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 ...

SDN management tools include TAP monitoring applications and network packet brokers (NPB), which negotiate network traffic from multiple SPAN ports and manipulate it to allow more efficient use of ...

Software-Defined Networking may trump the less-dynamic NCCM approach for keeping your network and applications coordinated. A number of writers have suggested that the primary function of Software ...

Extreme Networks this week lifted the curtain on a new software-defined networking (SDN) architecture and management software that lets partners manage both Extreme technologies, and those gained ...

For as long as I’ve been covering technology – and I’ve long since passed my silver anniversary – I’ve always been able to rely on the IT double take that comes with any advancement: “This is really ...

The phrase software-defined networking (SDN) was coined when it was necessary to distinguish the concept from the hardware-based variety. Since that time, "SDN" has come to mean the type of dynamic ...

Telcos and communications service providers (CSPs) have been relying on the promise of network functions virtualization (NFV) and software defined networking (SDN) to lead them into the world of rapid ...

Managing networks has become increasingly complex, and it will remain a challenge as the use of Internet of Things devices continues to grow. This complexity makes it difficult to reconfigure a ...

Sandra Gittlen is a freelance journalist and a regular contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. For Dave Sandum, it’s not a matter of if software-defined networking will become the norm ...

EIGHTY FOUR, PA.—Internet protocol technologies developed and implemented globally are now found in equipment rooms and network applications for broadcast. We’re at the cusp of seeing just how ...

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 ...