Some network equipment can now be virtualized and delivered as software—so it’s no longer automatically hardware-based. Instead of rack-based pizza boxes that represent the physical demarcation point between enterprise and service provider, software-based functions can live anywhere in the network and move as required. This paper describes how freeing software from hardware is a great business opportunity for service providers.
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Fewer Pizza Boxes: How Virtualization Creates Opportunities for Service Providers
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