Today many IT departments are moving towards
software-defined networking (SDN) in their data centers. SDN is an approach to
computer networking where control is separated from the physical infrastructure
and allows network administrators to manage network services and support a
network fabric across multi-vendor equipment. As an emerging architecture that
is manageable, adaptable, dynamic, and cost-effective, SDN is ideal for
high-bandwidth and demanding applications. There are many trends driving IT
administrators to this network change, including changing traffic patterns, the
rise of big data and cloud services, increasing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
trend, the inability to scale, and vendor dependence.
There are many benefits of using software defined networking
including flexibility in how the network can be used and operated, improved
uptime through eliminating manual intervention, lowering operational costs,
infrastructure savings, better planning with increased visibility into the
network, and better management through Managed Service Providers (MSP).
In a study published in August 2014 by Infonetics Research,
titled Data Center and Enterprise SDN Hardware and Software Annual Market Size
and Forecasts, the firm stated that it found that the enterprise and data
center SDN market grew 192 percent in 2013 and is expected to reach $18 billion
by the year 2018. Up from 2012, the in-use SDN Ethernet switch revenue,
including bare metal switches, branded Ethernet switches and virtual switches,
grew ten-fold. This increase was found to be a result of the increases in
white-box bare metal switch deployments by large cloud service providers such
as Amazon and Google.
At the top of the in-use SDN-capable switch in the data
center is the bare metal switch, which is expected to account for 31 percent of
the total SDN-capable switch revenue by the year 2018. Infonetics Research also
predicts that leaders in the SDN market will emerge during the upcoming years
as lab trials transfer into live production deployments. In the meantime, the
transition of SDN network virtualization overlays is predicted to reach
mainstream buy 2018.
To conduct this study Infonetics Research gathered data by
tracking SDN controllers and Ethernet switches in-use as well as SDN-capable
Ethernet switches.
For the complete study, please visit: http://www.infonetics.com/pr/2014/Data-Center-and-SDN-Market-Highlights.asp
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