The Software Defined Networking movement is still evolving, but profiles of SDN users are becoming more clear and we’re getting a bead on some of the common evaluation criteria companies are using to ...

Software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) (SDN and NFV) are hot topics. They are clearly related, but how exactly are they similar? How are they different? How do ...

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 ...

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.

SDN, NFT, and network virtualization are all new terms that are sometimes used interchangeably, but they each have different meanings, writes Wikibon Networking Analyst Stuart Miniman in his latest ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. For years, the central network control was in the heart of the datacenter, determining where all traffic could go, even traffic ...

The Department of Defense (DOD) plans to leverage open source solutions and services to meet mission requirements, no matter where the tactical edge lies. Providing ...

With the advent of SDN, there’s been a lot of speculation about the future of the network administrator. Some doomsayers predict the network admin will be obsolete as network virtualization becomes ...

I’ve been in network management a long time. Long enough to know that it ain’t sexy, and likely never will be perceived as sexy. My only dream is to at least get it moved from a cost center to a ...