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Software-Defined Networks and the New Network Hypervisor

Networks are bottlenecks in the private cloud. Server and storage technologies have evolved into pooled resources that cloud administrators can spin up on the fly, but networks remain far too manual. To be more agile, networks must be virtualized, and software defined networking (SDN) offers a cost-effective method for getting there.

This issue of the Network Evolution E-Zine focuses on various SDN solutions, if it’s the answer to the bottleneck problem, and potential pitfalls. Read this issue now to see what experts have to say about the possible SDN revolution.

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