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The phrase software-defined networking (SDN) was coined when it was necessary to distinguish the concept from the hardware-based variety. Since that time, "SDN" has come to mean the type of dynamic ...

Considering the way networks work today and the change in traffic patterns; both internal and to the cloud, this limits the effect of the fixed perimeter. Networks were initially designed to create ...

Although vendor-written, this contributed piece does not promote a product or service and has been edited and approved by Network World editors. Software Defined Networking (SDN) promises increased ...

Learn about 3 different models of a software-defined access network (SDAN) and how it can be applied to any access technology including the SDN framework. So far, SDN control has referred to the ...

We’re kicking off an eight-part series on SDx (software-defined everything) and the future of infrastructure. Learn what SDx is and stay competitive in a software-defined world. When IT people think ...

Businesses today compete in an increasingly complicated IT environment. Nearly everyone from co-location providers, to traditional telco operators, international organizations and small and medium ...

Is software-defined networking (SDN) ready to be adopted in a big way in the enterprise? It’s been slow going so far, but there are signs things are changing. Plenty of suppliers in the network space ...

If you’re running any amount of compute infrastructure, you’ve already got a lot of “software-defined” things to help squeeze the most out of your hardware and networking. You’re running virtual ...

The value proposition is twofold; (1) hardware resources are virtualized and treated as a utility, and (2) application requirements drive the utilization of these resources. So, rather than manually ...