This university classroom outlines the role of SDN in the WAN. The role of SDN is well understood in the data center context, an adjunct to the evolution of private clouds and of data center virtualization generally. SDN doesn't stop in the data center, however. Software-defined WAN options are making a big difference in how services are delivered to branches and accommodate changing bandwidth and performance requirements.

Russ is a key contributor to Evaluator Group's ongoing research into data storage technologies including hardware, software and services management. His specialties include Data Center Transformation and virtualization and security. Most recently Russ has been working on storage performance and virtualization as well as directing software development within Evaluator Group. Russ has over 25 years of high technology experience including product design / development, systems engineering, competitive analysis and portfolio management within both the vendor and end user groups. His experience comes from roles as an IT data center engineer, vendor and analyst communities, providing broad perspective of the storage industry.