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posted in October 2017

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DT's Breitbach Discusses Changing Cyber Strategies
The Digerati 10/31/2017 8 comments
Cybersecurity needs an overhaul as intelligent adversaries attack with novel means in virtualized networks and across mobile devices.

ETSI's Leadbeater: Automation Fuels NFV's True Power
The Digerati 10/31/2017 11 comments
In part two of this Q&A, ETSI security leader Alex Leadbeater beats the drum for greater compute power and greater isolation to achieve better NFV security.

ETSI's Leadbeater on Securing NFV With Fundamentals
The Digerati 10/30/2017 2 comments
In part one of this Q&A, ETSI NFV Security Group Vice Chairman Alex Leadbeater argues that virtualization in and of itself is no security measure without good fundamentals.

How Far Can AT&T Go With Automation?
The Digerati 10/27/2017 22 comments
AT&T's Gilbert says the telco is adding safeguards into its compute infrastructure and embracing real-time automation to identify security vulnerabilities.

Zero-Day Malware: A Threat SDN Can Miss
Kishore Jethanandani 10/26/2017 11 comments
Zero-day is a polymorphic malware that avoids detection by not leaving a trail.

NFV/SDN: Summit Ascent
Infographics 10/25/2017 1 comment
NFV gears up for a final ascent that will lead to widespread commercialization.

Verizon's Ritter on Virtualization as a Security Tool: 'Cautious Optimism'
The Digerati 10/25/2017 1 comment
In part one of this Q&A, Phil Ritter of Verizon notes that security on virtualized systems is no bed of roses, but at least the age of digital transformation has woken people up to the level of care that is required in securing them.

ETSI Sets Sights on Cybersecurity Risks in New Report
Mike Robuck 10/24/2017 3 comments
A new ETSI report provides guidelines for implementing and meeting NIS Directive requirements across the European Union.

Masergy’s Watson: Security Needs Human Touch
The Digerati 10/24/2017 13 comments
Security needs to take on different forms to keep up with attacks across SDN, NFV and IoT, according to Masergy's Ray Watson.

Masergy’s Watson on Security: New Networks, Similar Challenges
The Digerati 10/23/2017 12 comments
Some of the usual suspects are in play when it comes to security for SDN, NFV and IoT, according to Masergy's Ray Watson.

Security Spending Forecast to Hit $119B by 2021
Mike Robuck 10/20/2017 35 comments
Services and software are driving the bulk of security products and services spending this year.

Windstream's Brown Discusses Virtualization Game Plan
The Digerati 10/20/2017 2 comments
Windstream is broadening its SDN and NFV reach while also taking an active role in an open source community.

TT Poll: Faster Provisioning of NFV Services & Applications Carry the Day
Mike Robuck 10/17/2017 9 comments
Survey results of a recent Telco Transformation poll rated faster provisioning and automation as the biggest NFV factors in 2017.

Heavy Reading's Brown on Deployment Arc of 5G
The Digerati 10/17/2017 9 comments
Heavy Reading's Gabriel Brown lays out the roadmap and challenges for 5G deployments.

Bill Walker's Transformation Insights
Telco Transformation Video 10/13/2017 3 comments
Bill Walker, CenturyLink's director of network architecture, shares his insights on why training isn't enough for IT employees and traditional telco employees, the importance of "fast pivot" versus "fast failure," and why service providers need to re-think how they sell their products and services to their end customers.

HR's Brown: Longtime Coexistence for LTE & 5G Core Networks
The Digerati 10/12/2017 3 comments
Heavy Reading's Gabriel Brown maps out how LTE and 5G core networks will lead a life of coexistence for some time to come.

Huawei Tops 560 SDN/NFV Projects
Conversations with Huawei 10/12/2017 2 comments
Huawei released its NFV/SDN commercial deployment numbers at this week's 2017 SDN NFV World Congress.

MEF & ONAP Strike Up Collaboration Effort
Mike Robuck 10/11/2017 6 comments
ONAP and MEF have agreed to collaborate on open source implementations and standards.

OSM Stays in Its MANO Lane
Mike Robuck 10/10/2017 4 comments
Open Source MANO, which is on its third release, is staying focused on NFV orchestration.

Level 3's Richter on Cloud Security Evolution
The Digerati 10/9/2017 27 comments
Level 3's Chris Richter talks about bringing the IT department of the 'Jurassic' era up to speed with new cloud-based security.

BT's Sabey: NFV Is Changing the Conversation With Vendors
Telco Transformation Video 10/6/2017 7 comments
DENVER, 10/6/2017 – Jim Sabey, head of connect and compute sales specialists at BT Americas, talks about how virtualization has changed the telco's relationships with its vendors.

AT&T's Anschutz: How Open Source Attacks Opex
Mike Robuck 10/4/2017 15 comments
Open specification hardware and open source software are two key elements for service providers lowering opex.

Level 3's Ewert on Customer-Defined Networking
Mike Robuck 10/3/2017 5 comments
By tapping into SDN, orchestration, automation and analytics, Level 3 is offering its customers programmability for a more-defined user experience.

Level 3's Adaptive Network Security Expanding to APAC, Africa
Joe Stanganelli 10/2/2017 3 comments
Level 3 announces additional gateways in new regions for its virtualized cloud security platform, Adaptive Network Security.

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