Open Network Exchange: SDN, OpenFlow and Network Virtualization
 
Join our Twitter chats on SDN!

Please join us for a lively and engaging set of three discussions on SDN over Twitter. Chats will feature program speakers and Network World editors who will weigh in on the weekly topic and address your questions. Each chat will begin promptly at 1 pm ET on the date specified and will run for 30 minutes, with the moderator posing three questions for discussion during that time. To follow, please log in to Twitter or www.tweetchat.com and search for posts tagged #SDNchat.

SDN Chat 1
Date: January 31, 1 pm ET
Topic: SDN Use Cases
  • What are the primary use cases for SDN, and the top enterprise benefits?
  • When should orgs start to seriously look at SDN? Can you embrace SDN incrementally?
  • Will the SDN impact be felt in the data center first, or the WAN?
SDN Chat 2
Date: February 28, 1 pm ET
Topic: Standards and the SDN Provider Landscape
  • Is SDN fully baked, or is there more standards work to do?
  • Will the legacy players really support the standards, and what happens if they don’t?
  • How different are all the SDN products emerging from the various camps?

SDN Chat 3
Date: March 28, 1 pm ET
Topic: SDN: Performance and Security Considerations
  • What performance and availability considerations are associated with SDN? How do you address them?
  • Does implementing SDN have a positive or negative impact on your security posture?
  • Do different SDN products from various camps differ in these considerations? How?