud-based resources for remote work, supply chain and logistics challenges

Optus has released a new software-defined networking (SDN) solution it has dubbed Cloud-N.

Juniper Networks is claiming several ‘breakthrough’ additions to its cloud and virtualised service offerings as part of its Software-Defined Secure Networks (SDSN) framework.

The CSIRO and Australian not-for-profit research network AARNet are part of coalition which has successfully deployed of an Open Networking Operating System-based software-defined peering router.

Cisco Australia and New Zealand CTO, Kevin Bloch, gives a must-see presentation on 2015 technology trends, with a Q&A session from journalists at the end.

Yet another comms organisation has been set up, this one to promote 5G development across all technologies, dubbed the 5GWA.

Converged infrastructure vendor VCE has added support for three additional technologies from its parent company EMC and partner VMware, and has announced a new integrated offering that simplifies enterprise adoption of fully integrated hybrid clouds.

Nokia says it is focused on harnessing the potential of mobile broadband in the Australian market, and has appointed a new managing director to lead the company’s further development of its business in the Australian and New Zealand region.

HP has announced a range of new software-defined networking (SDN)-products better integrate wired and wireless systems with location aware capabilities,

Juniper has laid claim to leadership in the rapidly emerging field of software defined networking with announcement of its comprehensive vision for the architecture of SDN technology. Others however question whether what Juniper has unveiled is in fact SDN at all.

The application of software defined networking technologies to telco networks is gathering momentum: Cyan, Ericsson and Huawei touted their products and expertise within days of each other.

A handful of the world's leading telcos, including Telstra, have got together to set up an industry group under the auspices of global standards body ETSI to look at virtualising telco network functions, presently implemented in dedicated hardware and software.

Software defined networking technology must be expanded from the control of switches and routers in data centres into telco networks where it has the potential to lower costs and create new opportunities for network operators, according to Ericsson CTO Ulf Ewaldsson.

Japan's telco giant, NTT Communications (NTT Com), is to launch the world's first global cloud computing service to incorporate OpenFlow network virtualisation technology that will enable customers to control and configure their network within and between data centres.