GigaOM Pro

Summary:

The tremendous growth of public and private cloud services places new demands on the IT organization, particularly when it comes to the scale, agility, and management of the data center. Software-defined networks (SDN)s are a response to those demands, particularly for hyperscale public data centers from the likes of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and other webscale companies. The evolution of SDN technologies will provide opportunities for IT managers to significantly improve the operations of their networks and the ability to tailor their network to specific applications and IT requirements.