‘SDN represents a paradigm shift’

The emergence of Software Defined Networks (SDN), an architecture that aims to make networks agile and flexible, have led to a paradigm shift as they address the limitations of a conventional network, said Satish K Tripathi, an Indian-American computer scientist and president of the University at Buffalo, New York.

SDN has several applications in domains including Enterprise Networks, Wide Area Networks, Data Centre Networks and Wireless Networks. It enables companies and service providers to respond quickly to changing business requirements and enables flexibility, leading to better management of resources. There is a global interest in SDN, thanks to Open