SDN is definitely an overloaded and confusing term that is used inconsistently. Here are a few attempts to explain:
- “The Road to SDN: An Intellectual History of Programmable Networks” (ACM Queue, December 2013) https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2560327 <https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2560327> - “Abstractions for Software-Defined Networks” (CACM, October 2014) http://www.cs.cornell.edu/~jnfoster/papers/sdn-abstractions.pdf <http://www.cs.cornell.edu/~jnfoster/papers/sdn-abstractions.pdf> - “From Ethane to SDN and Beyond” (ACM SIGCOMM CCR, October 2019) https://ccronline.sigcomm.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/acmdl19-347.pdf <https://ccronline.sigcomm.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/acmdl19-347.pdf> — Jen > On Dec 4, 2019, at 12:56 PM, Rod Beck <rod.b...@unitedcablecompany.com> wrote: > > Can someone explain what is all the fuss? SDN is like the latest telecom > craze but the articles do a poor job of explaining the advantages. I seek > concrete examples. > > Regards, > > Roderick. > > > Roderick Beck > VP of Business Development > United Cable Company > www.unitedcablecompany.com <http://www.unitedcablecompany.com/> > New York City & Budapest > rod.b...@unitedcablecompany.com <mailto:rod.b...@unitedcablecompany.com> > 36-70-605-5144
