Doi: 10.1145/1787234.1787251

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Leading experts debate how virtualization and
clouds impact network service architectures.
By mache cReeGeR
moving to
the edge:
a cTo
Roundtable
on network
Virtualization

the geneRAL It community is just beginning to digest how the advent of virtual machines and cloud computing are changing their world. These new technologies promise to make applications more portable and increase the opportunity for more flexibility and efficiency in both on-premise and

 

outsourced support infrastructures. Virtualization can break long-standing linkages between applications and their supporting physical devices, however. Before data-center managers can take advantage of these new opportunities, they must have a better understanding of service infrastructure requirements and their linkages to applications.

In this ACM CTO Roundtable, leading providers and users of network virtualization technologies discuss how virtualization and clouds impact network service architectures, both in their abilities to move legacy applications to more flexible and efficient virtualized environments and to enable new types of network functionality.