At the 2014 Federal Forum in Washington, D.C., Terry Halvorsen, then-acting CIO (now CIO) of the Defense Department, addressed the growing importance of software-defined networking (SDN) in government ...

Talkin' Bout An SDN Revolution? One of the biggest questions so far, it seems, is where the channel fits into the chatter and hype surrounding so-called software-defined networking (SDN). Between ...

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 ...

Software-defined networking (SDN) is coming to an enter­prise datacenter near you. Count on it. The new-age networking technology is evolving and maturing, moving from early roots in academic ...

Software-defined networking (SDN) is defined by a decoupling of the control and packet-forwarding planes in a network, an architecture that can slash operational costs and speed the time it takes to ...

Joel Snyder, Ph.D., is a senior IT consultant with 30 years of practice. An internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, messaging and networks, Dr. Snyder is a popular speaker and ...

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 ...

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) represents a paradigm shift in network management by decoupling the control plane from the data plane, thereby centralising network intelligence and enabling enhanced ...