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.

Called software-defined perimeter (SDP), it is based on the relatively simple idea of throwing a virtual barrier around servers, routers, printers, and other enterprise network components.

Software-defined networking is a hot topic in data networking today. This technology was created to separate the control of networking resources from hardware devices in the same manner that data ...

Software-defined networking promises to deliver enormous benefits, from reduced costs to more efficient network operations. Here’s why SDN belongs on your network roadmap.

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization have promised to revolutionize the datacenter. SDN breaks the tight connection between the forwarding plane (moving data from ...

Back in 2011, Marc Andressen famously made the statement “software is eating the world.” The network is now on software's plate. We are seeing software-defined networking and software-defined ...

As previously discussed on Computer Weekly, a Software Defined Perimeter approach can form part of a multi-layered approach to network security using a zero-trust model.

Key Attributes of Software-Defined Networking Directly programmable: Developers and administrators can program right to the network because it's decoupled from forwarding functions.

Software-defined networks are not yet widely used, so there is no hard data showing exactly how much they cost. However, Nicira, a software-defined networking company that was founded by the ...

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A software-defined network using OpenFlow-based switches, routers andserver software. Some might be quick to point out that virtual networking technologies such as the Hyper-V Virtual Switch aren ...