Corporate data center infrastructures must evolve. Mobility, real-time applications and virtualization have created a new set of demands that yesterday's data center architectures are simply not equipped to handle. Users require anytime/anywhere access to rich-media applications from smartphones, tablets and other devices.

Network automation optimizes virtualization
The next critical phase in network evolution is automation of the data center network.  Server virtualization has enabled rapid application deployment and increased movement of applications between virtualized servers or data centers.  Traditional networks are not designed to handle this level change.  The result is poor application performance and latency as networks and administrators adapt to virtualized internal changes. Automation at the network control layer eliminates latency and optimizes application delivery.

Data Center Networks must be intelligent
Application Fluent Networks automatically react to the dynamic requirements of virtualized workloads, such as following virtual machine (VM) movement.  Because they are application aware, quality of service (QoS) is automatically adjusted for application flows within the data center and across the network.  Discover how Application Fluent Networking is the first stage of software defined networking (SDN).  

For larger enterprises, application fluency enables the corporate data center to become a multi-site private cloud by extending layer-2 connectivity between multiple data center sites. Hybrid cloud models are also supported, so public cloud-based services can be seamlessly delivered on the corporate network.  Learn more about the benefits of deploying an Application Fluent Network.

For mid-sized data centers – no chassis required
Advanced mesh architecture allows top-of-rack switches to be directly connected together.   This means small and medium-sized enterprises benefit from a full-featured fabric with built-in automated virtual machine mobility.  The mesh is less complex, highly scalable and delivers unmatched performance at a fraction of the cost.

The road to SDN
Software defined networking (SDN) makes networks adaptable to applications, providing automation at the network level that parallels the automation and flexibility at the server level. SDN bridges the gap between application control and network control elements, optimizing application delivery and performance across the entire data center network and the converged campus LAN. Benefit from SDN today.