Yes, people really are still debating the definition of software-defined networking

Many speakers at the Open Networking Summit in Santa Clara (CA) agreed on the definition of software-defined networking (SDN): the separation of the control plane and the data plane.

But despite the growth of the conference, what people could do with software defined networking wasn’t completely clear, leaving enterprises unsure of what’s possible and what’s not and which vendors can solve which problems. If vendors are still debating the definition of software-defined networking, enterprises will be left unsure what products could solve their problems. And that is exactly what’s happening.