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IBM Networking Services for Software Defined Networks

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What is IBM Networking Services for Software Defined Networks?

IBM Networking Services for Software-defined Networks (SDN) transforms hardware and device-centric network to a virtual, software-defined network for improved agility, security and cost efficiency.

Categories & Use Cases

Improve your network with IBM

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In my company we use several IBM services including IBM Networking, we use it for SDN it helps us to establish a path and a better landscape to improve the scalability of the SDN implementation IBM has a lot of experience in this field. Because we use technologies and software from many vendors, IBM Network Services for SDN is essential to developing a stable network structure to combine the various products. We also use it for SD-WAN evaluation to determine vendor quality and

performance.

Pros

  • Network evaluation
  • Network performance

Cons

  • A better API for a outstanding integration

Most Important Features

  • Helps to have more network security for virtual machines

Return on Investment

  • It helps to have a better balance in SDN loads and this saves us time

Alternatives Considered

Splunk Enterprise

Other Software Used

IBM Cloud Backup, Splunk Enterprise, Splunk IT Essentials, Google BigQuery, IBM Power System Virtual Server

Optimizing your network resources.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our organization is currently using IBM Services for Software Defined networks to assess, strategize and design how we establish SDNs and optimize our network infrastructure. It is helpful in improving the usage of our resources and ensures the readiness of a network for deployment in a hybrid multiple cloud environment. We use it to create programmable network integrations in multiple clouds and data centers improving our scalability and management.

Pros

  • Creates flexible and resilient networks that can be deployed in multi-cloud hybrid environments.
  • It briskly reduces difficulties in our data center, large area and local networks.
  • Provides us with a comprehensive roadmap for our automation needs and strategies for scaling SDNs

Cons

  • It should have a standard API for inter plane connections.
  • Centralized controller is ineffective.

Most Important Features

  • Monitoring ability.
  • Ease of configuration.
  • Open controllers simplify network design.
  • Extensibility

Return on Investment

  • Amazing control over security. Policies are set from a central place that determines access control and security across the network.
  • Managing networks is much easier through direct programming.

Other Software Used

IBM Resilient Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR), Turbonomic, an IBM Company, Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)

The best for Hybrid networks

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We completed full migration from traditional networks to SDNs about three years ago making it necessary to have a universal network management software. We ended up going for IBM Networking Services for Software Defined Networks because we had been using IBM cloud suite already. We use it as our primary SDN features controller. It provides an outstanding view, intelligence and control of our networks and our clients'.

Pros

  • Effective load balancing of SDNs.
  • Provides a centralized approach to managing hybrid network topology.
  • Has an effective controller redundancy.

Cons

  • Low performance while managing overlay Model SDN.
  • The SDN controller is always vulnerable to attacks, but its only natural considering it is a potential single point of failure. We have to pay more for a SOAR to improve security.

Most Important Features

  • Network control via direct programming.
  • Load balancers to manage traffic
  • Microsegmentation of networks

Return on Investment

  • Simplified network management and operation
  • Greater control of networks from a central administration point.

Other Software Used

IBM Rack Servers

Modernizing your Network Provision.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use IBM Networking Services for SDNs to help us establish an extensive roadmap to improve how we scale SDN deployment. Because we use multiple vendor technologies and software, IBM Networking Services for SDNs are crucial in building a network fabric to integrate the different software. We also use it for SD-WAN assessment to leverage vendor comparison.

Pros

  • Improved security of virtual machines with SDN central control.
  • Flexible in adjusting network configuration.

Cons

  • Making switches between physical and virtual network devices is quite slow.

Most Important Features

  • Centralized Network provisioning
  • Enterprise management.
  • SD-WAN assessment.

Return on Investment

  • Loosening from the hardware constraints in network provisioning.
  • We are top performing in Network modernization.

Other Software Used

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions