Preface: Software defined environments

Abstract

Preface: Software defined environmentsThe significant growth and diversity in information-processing applications and domains require a rethinking of how IT is to be delivered as solutions and services, meeting a variety of requirements that include performance, resilience, security, and agility. Cloud-computing platforms are becoming one of the preferred deployment platforms for both traditional applications and a new generation of mobile, social, and analytics applications. Changes are evident at all layers of the platform stack. At the infrastructure level, the network, compute, and storage are becoming more software