Carriers set to spend $5,7bn on SDN by 2019

As service providers seek service agility and operational efficiency in their networks to stay competitive, the global market for carrier software-defined networking (SDN) software, hardware and services is expected to grow from $103-million in 2014 to $5,7-billion in...

The importance of SDN

Software-defined networking (SDN) is a phrase that has been popping up with increasing regularity. But what exactly is it and why is it such a big deal for both the channel and the enterprise? “In simple terms, it is a relatively new way of designing, maintaining and...

Dell expands SDN solutions

Dell has announced new products and solutions to help global customers on their paths toward software-defined (SDN) data centres by bridging the gap between traditional and new application requirements.

Big data drives SA’s CIOs to SDN

In today’s fast-evolving IT environment, the need to manage big data and mobility is putting significant pressure on network managers, says Anton Jacobsz, MD at Networks Unlimited. Today’s increasingly internet-facing community is creating a massive flow of data; new...

$8bn market for software-defined networking

Software-defined networking (SDN) continues to gain ground within the broader enterprise and cloud service provider markets for data centre networking. According to a new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC), the worldwide SDN market for the enterprise...