Essential Guide
A Guide to Software Defined Networks
Considering a Software Defined Network (SDN)? Find out everything you need to know in this guide.
Introduction
Software defined networking (SDN) allows network engineers to support a switching fabric across multi-vendor hardware and application-specific integrated circuits.
A network administrator can shape traffic from a centralised control console without having to touch individual switches.
SDN is also useful for maintaining service level in a cloud environment, by providing an API-enabled approach to manage the network and move workloads in a consistent way.
1SDN Buyers Guide-
Buyers Guide: Software Defined Networks
2SDN news-
News about Software Defined Networks
SDN will transform your network – but not just yet
Software-defined networking will revolutionise the router and switch business and wipe millions off costs. So what’s holding it up? Continue Reading
SDN adoption plans still stalling in Europe
TechTarget and Computer Weekly surveys find that less than 10% of organisations looking to implement software defined networking (SDN) Continue Reading
Slowly building the preferred SDN strategy
Companies should adopt an SDN strategy that introduces software in manageable portions to avoid network disruptions. Continue Reading
3SDN tips-
Building your Software Defined Network
Three models of SDN explained
In this tip, networking expert Tom Nolle outlines the three models of SDN, explaining the basic goals, mechanisms, benefits and drawbacks of each. Continue Reading
SDN essentials: Why network orchestration and virtualisation?
The goal of SDN is dynamic networks, so it's crucial to understand the concepts of network orchestration and virtualization -- the keys to flexibility. Continue Reading
SDN and NFV: Show me the business benefits
SDN and NFV offer exciting new features, such as network automation, but are we able to prove the business benefits of this new technology? Continue Reading
Preparing your teams for software defined networking
Software defined networking may offer a more reliable and automated network, but administrators need to be prepared before they introduce it to their environment Continue Reading