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Driving new revenue by helping advertising companies with targeting? Here’s how T-Mobile is doing it

Remote Employee Access To Cloud – We’re joining the MEF 3.0 PoC!

Service providers offering managed SASE services will benefit from rapid onboarding of security and other VNFs using Lean NFV, as well as the greater choice of vendors and offerings resulting from a standardized Lean NFV approach.

What’s SASE (Secure Access Service Edge)?

SASE stands for Secure Access Service Edge, which is combines extensive WAN capabilities with comprehensive, cloud-native network security functions to create dynamic secure access.

So you want to talk about MANO…

For anyone who is unfamiliar, OSM refers to Open Source Mano, which is an ETSI-hosted project to develop an Open Source NFV Management and Orchestration (MANO) software stack aligned with ETSI NFV.  OSM offers a production-quality MANO stack that meets operators’ requirements for commercial NFV deployments.

Introducing the #BenuPulseCheck Interview Series

We’re debuting our #BenuPulseCheck Interview Series, where we sit down with global leaders to touch on the changes they’ve made to help their customers be better equipped to deal with the impacts of the pandemic.

Our First VIRTUAL ETSI Plugtest! Here’s how it went

Last week we participated in the Fifth ETSI NFV & MEC Plugtest.  This was the first time this event was held remotely, which made things a bit challenging with companies in several different time zones. This event focused on test sessions that covered

vBNG Can Grow Your Residential Customer Segment – Here’s 4 Reasons Why

A simple transition from legacy broadband remote access servers (BRAS) to a virtual broadband network gateway (vBNG) not only helps retain current customers, but even draws in the attention and interest of new prospects.

What is a WiFi Access Gateway (WAG)?

A WiFi Access Gateway, or a Wireless Access Gateway, is an element in a network that serves to route data packets from a wireless LAN to another network, be it a wired or wireless WAN.

What is a WiFi Hotspot Network?

It’s no surprise that we love internet access, especially when we’re on the go – just look at the growth of mobile apps, the increase in screen time… need I say more?

7 Reasons to Invest in Smart Cities

Over the last few years, we’ve seen some incredible innovations, be it GIS and data visualization, outbreak management systems, cloud-based software for transportation agencies – the list goes on and on. One unifying factor remains – technology can help us improve our cities.

Offloading Traffic at the Edge With Open Programmable Service Edge (OpenPSE)

In our project, which we’ve termed the Open Programmable Service Edge (OpenPSE), we teamed up with Dell EMC, Intel, and Netcope to run Stratum on SmartNICs, so we can offload VNF/CNF user plane traffic to the SmartNIC.

6 Reasons Why Venue/Stadium Wi-Fi Can Better Your Relationship With Fans & Visitors

Sometimes maintaining a Wi-Fi network that frequently deals with high-density crowds can feel like a firefight – but we promise it’s worth it.

What are the benefits of a Wi-Fi Hotspot Network?

Hotspots offer service providers or operators who own the network a plethora of benefits, here’s a few ways hotspots can add value.

Is Open Source Networking Critical for Digital Transformation?

For Benu, embracing openness allows us to work with many vendors and partners, and allows our product to be flexible within the market – giving our customers choice, flexibility and agility. But for me, it allows me to feel part of this global network, enabling more people to experience the wonder of a worldwide network.

3 Reasons Why APIs Are Critical for Software Defined Networking (SDN) Success

Behind the scenes are key elements that make this possible… APIs. Without them, trying to implement SDN frameworks or reap the full benefits of SDN would be impossible. Here are three key reasons why:

BOSS Further Simplifies Network Performance Management With 3.1 Release

With BOSS, we’ve made it simpler to identify and diagnose network performance issues, so that not only is your team alerted and ready to remediate any issues, but root-cause identification is also immediate and easy. Plus, it has a killer UI (in our humble opinions).