Software Defined Networking (SDN)
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Software Defined Networking (SDN) Overview
What are Software-Defined Networking Solutions?
Software-Defined Networking Solutions (SDN) are strongly related to, and frequently confused with, two other network agility technologies: Network Virtualization (NV) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV).Software-defined networking solves the problem of rapid network architecture design to handle very large traffic flows. Traditionally, in order to shape traffic, administrators would have to configure individual switches.
SDN makes it possible to manage network traffic from a central console without having to deal with the hardware at all. This is achieved by decoupling the system that makes decisions about where traffic is sent (the control plane) from the systems that forward traffic to the correct destination (the data plane).
Software Defined Networking (SDN) Products
(1-25 of 30) Sorted by Most Reviews
Cisco DNA Center
Cisco DNA Center is the network management system, foundational controller, and analytics platform at the heart of Cisco’s intent-based network. DNA Center addresses the demands of digitization, cloud, IoT, and mobility by eliminating IT complexity and facilitating alignment with…
IBM Cloud Internet Services is a set of edge network services for securing internet-facing applications from DDoS attacks, data theft, and bot attacks, as well as optimizing their web apps or ensuring global responsiveness and the ongoing availability of their internet-facing applications.…
Cradlepoint in Boise offers the all-inclusive NetCloud Solution Packages for branch, mobile, and IoT networks combine tailored NetCloud services with fit-for-purpose hardware and a comprehensive support plan. NetCloud Solution Packages are cloud-managed and deployable anywhere in…
Cisco's Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) provides automated end-to-end segmentation to separate user, device and application traffic without redesigning the network. Cisco SD-Access automates user access policy so organizations can make sure the right policies are established…
Nuage Networks, a Nokia company, offers the Nuage Networks Virtualized Services Platform (VSP), which provides software-defined networking (SDN) and policy-based automation for cloud deployments. Designed for large enterprises and service providers, the vendor boasts supporting clouds…
Big Switch Networks headquartered in Santa Clara, California offers Big Cloud Fabric to support network virtualization, or software defined networking (SDN).
Juniper Networks supports SDN with Contrail Networking, a solution that provides dynamic end-to-end networking policy and control for any cloud, any workload, NFV, and any deployment, from a single user interface. It translates abstract workflows into specific policies, simplifying…
Speedify is a new kind of bonding VPN designed from the ground up for speed, security, and reliability. The vendor says Speedify's bonding protocol lets it do things no other VPN can: switching between Wi-Fi and Cellular without breaking sockets, and bonding connections together…
Blue Planet, now a Ciena company, offers an open intelligent automation portfolio, that aims to let service providers use deep knowledge about the network to power adaptive optimization of the network and services. It facilitates the evolution toward more efficient and modernized…
DX Virtual Network Assurance (formerly CA Virtual Network Assurance) is a next-generation network monitoring tool enabling management of software-defined network (SDN) architectures along with traditional infrastructure, from Broadcom company CA Technologies.
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.
Ciena’s Manage, Control and Plan (MCP), formerly from Blue Planet, is a domain controller that gives users SDN software control and automation. MCP eliminates the manual, time-consuming, error-prone steps typically required to plan and build the network and to deliver and assure…
Lumina Networks in San Jose offers the Lumina SDN Controller, formerly the Brocade SDN Controller, acquired by Lumina Networks during the Broadcom acquisition of Brocade and the sell off of some of the Brocade product line.
The Transcend Software Suite (formerly the Xceed Software Suite) from Infinera headquartered in Sunnyvale is a comprehensive software platform, offering network automation solutions that support operational simplification, resource optimization, and fast service delivery, enabling…
CenturyLink® SD-WAN with hybrid connectivity is a complete WAN solution supporting scalable networks across a range of connectivity types. They integrate disparate connectivity types into seamless hybrid software-defined WAN.Gain complete visibility through a centralized customer…
NEC offers the ProgrammableFlow software-defined networking (SDN) application.
Cisco SD-Branch consolidates hardware network functions into a single software platform that can deploy business-critical services in minutes.
AudioCodes Software-Defined Voice Network (SDvN) is an open solution designed to help large enterprises undergoing the digital transformation process to simplify the operations of their voice networks and increase call routing efficiency. It achieves this through consolidation of…
LiveNETWORK from LiveQoS in Ottawa is a SD-QoE global cloud service for Demanding Internet apps. The vendor states that with LiveNETWORK these apps see a faster, less variable, lower latency network. For example, instead of these apps always blindly following the often-congested…
Zero Trust Network is an application and identity-centric connectivity solution designed for cloud-to-on-premise and multi-cloud networking. The software-defined networking solution focuses on providing connectivity between heterogeneous environments (cloud to data center, application…
Trustgrid Software-Defined Perimeter (SDP) combines advanced networking with cloud-native management tools to provide remote users Zero Trust network access between users and applications. The vendor states that by blending the best of networking, security and automation features,…