The Telecommunications Department had invited you to the lecture evening with the theme: "Software Defined Networking (SDN)"

This meeting was attended by more than 70 people and gave insights into the concept of SDN and how to connect Data Centres with SD-WAN.

It became clear, that the speed of developments/innovations on the (SDN) Internet is very high and SD-WAN has become a global phenomenon.

The SDN presentations can be found under the "Documents" tab.

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is technology that aims to make networks more flexible, enabling rapid response to changing demands of network users.

By decoupling the control plane from the data plane, operational efficiency, automation and cost savings can be achieved. Thanks to the adoption of an open source platform within SDN, a combination of technologies (NFVs) by different vendors can easily be combined in 1 device/hardware.

SDN not only enables more effective use of network, storage and processing capabilities, but also stimulates innovation, as new network services can be implemented quickly.

Thus, SDN technology is a crucial ingredient for the realisation of 5G communication and for new application domains such as the tactile internet.

This theme night presented different perspectives on SDN.

Fernando Kuipers (TU Delft) clearly expressed the vision of the tactile internet and then explained how SDN works and can be deployed to realise that vision.

Ernest Pronk and Fred Rabouw (Cisco) articulated how Cisco has modernised its portfolio for this new SDN flexibility and set out how it works in theory and practice.

Onno van Beek (BT) addressed the current issues that large operators like BT, are trying to solve through SDN and Connected SDWAN Market products

Software Defined Networking in Wikipedea describing the setup

What is SDN explained by Computerworld

iQCloud for Software Defined Networking (SDN) with Cisco

Software Defined Networking with Infradata is the new take on network design, deployment and management.

The basic concept of SDN is, that a central controller system controls the network, to enable optimisation in control and forwarding planes separately.

  • Simplify your network management

  • Roll out new services faster

  • Improve the availability of your network

  • Frequently asked questions about SDN

Further information on this activity from ing. Edwin Breukelman(edwin.breukelman@gmail.com) or ir. Hein Franken(hein.franken@gmail.com

Documents