Go to any trade show or technology event and you will see Software Defined {insert name here} everywhere. Each vendor promising the panacea of ease of use, cost savings, and being ready for the future of IoT and beyond. Moving the management duties off individual boxes into a centralized system does make it easier to operate a network leading to less time configuring and troubleshooting to reduce costs. It is that last part of being ready, what does that really mean?
