Moving to a new technology is like setting off on a journey to a foreign country whose customs are unfamiliar. The goal is to end up looking suave and successful versus bedraggled and bereft (think Bogart in Casablanca rather than The African Queen). Although the advantages of making the passage to SDN are clear – the ability to program network capabilities without their being coupled with underlying hardware – it’s still a journey worth preparing for. Here are five things enterprises have to think about before moving to SDN.
