The Promise of Software-Defined Networking in Higher Education
In order to manage their networks, many colleges and universities are forced to assemble a number of separate components like network management platforms and client software agents to get the job done. This approach presents a number of difficulties, including vendor lock-in, maintenance difficulties, and a lack of flexibility.
Fortunately, a new alternative is gaining popularity in higher education: Software-defined networking (SDN). Read on to learn about the many advantages presented by this network architecture, which offers solutions to the following challenges:
- Integrating wired and wireless devices
- Managing network access control
- Allocating network resources to applications
- And more