Cloud-Native Network Functions (CNFs)

whitePaper | February 23, 2023

Networks have never been more important to business operations than they are now, and the role they play in organizations of all types is continuing to become more critical and more visible to operations. However, there is a major and widening gap between the capabilities offered by legacy network management tools and the functionality that is actually needed to handle the complexity and growing burden of modern network management.

whitePaper | August 8, 2023

VMware SD-WAN™, a fundamental component of VMware SASE™ (Secure Access Service Edge), offers converged cloud networking and security services to achieve flexibility, agility, and scale for enterprises of all sizes. VMware SD-WAN is built on software-defined networking principles to address end-to-end automation, application continuity, branch transformation, and security from the edge to the data center and the cloud

whitePaper | October 17, 2022

By now, everyone has heard the terms desktop virtualization and VDI It seems like we’ve been pounded with marketing propaganda about these technologies from companies like VMware, Citrix® and Microsoft® since 2006. But if desktop virtualization is so good, why are most of the world’s desktops still “old-style” physical desktops and laptops?

whitePaper | December 8, 2022

The shift to remote work in 2020 was one of the most significant long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and consequently, the demand for remote and hybrid work options will likely keep growing in 2022 and beyond.

whitePaper | January 15, 2020

Synchronization in carrier networks has been in use forever, but because of its elevated role in 5G, it is now getting more attention. Mobile cellular networks must be synchronized so that towers (base stations) with overlapping coverage do not interfere with each other causing dropped calls or service degradation. The NodeBs used in Third Generation (3G) cellular communications rely on satellite communications for synchronization, as do the Baseband Units (BBUs) used in Fourth Generation (4G) cellular communications.

whitePaper | June 21, 2021

ince its launch in the mid-1990s, SONET has been an extremely successful technology, with millions of nodes deployed and billions of dollars made from the incredibly diverse set of applications it has supported. This paper explains the technology evolution of SONET and lays out the case for why service providers should consider migrating their legacy networks to IP-based transport.