The definition of Software Defined Networking (SDN) continues to broaden, today including functions such as configuration automation and orchestration. While these tasks aren’t strictly SDN, the fact ...

For better or worse, IT has long been a land of specialization. Network administrators didn’t talk to storage administrators, who didn’t talk to server administrators. Application developers didn’t ...

Because of the limitations of SPAN/monitor ports on switches, organizations have turned to using taps and packet monitoring switches. These solutions can be expensive which has lead companies to look ...

Software-defined networking (SDN) is a way to virtualize networks for ease of configuration and maintenance in the same way that servers and storage are being virtualized. The difference is that SDN ...

While the stated goal of the software-defined networking movement is shifting managment up the stack, it’s also driving significant changes at the bottom layers, where Google hopes to enable some much ...

How does an SDN interoperate with the rest of the network? SDN Doesn't Operate Alone Software Defined Networks don't operate alone. They will have to interoperate with other SDNs and with other parts ...

As nearly every other aspect of industrial technology goes digital, so too are industrial networks. And not just the communications that travel across these networks—which have long been digitized—but ...

As the digital enterprise struggles to find the best security solutions to defend their ever-expanding networks, many are looking to next generation tools that offer interoperability capabilities.

Neil Bright is a research scientist and chief HPC architect at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Office of IT. The introduction of server virtualization not only led to more efficient use of ...

Different types of SDN are simply points along the evolution from current networking to future networking. The networking industry is struggling to understand what Software Defined Networking (SDN) is ...

While a software-defined network can improve application performance and help ease administrative tasks, it can also create new vulnerabilities. Experts offer advice for security teams.