The hype around software-defined networking used to be inescapable; today, some vendors even steer clear on the term. But a panel at Interop ITX showed that the technology is still very much alive and changing the way enterprises run their networks.
“If you watched the Super Bowl on Fox, you watched SDN,” Thomas Edwards, VP of engineering and development at FOX Networks Engineering & Operations. “We use SDN to have fine-grained control over packets on our network,” he said, explaining how the company uses SDN to move compressed videos to its regional networks.
