Network teams are investigating and adopting emerging technologies like SDN and 40 Gb ethernet networks on a limited basis, while UC and BYOD are approaching the threshold of mainstream adoption
Software-defined networks
With a wide range of definitions for SDN, the top drivers behind SDN adoption were the need to improve the network's ability to dynamically adapt to changing business demands (48 percent) and to deliver new services faster (40 percent). Others indicated lowering operating expenses, decreasing capital expenses, improving the ability to provision network infrastructure, and designing more realistic network infrastructures as reasons behind SDN deployment.