You may have heard of software-defined networking (SDN) and its ability to simplify some of the complexity associated with cloud environments. SDN separates the control plane and the forwarding plane of the network, so administrators have more control and more opportunities to improve application performance. SDN allows enterprises to bypass the public internet and connect to t[…]

The software defined network (SDN) is growing at a phenomenal rate. According to Gartner, by the end of 2016, its deployment will have expanded to over 10,000 businesses, a ten-fold increase in less than two years. However, SDN implementation doesn’t always produce immediate results. Its complexity and unpredictable performance sometimes cause poor end user experiences. Althoug[…]