Recently, there have been some questions circulating about whether software-defined networking (SDN) has been a success and even whether it has a future at all.
In fact, if you look at the actual adoption numbers, SDN has been hugely successful in helping enterprise IT teams achieve more simplified, centralized and agile operations. And the real question should be how IT can now build on this success to enable the ultimate goal of an intelligent network that is continuously in alignment with business needs and supporting digital transformation goals. What the industry is now calling “intent-based networking (IBN)”.
