IDG Contributor Network: Networks for a yottabyte world

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The rate at which telecom networks are growing and changing is nothing short of fantastic
It always risky to embrace a new paradigm, but for network carriers and customers, the risks of waiting could be greater.Network function
virtualization (NFV) and software defined networks (SDN) represent a radical departure from the traditional way of building, managing and
evolving telecom networks
It often described as a switch from proprietary boxes to commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware
While there is a potentially significant cost-savings in making such a switch, cost-savings is not the main driving force
The ability to quickly implement new business models, to deliver applications on demand, and to automatically provision and tear down
resources are what make NFV and SDN so potentially disruptive.