How Virtualization and SDN will impact Data Center Security
According to Infonetics, 77% percent of survey respondents need security solutions with increased session handling performance, while around 70% need products with throughput and interfaces to match new high-speed networks. Vendors that have a compelling roadmap for virtualization and software-defined networking (SDN) stand to gain a head start in the battle for data center security dominance.
“Buyers will switch vendors this year to get high-performance security infrastructure for the data center,” said Jeff Wilson, principal analyst for security.