SDN -- il concetto di "software defined networking"

The sign of a well run and adequately funded IT department is that common tasks are automated.

I automate where I can, but for several clients, everything is a band-aid on top of a band-aid on top of a band-aid.

Automate early and automate everything!

SDN is basically a nice pushbutton interface that allows me to create everything necessary for a new virtual machine or physical server without actually putting any real thought into it. Choose a class of workload, push a button and poof: everything from VLANs to firewall rules, routing, VPNs, intrusion detection, port mirroring and so forth is configured.

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Nota: non è un "prodotto" (per ora). Ne sentiremo parlare spesso nell'immediato futuro.