Some say the software-defined data center is already here. Others say it -- and the move to software-define everything -- is all hype. Where should you steer your business?

Without these capabilities, according to Clemens Pfeiffer, CTO of Power Assure, your software-defined data center has a good chance of running into any number of brick walls.

Software-defined data center leaders are innovating data centers through AI, automation and virtualization around network, storage and servers.

Software-defined data center is not yet another vendor-backed jargon term, but can be a proper solution for cloud customization and integration. Beth Pariseau predicts that vendors are leading the ...

The Software Defined Data Center, or SDDC, is the logical endpoint of virtualised compute, storage and networking. When all the key elements of a data centre can be treated as fabrics, where ...

Image: The Software-Defined Data Center Comes Of Age (Forrester) The above diagram represents an idealised architecture, but Forrester noted that SDDC remains "a complex soup of technology and ...

Software-defined networking and software-defined storage (SDS) are rapidly changing the way federal data centers are built and operated. Storage growth has proved to be a major hurdle for many ...

The software defined data center (SDDC) claims to change that. It is described by VMware as: “A unified data center platform that provides unprecedented automation, flexibility, and efficiency to ...

A totally virtual world The key enabler of the software-defined data center is virtualization. We can now virtualize and pool the three key components of computing: servers, storage, and ...

The global Software-Defined Data Center Market will grow from USD 75.9 billion in 2024 to USD 184.5 billion by 2029 at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.4% during the forecast period ...

The software-defined data center market size, valued at USD 77.44 billion in 2024, is poised to grow to USD 470.54 billion by 2034. It is anticipated to exhibit a robust CAGR of 19.8% from 2025 to ...

The global Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) market is estimated to reach a total market size of $81.381 billion by the end of 2021.