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Before we move ahead let’s get an understanding about Network Function Virtualization (NFV). What is Network Function Virtualization (NFV)? A basic definition of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) states that it is a type of network architecture that virtualizes different network node functions into building blocks which may connect, or chain together, to form a communication service. Primarily it separates network services like (network address translation (NAT), firewalling, intrusion detection, domain name service and caching) from the hardware that delivers them. With the help of NFV we can deliver these services through software and can deploy on non-critical general purpose appliances. This helps enterprises in designing and managing a lot more flexible network services. NFV – Since Inception Networking community was looking to reduce cost and accelerate the roll out of profitable networking services. Expensive and complex hardware-based network appliances, were limiting ...

Storage can be costly and inflexible. Enterprise storage devices with high performance and availability are very expensive portions of infrastructure in data centers. They are also quite inflexible as organizations need to purchase sufficient storage to meet ultimate storage requirements, whether for a year or a day. Until recently, IT departments had to purchase their own storage space for a given time frame to cater to the organizational needs. This not only locked capital for the said amount of time but also rendered unused resources wasted at the end of the engagement. Storage as a service is nothing but a framework where- in large storage providers offer storage space from their own infrastructure to clients. This space is rented out on the basis of cost-per-gigabyte-stored and cost-per-data-transferred basis. It is a more convenient set up for enterprises availing the services as they can completely do away with tape and HDDs storage and save lot of overhead costs. The data from...

IOT World commenced 3 years ago on a street in Palo Alto. The event this year saw a footfall of 10000 people.  In his welcome speech, ” Gavin Whitechurch, founder of IoT World said “It’s been an amazing journey over 3 years. We started three years ago. We set it up for 350 people, but actually got 700. Last year, in San Francisco, it was 5,800. And here, we’re expecting 10,000 people. That shows you the amazing growth of the IoT space. In the next years, you’re going to see many enterprise deployment of IoT.”  IOT this year took place in Santa Clara Convention Center, California. It was sponsored by Avenet, Hitachi, Microsoft, SAP and a few more.  Panel discussions and presentations on industrial IoT, autonomous cars, wearables, smart homes and cities, intelligent devices, and healthcare were in dull swing. The whos who of the industry viz:. Samsung, Apple, Microsoft ,Intel, Uber, Zipcar and, Lyft, participated in a a panel discussion titled “Embracing shared mob...