VirtualArmor announced CloudCastr, a set of pre-built, pre-validated architectures to rapidly design, deploy and manage an open cloud based on network function virtualization (NFV). With new compute consumption models rapidly changing the way IT services are delivered, NFV is emerging as the ideal means to employing a software-defined approach for the deployment and management of network functions in the cloud. NFV is allowing cloud service providers and large enterprises to bring more automation to the network and deploy new services to the market with greater speed.