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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.…
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…
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…
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.
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…
Cisco SD-Branch consolidates hardware network functions into a single software platform that can deploy business-critical services in minutes.
Secure SD-WAN is a successor of traditional site-2-site VPN. It goes adds the concept of link redundancy and active quality monitoring of the VPN transports between sites.
Paragon Pathfinder (formerly NorthStar Controller) is a cloud-native controller that simplifies traffic engineering, making it easier for you to leverage benefits provided by transport service paths, such as MPLS/RSVP, segment routing, and network slicing. It enables operations team…
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…
Junos Space Network Management Platform works with Juniper Networks' management applications to simplify and automate management of Juniper’s switching, routing, and security devices. The platform provides broad fault, configuration, accounting, performance, and security management…
Tempered Networks is network security technology from the company of the same name in Seattle, Washington.
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…
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…
Trustgrid Connect is an application-centric networking solution designed for cloud-to-on-premise and multi-cloud networking. The network-as-a-service focuses on the needs of application providers who must connect between heterogeneous environments (cloud to data center, application…
Evolving Networks is a SD-WAN vendor providing innovative network services and internet connections .
Riverbed's secure enterprise SD-WAN unifies connectivity across branch, data center and multi-cloud infrastructure.
Software Defined Networking abstracts network management away from the physical machines that control the network and introduces a control layer that centrally manages the entire network using open APIs. This differs from traditional networks, which are managed via software that is inextricably linked to the hardware itself. Software defined networking is most often used by larger organizations that have complex networks to manage.
Traditionally, a given router or switch can only “see” machines that are connected directly to it. In contrast, software defined networking enables network administrators to easily monitor network traffic and conditions and make changes to the network when needed.
SDN solutions should have most or all of the following features:
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Given the complexities of setting up a network, explicit pricing information for Software Defined Networking is rarely available without first contacting the vendor for details. Pricing will range depending on the size of your network, how busy the network is, and how much hardware will be needed to get the network up and running.
