Software-defined everything, including software-defined networking, is taking hold in the commercial sector. It’s also starting to break through with IT leaders at state and local government agencies.

The cloud is no longer an outlier to business transformation. Companies of all sizes, across any vertical, are standardizing cloud services to create strategic opportunities for growth, innovation, ...

An approach to designing and operating large-scale networks that is based on programming the forwarding decisions in routers and switches via software from a central server. Software-defined ...

Software-defined networking, which seeks to do for networking hardware what virtualization does for servers, is getting closer to wide-scale deployment. In part, that's because the open-source ...

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 ...

As is somewhat typical of emerging technologies, there isn’t a universally agreed to definition of what is meant by software defined networking (SDN). Over the last year or two most of the definitions ...

I think it’s fair to say that almost every vendor even remotely associated with the data center has tossed its hat in the software defined network (SDN) arena over the past few years. The goal here is ...

Doug Bonderud is an award-winning writer capable of bridging the gap between complex and conversational across technology, innovation and the human condition. Software-defined systems will drive a $14 ...

Market is witnessing strong demand as enterprises adopt network automation, cloud-driven infrastructure, and centralized network control to enhance agility. However, high deployment costs and security ...

Belle Wong is a freelance writer specializing in small business, personal finance, banking, and tech/SAAS. She spends her spare moments testing out the latest productivity apps and plotting her latest ...

Within a zero-trust environment, there is no implicit trust. Thus, trust must be sourced from somewhere else in order to gain access to protected resources. Actions speak louder than words. Reliable ...

Moving past its infancy, software-defined networking (SDN) is becoming a significant player in the management of IT infrastructure and network design. While implementation can be a challenge, SDN is ...