Avaya’s new SDN innovation to help digital inclusion

BANGALORE: Communication solutions provider Avaya has introduced a new, open software-defined networking (SDN) architecture which it claims is the first to deliver automation and programmability from the network core to the user edge.

According to Avaya, the new architecture can help the government to deliver on its digital inclusion vision, and allow the country’s enterprises to create the agile networks required by today’s dynamic applications.

The Avaya SDN Fx architecture is built on the Avaya Fabric Networking technology and features new products and capabilities for a complete solution that delivers on the promise of SDN, without the hidden complexity that comes with the towering overlays of software and hardware inherent in many other vendor approaches.

It builds on three primary tenets—an automated core, an open ecosystem, an enabled edge, to meet the expectations of the IT departments.

The Avaya SDN Fx architecture can support a wide range of use cases, such as supporting the security and mobility of devices connecting to the ever-growing Internet of Things.

According to a recent Avaya survey, 64 percent of IT professionals in India want SDN to extend beyond the data center; however, 26 percent of them say the ability to do so today is extremely or moderately limited.