Trends Report

The Foundation Of Your Future: Virtual Network Infrastructure

A Digital Business Network Built With NFV, Fabrics, Service Chaining, SDN, Programmability, And Multitenant Tenets

September 12th, 2024
Andre Kindness, Principal Analyst
Andre Kindness Principal Analyst
With contributors:
Lauren Nelson , Arthur Ross , Marissa Fritz

Summary

In 2009, Forrester developed a new business technology network framework called virtual network infrastructure (VNI). Fifteen years later, technology has advanced enough to support VNI, but a confusing array of names and acronyms, including software-defined networking (SDN), network functions virtualization (NFV), and service chaining, has emerged. Networking professionals must understand why VNI is a core architecture in building the next-generation network to support the digital business. This report explains the vision and key concepts of the model and connects industry buzzwords with five fundamental tenets to fit the VNI vision.

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