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Understanding Software Defined Networking

If you aren't intimately familiar with Software Defined Networking, don't fret. Only 10% of 450 IT practitioners at a recent Network World event raised their hands when asked if they understand SDN. But if the emerging technology lives up to its promise to redefine networking as we know it, there is no time like the present to dig in and learn more.

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10 things we learned – or didn't -- from Cisco's Insieme launch
Cisco's introduction of the Insieme Networks product line and strategy was the most anticipated networking announcement in almost two years. It...
F5 execs: We're blasting virtualization beyond Layer 3
Cisco wasn't the only networking company making big virtualization news last week with the debut of its Insieme product line and Application Centric...
F5, VMware & Cisco: One happy family?
At first blush, F5 Networks' new Synthesis Architecture for Software-Defined Application Services might appear to compete with new offerings from...
SDN user group focuses on use cases
The recent Open Networking User Group (ONUG) meeting in New York City attracted 400 participants, some of whom attended in-depth tutorial sessions...
Cisco competitors say Nexus 9000 brings closed hardware to an open software game
Cisco's network competitors VMware, Arista and HP predictably found holes in this week's launch of the Insieme Networks product line and strategy.
Insieme FAQ: a few key facts
The launch of Insieme Networks has been one of the most anticipated events in the networking industry over the past 18 months or so, ever since word...
Cisco takes fight to SDNs with bold Insieme launch
Game on: Cisco has acquired spin-in Insieme Networks and rolled out a family of its switches that are the network giant's strategic answer to the...
Cisco takes fight to SDNs with bold Insieme launch
Game on: Cisco has acquired spin-in Insieme Networks for $863 million and rolled out a family of its switches that are the network giant's strategic...
Big Switch swaps its CEOs
SDN start-up Big Switch Networks this week replaced its CEO with a former Juniper Networks executive as the company reboots its business plan in an...
Big Switch swaps out its CEO
SDN start-up Big Switch Networks this week replaced its CEO with a former Juniper Networks executive as the company reboots its business plan in an...
IT shops share OpenFlow, SDN best practices
Two users are putting OpenFlow and software-defined networks through their paces in projects of varied urgency.
SDN pioneers share their secrets
With the ability to create virtual networks quickly and efficiently – rather than programming network-connected hardware on an individual basis –...
Cisco/Insieme ushering in hardware-defined networks
Cisco is adamant that its upcoming Application Centric Infrastructure launch is not about SDNs.
HP says open sourcing SDNs is wrong
Vendors such as Juniper Networks that are open sourcing their SDN controllers are pursuing a wrongheaded strategy that misses the point of the...
HP opens up on SDNs
HP this week is establishing an "open" approach to SDN intended to accelerate programmable network deployments and stimulate demand for its switches...
Free open-source SDN app will analyze your network's complexity
Enterprise infrastructure company Infoblox announced this week that it plans to release a free and open-source software tool called Tapestry aimed at...
Weighing the IT implications of implementing  SDNs
Software Defined Networks should make IT execs think about a lot of key factors before implementation.
Planning for SDN
In our first Network World Spotlight, "Understanding SDN" we spelled out the basics. Here we catch you up on the status of the movement and begin to...
Planning for SDN
The Software Defined Networking movement is in its awkward adolescence, changing shape as it grows.  In this Network World Spotlight special digital...
Juniper ships SDN controller, dismisses OpenDaylight technology
Juniper Networks is now shipping its SDN controller and has also made it available as open source code, signaling an intention to not develop product...