Gartner defines software defined networks (SDN), Pica8 and NTT partner for SDN solutions, and IBM enhances its SDN approach for virtual environments.<\/p>\n
Gartner defines a SDN taxonomy<\/strong>. \u00a0In a new complimentary Gartner\u00a0report<\/a> the research and advisory company dives into software defined networking and creates a taxonomy of the topic in order to end the confusion about it. Gartner’s definition of SDN is that it is “a new approach to designing, building and operating networks that supports business agility. SDN brings a similar degree of agility to networks that abstraction, virtualization and orchestration have brought to server infrastructure.” The report covers SDN deployment models based on the associated environment, and where SDN can be leveraged, as a component of the policy driven data center. The report, “Ending the Confusion About Software-Defined Networking: A Taxonomy,” can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pica8 partners with NTT for SDN solutions<\/strong>. \u00a0Networking company Pica8<\/a> announced<\/a> that it has partnered\u00a0with NCLC and NTT Data to offer system integration services for end-to-end SDN solutions. Late last year the company published<\/a> an open SDN reference architecture, designed\u00a0as a network development platform for cloud providers.\u00a0The NTT partnership combines Pica8\u2019s implementation of Open vSwitch (OVS) in its switching operating system with NTT Data\u2019s SDN Framework to create end-to-end solutions. \u00a0Together the two companies will\u00a0provide planning, design, and development of SDN applications along with system integration services.\u00a0\u201cBy developing an application that provides SDN network traffic control and other services, we enable customers to implement SDN quickly and reliably,\u201d said Steve Garrison, vice president of product marketing at Pica8. \u201cCustomers can use white box networking products to build out a highly dynamic and programmable network with our solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n