Software-defined WAN can help smart cities of the future ensure IoT services function smoothly.
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For enterprises and service providers alike interoperability means avoiding vendor lock in, but even more importantly it means achieving the ability to piece together the best solutions for their needs.
The Internet of Things will require a robust virtual network. Software-defined overlays will help ensure reliable connections.
Businesses as well as their customers demand more and more applications. Collaboration using VOIP, video conferencing and desktop sharing is commonplace. Retail experience is enhanced by in-store applications. These applications are either centralized at headquarters or increasingly at various cloud locations.
Software-defined networking (SDN) principles have expanded across all facets of computing and networking, from data center components including servers, networking and storage, to the wide area network and beyond to technologies such as wireless access.
The benefits of SD-WAN simply make the net neutrality fight outcome irrelevant for most enterprises.
The adoption of cloud-based retail applications, as well as increasing demands for agility, for example, with pop-up retail, is changing the requirements for network access.