9 November 2020 Innovation success is more than proof of concepts Last month I attended Layer123's online event. There were a lot of detailed technical architectures for the future… 16 October 2020 Layer123 SDN/NFV World Congress: From A to Z While our natural desire to see and experience new places has been so abruptly curtailed, our thirst for… 29 May 2020 Nokia Nuage SD-WAN: Embracing the new reality of Cloud & distributed domains Our updated and in-depth profile on Nokia Nuage's SD-WAN solution is now available to interested subscribers and others.… 4 March 2020 Intent – why you should care! Why intent matters Be on guard, we have a new buzzword; “intent”. Appledore have been advocating such approaches… 21 October 2019 Is NFV dead? Joe Skorupa at Gartner proclaims that NFV is dead! Is Joe right or did he just change the… 27 August 2019 Enterprise SD-WAN, Building the new Dynamic Enterprise Edge Appledore Research has just published a new market outlook on SD-WAN for Enterprise. This report is written to enable… 11 April 2018 Appledore Research publishes “Best Practices in Orchestration; Focus on Policy, Models, and On-boarding” This major report builds on the foundation laid by our “Orchestration for Automation: 2018 Supplier Assessment”, and expands… 12 December 2015 SERVICE ASSURANCE OF THE VIRTUALIZED EPC Virtualization of the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) is a priority for many CSPs based on our research of… 8 December 2015 Telecommunication Software Trends for 2016 and Beyond: The Economic and Market Impact of NFV and SDN By: Patrick Kelly As we close off 2015, many clients are looking ahead to economic and technology trends… 15 April 2015 Nokia Alcatel Lucent Cloud Management MANO Assets Post Merger We previously commented on the NOKIA-Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) proposed acquisition http://appledoreresearch.com/nokia-alcatel-lucent-deal-is-a-response-to-telecom-shift-to-programmable-networks/ and the rationale behind the deal. This article… 15 April 2015 Nokia Alcatel Lucent Deal Response to Telecom Shift to Programmable Networks Nokia announced on April 15, 2015 that it had agreed to an all-stock deal to acquire Alcatel-Lucent valuing… 23 January 2015 For NFV and SDN to succeed management of the virtualized infrastructure must be implemented Day 1 Every five years a technology trigger comes along that generates hype, confusion, and inflated expectations that fade as…