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Study: Federal Government Doesn’t Want SDN

Aug 24, 2013
1 minute read

Software Defined Networking (SDN) offers the promise of a more agile programmable networking infrastructure. According to a new study sponsored by Juniper Networks, however, while the U.S. Federal Government sees some potential benefits to SDN, few agencies have any plans whatsoever to adopt the technology.

The study asked , “In approximately how many months, if at all, does your agency or department plan to adopt SDN?” Shockingly, 64 percent of respondents indicated that they have no plans to adopt SDN.

Read the full story at Enterprise Networking Planet:
Study: Most U.S. Federal Agencies Have No SDN Deployment Plans

Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at InternetNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @TechJournalist.

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