Software Defined Networks for Agile, Automated, and Secure Enterprises
Our Software Defined Networks (SDN) service modernizes enterprise networks with centralized control, intent-based policy, and end-to-end automation. We design, deploy, and manage SDN fabrics across campus, WAN, and data center so you can move faster, reduce risk, and operate at scale.
Is Your Traditional Network Too Slow for Modern Business?
In an era of rapid cloud adoption and digital transformation, traditional networks are a major bottleneck. Their manual configuration processes, hardware dependencies, and lack of visibility make them slow, complex, and difficult to secure. This rigidity prevents businesses from responding quickly to market changes, deploying new applications efficiently, and managing the increasing demands of a hybrid workforce and IoT devices.
Operational Bottlenecks: Manual configuration and complex change windows delay releases and cause drift.
Limited Visibility and Control: Siloed monitoring makes it hard to enforce policy or understand traffic paths.
Inconsistent Security Segmentation: Flat networks and ad hoc ACLs increase lateral movement risk and audit findings.
Difficult Cloud and Campus Integration: Legacy designs struggle to connect data center, branch, wireless, and cloud with one policy.
Building a Programmable Foundation with Software Defined Networking
At siliconops.ai, SDN is about translating business intent into consistent network behavior. Our approach leverages industry-leading SDN platforms to give you centralized control over your entire network. We unify control, security, and automation so operations are predictable and change is safe.
Centralized Control & Automation
We deploy SDN controllers that act as the central brain of your network, enabling you to automate provisioning, configuration, and management tasks.
Application-Centric Policies
Our SDN solutions allow you to define network policies based on application requirements, ensuring your critical apps always get the performance & security needed.
Open, Programmable Architecture
We design SDN environments with open APIs, allowing for seamless integration with your existing IT orchestration tools and DevOps pipelines.
Enhanced Security through Segmentation
We use SDN to implement micro-segmentation, which isolates workloads and prevents the lateral movement of threats across your network.
Our framework follows an Assess → Design → Deploy → Optimize cycle, ensuring your SDN solution continuously adapts to your evolving business needs.
Key Components of Our Software Defined Networking Services
Our SDN services provide a complete, end-to-end solution for modernizing your network. We cover everything from initial strategy and design to deployment, integration, and ongoing management, ensuring a successful and seamless transition to a programmable infrastructure.
SDN Strategy and Readiness
Current-state assessment, use-case definition, and platform selection with ROI and risk analysis.
Controller and Fabric Architecture
Design for Cisco DNA Center or ACI, VMware NSX, or open SDN with policy models, telemetry, and high availability.
Secure Campus Access with SD-Access
Identity-based segmentation, consistent wired and wireless policy, and guest/BYOD governance.
Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) Networking
Overlay networking, micro-segmentation, and automation across virtualized data centers and private cloud.
Automation and Integration
IaC pipelines, Ansible playbooks, and integrations with ITSM, SIEM, and CMDB for policy and compliance.
Turn Your Network into a Platform for Speed and Security
Software Defined Networking replaces fragile, manual changes with software-driven policy and automation. Your teams gain clear visibility, faster delivery, and repeatable operations. Security improves with segmentation that follows identity and application needs.
With siliconops.ai, you get a fabric that supports cloud, campus, and data center with one model. We help you standardize controls, reduce outages, and prove compliance with reliable evidence and reporting.
Faster Change Velocity: Automated rollouts and validation accelerate delivery.
Consistent Security: Policy-based segmentation reduces lateral movement and audit gaps.
Lower OPEX: Templates and automation cut manual effort and rework.
Deep Visibility: Telemetry and assurance reveal issues before users feel them.
Cloud and Edge Ready: One policy model across campus, branch, data center, and cloud.
Our Proven SDN Transformation Journey
Our end-to-end SDN implementation process is designed to ensure a successful, low-risk transition to a modern, programmable network. We partner closely with your teams at every stage to ensure the solution delivers on its promise of agility, automation, and security.
Discovery & Strategy Workshop
We start by understanding your key business drivers, application landscape, and operational challenges to build a compelling business case and SDN strategy.
Architecture Design & Lab Validation
Our experts design a detailed SDN architecture and validate it in a lab environment to ensure it meets your specific performance and security requirements.
Phased Deployment & Migration
We execute a carefully managed, phased deployment and migration plan, moving services to the new SDN fabric while minimizing disruption to your operations.
Automation & Integration
We develop initial automation use cases and integrate the SDN controller with your existing tools to begin streamlining your operations from day one.
Software Defined Network Expertise for Every Sector
We provide specialized SDN solutions designed to meet the unique agility, security, and compliance needs of today’s leading industry sectors.
BFSI: We build automated and segmented networks for financial institutions that enable rapid service deployment while meeting strict compliance mandates.
Healthcare: We deliver SDN solutions for healthcare that securely connect medical devices and applications, ensuring performance and protecting patient data.
Manufacturing: We deploy resilient SDN fabrics in manufacturing environments to support Industrial IoT, factory automation, and real-time analytics.
IT/ITES & Cloud Providers: We create highly scalable, multi-tenant network architectures for service providers, enabling rapid customer onboarding and resource provisioning.
Government: We provide secure, policy-driven SDN solutions for government agencies to improve service agility and inter-departmental collaboration.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Software Defined Networks
What is Software Defined Networking (SDN)?
SDN is a modern network architecture that separates the network’s control logic (the control plane) from the physical hardware that forwards traffic (the data plane). This allows the entire network’s behavior to be programmed and managed centrally from a software controller.
How is SDN different from traditional networking?
In a traditional network, each switch and router is configured manually and operates independently. With SDN, policies and configuration changes are defined once in the central controller and then pushed out across the entire network fabric automatically, replacing slow, device-by-device updates.
Is SD-Access the same thing as SDN?
SD-Access (Software-Defined Access) is a specific application of SDN principles, primarily for campus and branch networks. It uses an SDN controller to provide identity-based access control and automated network segmentation for users and devices.
Do I need a specific vendor's hardware to adopt SDN?
Not necessarily. While some solutions like Cisco ACI are tightly integrated, we also support multi-vendor platforms and open-source approaches. Our design process focuses on finding the right solution for your specific environment and business needs, not on a single vendor.
How does SDN improve our network security?
SDN is a powerful tool for enhancing security. It enables consistent micro-segmentation to isolate traffic and contain threats, allows for identity-aware access policies that follow the user, and enables rapid, fabric-wide policy changes to respond to new threats.
What are the key business benefits of Software Defined Networking (SDN)?
Software Defined Networking delivers measurable business value through accelerated service delivery, enhanced network visibility, reduced operational costs, and improved security. It enables faster rollouts, supports cloud adoption, and creates a programmable foundation for digital transformation.
How does SDN support hybrid and multi-cloud connectivity?
SDN platforms enable seamless hybrid and multi-cloud networking by providing centralized policy control, dynamic routing, and secure tunnels between on-premises infrastructure and cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. This ensures consistent performance and security across environments.
Can an SDN solution work with our existing legacy network?
Yes. A full “rip and replace” is rarely necessary. We specialize in designing coexistence strategies and phased migration plans that allow you to modernize your network incrementally while protecting your current investments.
What skills will our IT team need to manage an SDN environment?
The focus shifts from manual, command-line interface (CLI) configurations to managing policies and automation. We enable your team with targeted training on controller operations, policy models, and the basics of network automation to ensure a smooth transition.
Can SDN really help reduce our network costs?
Yes. SDN reduces costs in several ways. By standardizing and automating network configurations, it significantly cuts down on manual labor, reduces outages caused by human error, and can help optimize and reduce expensive software license sprawl.
Do you help automate compliance checks and changes?
Absolutely. We use automation to deploy network configurations from validated templates and can integrate with pipelines for change control. This process provides clear logging and evidence to support and simplify compliance audits.
How long does a typical SDN deployment project take?
The timeline is driven by the scope and complexity of the project. We always start with a limited pilot to prove the technology and demonstrate value, then expand the deployment in controlled phases to minimize risk and manage change effectively.
What is micro-segmentation in SDN and why is it important?
Micro-segmentation is a core SDN security feature that allows granular traffic isolation between workloads, users, and applications. It reduces the attack surface, limits lateral movement, and strengthens your defense-in-depth strategy especially critical for compliance-driven industries like finance and healthcare.
Can SDN help with regulatory compliance and audit readiness?
Yes. Software Defined Networking solutions streamline compliance by enabling policy-driven access control, automated change management, and comprehensive logging. These features simplify audit preparation and align with standards like PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and NIST.
How does intent-based networking relate to SDN?
Intent-based networking (IBN) is an advanced SDN capability that translates business intent into automated network behavior. By defining desired outcomes (like user access policies or app performance), IBN uses SDN controllers to dynamically adjust configurations, ensuring the network consistently aligns with business goals.
Ready to Build a More Agile and Automated Network?
Move from manual operations to policy-driven automation. With siliconops.ai SDN services, you get a fabric that is fast to change, secure by design, and easy to run.