Software-defined networking is here, whether enterprises are ready or not

Software-defined networking will enable today’s explosive data growth to continue by making telecoms more agile and scalable. Network traffic is growing at an astonishing rate. We attribute this to video conferencing, dynamic cloud workloads and unified communications. Data traffic on the AT&T wireless network grew more than 150,000 percent between 2007 and 2015. This is only the beginning, though. New technology will continue to push bandwidth demand even higher in the future. This includes the Internet of Things, 4K video, virtual reality and augmented reality. This explosion of data is already outpacing the capacity of the traditional telecoms network. For… [Continue Reading]