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software-defined infrastructure

Datacenter servers controlled by a software management layer. Either the software is added to manage existing servers, or an integrated device that includes the software is used. See hyperconverged infrastructure.
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SUSE, a pioneer in open source software, provides reliable, software-defined infrastructure and application delivery solutions that give enterprises greater control and flexibility.
As adoption of software-defined infrastructure technologies increases, for example using hyperconverged infrastructure, organisations can gain new staffing efficiencies that fall outside that traditional staffing policy and practice.
SimplePay Group Pty Ltd (SimplePay) has begun using Riverbed SteelConnect as the backbone of a software-defined infrastructure to deliver the agility, security and flexibility required to scale its business globally.
The three companies will deploy a trial network in South Korea and Germany that uses key 5G technologies such as Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV), software-defined infrastructure, as well as distributed cloud and network slicing.
But in nearby Mountain View, Google began work on engineering its own software-defined infrastructure, ultimately known as the Google File System, which would function as a platform that could serve a diverse range of use cases for all the services Google would offer as part of its future ecosystem.
Radisys' hyperscale software-defined infrastructure, service aware traffic distribution platforms, real-time media processing engines and wireless access technologies enable its customers to maximize, virtualize and monetize their networks.
For an urban centre to transform into future-proof robust Smart City, it needs a strong ICT foundation that give it an agile, flexible and cost-effective software-defined infrastructure for faster provisioning of additional on-demand citizen services.
Ericsson has joined the Open Compute Project (OCP) to drive adoption of data center solutions based on the company's software-defined infrastructure and Intel[R] Rack Scale Architecture.
* Increased adoption of software-defined infrastructure
What's more, the solution has become something of a point of pride for Jumeirah Group, which is now one of the first companies in the Middle East to be running on a software-defined infrastructure.
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