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IBM Networking Services for Software Defined Networks

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What is IBM Networking Services for Software Defined Networks?

IBM Networking Services for Software-defined Networks (SDN) transforms hardware and device-centric network to a virtual, software-defined network for improved agility, security and cost efficiency.

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What is IBM Networking Services for Software Defined Networks?

IBM Networking Services for Software-defined Networks (SDN) transforms hardware and device-centric network to a virtual, software-defined network for improved agility, security and cost efficiency.

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What is IBM Networking Services for Software Defined Networks?

IBM Networking Services for Software-defined Networks (SDN) transforms hardware and device-centric network to a virtual, software-defined network for improved agility, security and cost efficiency.

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Improve your network with IBM

Rating: 9 out of 10
June 15, 2022
BH
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Networking Services for Software Defined Networks
4 years of experience
In my company we use several IBM services including IBM Networking, we use it for SDN it helps us to establish a path and a better landscape to improve the scalability of the SDN implementation IBM has a lot of experience in this field. Because we use technologies and software from many vendors, IBM Network Services for SDN is essential to developing a stable network structure to combine the various products. We also use it for SD-WAN evaluation to determine vendor quality and performance.
  • Network evaluation
  • Network performance
Cons
  • A better API for a outstanding integration
It is ideal for supporting and monitoring a network infrastructure, and optimizing the application of a hybrid cloud in a data center.
  • Helps to have more network security for virtual machines
  • It helps to have a better balance in SDN loads and this saves us time
IBM is a company that has a lot of experience in networking services, in addition to having a better integration with other products of the same brand, for this reason we use IBM Networking Services

Optimizing your network resources.

Rating: 8 out of 10
June 10, 2022
RS
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Networking Services for Software Defined Networks
2 years of experience
Our organization is currently using IBM Services for Software Defined networks to assess, strategize and design how we establish SDNs and optimize our network infrastructure. It is helpful in improving the usage of our resources and ensures the readiness of a network for deployment in a hybrid multiple cloud environment. We use it to create programmable network integrations in multiple clouds and data centers improving our scalability and management.
  • Creates flexible and resilient networks that can be deployed in multi-cloud hybrid environments.
  • It briskly reduces difficulties in our data center, large area and local networks.
  • Provides us with a comprehensive roadmap for our automation needs and strategies for scaling SDNs
Cons
  • It should have a standard API for inter plane connections.
  • Centralized controller is ineffective.
IBM Networking Services for SDNs enables us to directly program network controls greatly reducing the complexities in multi-cloud, data centers, and large area networks. I like how scalable it is; we are able to scale it up to effectively manage and monitor all our networks It improves the efficiency of networks by using load balancing to control traffic flow according to need and usage.
  • Monitoring ability.
  • Ease of configuration.
  • Open controllers simplify network design.
  • Extensibility
  • Amazing control over security. Policies are set from a central place that determines access control and security across the network.
  • Managing networks is much easier through direct programming.
IBM Resilient Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR), Turbonomic, an IBM Company, Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)

The best for Hybrid networks

Rating: 9 out of 10
May 23, 2022
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Networking Services for Software Defined Networks
3 years of experience
We completed full migration from traditional networks to SDNs about three years ago making it necessary to have a universal network management software. We ended up going for IBM Networking Services for Software Defined Networks because we had been using IBM cloud suite already. We use it as our primary SDN features controller. It provides an outstanding view, intelligence and control of our networks and our clients'.
  • Effective load balancing of SDNs.
  • Provides a centralized approach to managing hybrid network topology.
  • Has an effective controller redundancy.
Cons
  • Low performance while managing overlay Model SDN.
  • The SDN controller is always vulnerable to attacks, but its only natural considering it is a potential single point of failure. We have to pay more for a SOAR to improve security.
As service providers in Information technology, IBM Networking Services for Software Defined Networks has been of priceless value in management of virtual networks. It is crucial to improve our flexibility in administration of networks regardless of the usage bandwidth whether around the company or on our clients' networks. If you are looking to improve agility and configuration of your networks, then IBM would be the best SDN for that.
  • Network control via direct programming.
  • Load balancers to manage traffic
  • Microsegmentation of networks
  • Simplified network management and operation
  • Greater control of networks from a central administration point.

Modernizing your Network Provision.

Rating: 8 out of 10
April 30, 2022
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Networking Services for Software Defined Networks
4 years of experience
We use IBM Networking Services for SDNs to help us establish an extensive roadmap to improve how we scale SDN deployment. Because we use multiple vendor technologies and software, IBM Networking Services for SDNs are crucial in building a network fabric to integrate the different software. We also use it for SD-WAN assessment to leverage vendor comparison.
  • Improved security of virtual machines with SDN central control.
  • Flexible in adjusting network configuration.
Cons
  • Making switches between physical and virtual network devices is quite slow.
Multi system cloud networks get complex, and having total control is undoubtedly hard and frustrating. However, with IBM Networking Services for SDNs, you make a step closer to attaining centralized network provisioning with a unified perspective. IBM has been resourceful in speeding up our network delivery, but you'll have to bear with the frustrating task of switching between the physical and virtual network devices from the controller.
  • Centralized Network provisioning
  • Enterprise management.
  • SD-WAN assessment.
  • Loosening from the hardware constraints in network provisioning.
  • We are top performing in Network modernization.
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