siliconindia | | September 20146opinionin myNFV: The Next Frontier for VirtualizationAs telecom providers and network operators move to a carrier cloud architecture, they are looking for cost effective solutions to virtualize workloads on industry standard servers. Virtualization has been established as a proven technology for improving capacity, management and efficiency of server and storage systems in data centers and the next logical step is to deliver virtualization to the network through what is known as Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). The NFV architecture concept is capable of virtualizing entire classes of network node functions into building blocks that may be connected, or chained together to create communication services.Like server and storage virtualization, NFV gives data center operators the flexibility to relocate network functions from dedicated appliances to industry-standard, high-volume servers, switches and storage. NFV can make networks more agile, cost-effective, scalable and secure, which enables businesses to deploy new services quickly and gain a competitive edge.6 September 2014As telecom providers and network operators move to a carrier cloud architecture, they are looking for cost effective solutions to virtualize workloads on industry standard servers. Virtualization has been established as a proven technology for improving capacity, management and efficiency of server and storage systems in data centers and the next logical step is to deliver virtualization to the network through what is known as Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). The NFV architecture concept is capable of virtualizing entire classes of network node functions into building blocks that may be connected, or chained together to create communication services.Like server and storage virtualization, NFV gives data center operators the flexibility to relocate network functions from dedicated appliances to industry-standard, high-volume servers, switches and storage. NFV can make networks more agile, cost-effective, scalable and secure, which enables businesses to deploy new services quickly and gain a competitive edge.6By Rajiv Ramaswami, EVP & General Manager Infrastructure & Networking Group, Broadcom CorporationBroadcom Corporation is an American fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business. Founded in the year 1991, headquartered at Irvine CA, the firm has a market cap of $23.17 billion. Rajiv RamaswamiNFV gives data center operators the fl exibility to relocate network functions from dedicated appliances to industry-standard, high-volume servers, switches and storage
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