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As nearly every other aspect of industrial technology goes digital, so too are industrial networks. And not just the communications that travel across these networks—which have long been digitized—but ...

The market is gaining momentum as organizations adapt their networks to support a mix of on-premises systems and public cloud platforms. By offering, the services segment is expected to register the ...

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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 everything, including software-defined networking, is taking hold in the commercial sector. It’s also starting to break through with IT leaders at state and local government agencies.

Enterprise and university campus networks have enjoyed decades of architectural permanence. For years, these networks have been built with cookie cutter designs, with the only critical decision points ...

The origin of software-defined networking (SDN), which is thought to have gotten its start around 2008, isn’t that long ago all things considered. But more than a decade in the IT space might as well ...

As is somewhat typical of emerging technologies, there isn’t a universally agreed to definition of what is meant by software defined networking (SDN). Over the last year or two most of the definitions ...

New research details how Passive Optical Networking reduces complexity, lowers cost, and enables secure, vendor neutral software defined networks at scale CARROLLTON, Texas, Feb. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ ...

Vodafone has upgraded its global transport network using software-defined networking (SDN) to connect the multi-supplier parts of the network. This network orchestrates all the telco’s mobile and ...

The global software-defined networking market has been growing by leaps and bounds for the past decade. Despite a slowdown in overall IT spending during the COVID-19 pandemic, the market is expected ...