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A Computer Weekly buyer's guide to networks

Network departments face change and challenge on every conceivable front. The enthusiasm of users for software-centric IT and of businesses for cloud computing, outsourcing and virtualisation remains as high as it has ever been, while network service providers are marching under the banner of a network functions virtualisation movement that intends to replace proprietary hardware controls with virtualised software equivalents. In this 10-page buyer’s guide, Computer Weekly looks at an increasingly complex networking environment that could leave the unwary and the unprepared tied up in knots.

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  • Focus: Network virtualisation

    Network virtualisation, the process of making networking infrastructure more agile by running network functions on industry-standard server hardware, has long-promised huge benefits for the IT department by improving network speed, reliability, flexibility, scalability and security.

    While the end goals of virtualising an enterprise network are extremely attractive ones, as of mid-2017 it is clear that much work still needs to be done by the technology industry to make the case for why it makes sense for enterprise IT departments to do to their networks what they did to other aspects of their IT years ago.

    Happily once the benefits of network virtualisation are laid out clearly and succinctly, securing buy-in seems to become a lot easier. In this e-guide we find out how virtualised networks can help enterprise organisations save money on their wide area networking (WAN) infrastructure, take some tips on strategy, and two virtualisation experts explain how network virtualisation still has some way to go to effectively meet evolving datacentre needs.

    Finally, we will explore an example of a real-world network virtualisation project, and learn how communications services provider Manx Telecom built virtualisation into a major network upgrade project and why it has paid off in terms of business agility.

  • Software-Defined Networking: Top Architecture and Security Considerations

    In today’s virtual IT era, the traditional processes for building networks and network services are no longer viable and network managers are in need of new strategies.

    The goal of network functions virtualization (NFV) is to move network functions out of network equipment and onto virtual hosting to address the latest networking obstacles.

    Download this e-guide, brought to you by SearchSDN.com, to analyze the potential of NFV in revolutionizing how networks are built, managed and used to create services. In addition, uncover the dark side of software-defined networking.

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