How Can A Business Capitalize On Nec’s Sdn Solutions?

An SDN Solution is a Software-defined networking solution which is defined as a network management model that uses programmable network configurations to improve performance, reduce network provisioning costs, and simplify network monitoring. NEC’s SDN solutions can help in the resolution of ICT challenges for a wide range of businesses. There is no doubt that NEC strengthens SDN business with new solutions menu. In this blog, we will look into the ways in which a business can capitalize on NEC’s SDN solutions.

Desirable features of SDN Solutions

An SDN solution transforms network operation to make it more like cloud management instead of physically manoeuvring hardware switches, gateways, firewalls, and other network appliances. Given below are the must-have features of SDN solutions.

Cloud-compatibility – Most modern IT environments are heterogeneous in nature. A combination of private and public clouds co-exists with on-premise servers and containers. The SDN solution a business chooses must be able to able to support the entire cloud environment. Applications hosted on-premise and on the cloud must be able to run your software-defined network with adequate monitoring and governance. Morphlabs and NEC has entered into a Partnership for Cloud Solutions. The mCloud Solutions, powered by OpenStack, provide compact, scalable and efficient cloud infrastructure, with integrated metering and billing, enabling service providers to offer cost effective and sophisticated cloud services while nearly eliminating time-to-market.

Integration-readiness – SDN solutions do not work as a standalone tool or an appliance. They must mandatorily connect with the rest of your enterprise stack, including network components, business applications, and IT monitoring tools. The primary purpose of SDN solution is to provide consolidated visibility into network operations and granular control over performance. It should support integrations via application programming interfaces (APIs).

Data and Analytics – SDN should help a business in viewing network performance data and derive analytics insights. SDN reveals key information about resource utilization in the enterprise because it helps in connecting with the applications, network switches and traffic gateways of a business.

Programmability – Automated workflows based on specific performance parameters can be set up with the help of a programmable SDN solution. A system can be made secure with an SDN solution. One can permit or deny traffic depending on the security policies.

NEC can be a partner in providing SDN solutions

It is a great news for businesses that NEC strengthens SDN business with new solutions menu through a combination of NEC technologies, products, services and partner products that enable the provision of solutions to corporations, government offices, telecommunications carriers and data center operators throughout the world. The menu of innovative new solutions that strengthen Software-Defined Networking (SDN).

WAN Connection Optimization for Offices and Data Centers -- Businesses are aware of the fact that physical system configuration is complicated. When a business operates WAN internally, the technicians who deal with the system have trouble acquiring the technological skills of system designs and configuration of each ICT products. Network configurations changes between LANs and WANs are increasing due to mergers and acquisitions. SDN solution will make WAN connection optimization for offices and data centers seamless.

Office LAN Optimization Solutions -- SDN solutions help in efficient virtual LAN management. It will help in usage of network bandwidth to support mission-critical applications and business initiatives.

Access Authentication Solutions - Unauthorized access can be made by malicious people. SDN can help in customizing access authentication solutions for a business.

IaaS Operation Automation Solutions – SDN solutions can help in situation where IT resources are expected to increase dramatically in future. They can help in automation so that it will not require manual efforts. The mCloud solution developed by Morphlabs and NEC in Partnership for Cloud Solutions hosts the infrastructure components that are traditionally present in an on-premises data center.  

Data Center Network Integration Solutions – The number of private cloud systems managed by individual enterprises will increase and that virtualization rates will also increase, much difficulty is expected in the operations management of the virtual ICT environment of a data center by several persons. The SDN solution proposed herein solves this issue by enabling integrated operations management.