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Commodity hardware will be hallmark of SDN networks

2013-05-09 13:50:09| InfoWorld: Top News

Don't get too attached to your specialized network hardware -- you're not going to need it in the future, says one researcher. As networks get more and more abstract, the hardware used to run them will get less and less important, according to Riverbed's Steve Riley, who spoke Wednesday at Interop. So much so, in fact, that users will eventually need nothing but standard x86 gear.

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