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NETWORKING:-
ARTICLE: Once a nascent technology understood only by
networking visionaries, software-defined networking (SDN) has moved
beyond the hype and into real-world network deployments. In 2012 and
most of 2013, networking suppliers were primarily focused on
communicating their SDN strategies and showcasing initial solutions.
Over the last six to 12 months, however, TBR has witnessed not only a
maturation of these solutions, but also the implementation of customer
deployments as proof that SDN may transform the networking industry
similar to how virtualization transformed the server industry over the
last decade. Unlike in 2013, when SDN deployments were found only in the
data centers of large cloud providers such as Google and Amazon,
customers in other verticals such as retail and manufacturing are now
using the technology in their production networks.
