Software-Defined Networking (SDN)

Juniper is in the process of re-focusing on a number of key areas, including SDN.

SDN application development efforts look set to increase the capabilities and value of software defined networks in the enterprise.

Juniper CEO wants his company to stay focused on high-growth areas of the market, including switching and SDN.

The enterprise isn't yet equipped to deal with the consequences of SDN, because no one knows what those consequences will be.

Advanced cloud architectures will require advanced network infrastructure in the data center.

Japanese vendors come together for cloud network virtualization.

Automation and SDN seem to go hand in hand, but several challenges still need to be solved before automation is automatic in software defined networks.

Network fabrics imply a flattened architecture that eschews centralized switching. So why are vendors still talking about core fabric switches?

AppID technology lands in Juniper's firewalls, but don't confuse it with the Cisco technology that has a similiar name.
 

New 5400R switches aim to deliver increased resiliency for enterprise networking needs and support for HP's SDN initiatives.

Hyperscale implies massive infrastructure, but key technologies may wind up in standard enterprise settings as well.

Charles Berger explains how Enterasys, SDN and the cloud will help his company to grow.

Do enterprise private clouds need SDN? No, say top execs at OpenStack vendor Nebula.

Even with the advent of highly fluid virtualized data environments and SDN, choices like open vs. proprietary remain.

HP announces new FlexFabric 7900 switches and Virtual Cloud Networking software for SDN and the SDN-enabled cloud.

SDN must overcome several key challenges before it can make it through the hype cycle and establish itself on the other side.

Oracle and others swell the ranks of the open-source OpenDaylight SDN collaboration project.

Infonetics Research points to SDN hesitation as having a negative impact on the buying patterns in the service provider space.

Enterprise interest in commodity hardware for SDN threatens the dominance of proprietary hardware vendors like Cisco. How does ACI address the problem?

During Q2 fiscal 2014 earnings report, Brocade CEO emphasizes the shift to software and SDN even with new hardware router platforms set to debut.

At Cisco Live, more details emerge about the InterCloud effort and how ACI will tie everything together atop an OpenStack base.

Cisco makes a slew of new ACI and collaboration product announcements, responds to NSA surveillance allegations at Cisco Live.

Converged infrastructure is great for plug-and-play provisioning, but first you have to decide what kind of network you want.

Cisco earnings decline, but CEO John Chambers expresses confidence in ACI and hints at new collaboration tools set to debut.

Brocade's chief open source architect talks OpenStack and OpenDaylight and how open source is powering the future of networking.