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Forward-thinking
SDN comes down to arming organisations
with the platform to pro-actively manage
any potential issues on the network.
Changes can be done in real-time on a more
pin-point level without taking the entire
network down.
And thanks to how SDN collects data
around network traffic, it also simplifies
identifying threats and compromises. These
can be isolated from the rest of the network
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and curb before more significant damage
is done.
Even though its potential is significant,
make no mistake that the transition to this
dynamic network environment will not be
easy. It requires a fundamentally different
way of viewing network management and
must have the buy-in of management
to have a hope of being successful. Even
so, its benefits and agility provided for a
more connected environment makes it an
organisational priority.
Ian Jansen van Rensburg, senior systems
engineer at VMware
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