The network team is being bombarded with configuration requests that can take days or weeks to handle, but luckily several approaches are emerging that promise to increase network agility, chief among ...

Software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) (SDN and NFV) are hot topics. They are clearly related, but how exactly are they similar? How are they different? How do ...

For decades, networks have been built on the same fundamental principle: dedicated hardware appliances for each network function. Need a firewall? Buy a box. Need load balancing? Purchase another ...

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) represents a paradigm shift in network management by decoupling the control plane from the data plane, thereby centralising network intelligence and enabling enhanced ...

Different types of SDN are simply points along the evolution from current networking to future networking. The networking industry is struggling to understand what Software Defined Networking (SDN) is ...

Anurag Saxena is a lead/principal software quality engineer at Red Hat and specializes in open-source software solutions. With over 15 years of experience in networking technologies, he manages the ...