Huawei unveils first SDN solution

Huawei has unveiled the first SDN (software-defined network) solutions in Africa at its SDN&IP Summit held at the Sandton Convention Centre. The Huawei SDN & IP Summit provides a unique platform to share SDN and IP cutting-edge technologies and industry trends...

Software-defined network to go mainstream

Research shows that 79% of North American businesses are planning to have software-defined networking (SDN) in live production in the data centre in 2017. According to an Infonetics’ study, “Data Centre SDN Strategies: North American Enterprise Survey”, provides new...

Five reasons you can’t ignore SDN

Software-defined networking (SDN) is set to be one of the most disruptive developments in IT, yet most businesses lack awareness as to its implications. Shiraaz Singh, head of Networking Solutions at Aptronics, believes this needs to change. Forget cloud, big data and the Internet of things for a second – there’s something just as big that most IT executives and businesses are blissfully unaware of. It’s called SDN and it’s the future of networking.

Virtualisation grows software-centric telcos

Software-defined network (SDN) and large-scale network virtualisation are two emerging telecom industry technologies that will combine to drive a more software-centric and programmable telecom infrastructure and services ecosystem.  According to new research from...