Software-Defined Networking (SDN) became a very popular term in the telecommunications industry a decade ago. SDN promised to revolutionize the way networks were designed, managed, and operated by providing a centralized approach to network control and management. The concept of SDN was based on the separation of the control plane from the data plane (or forwarding plane), allowing network administrators to program and manage their networks more efficiently and programmatically.
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Christoforos Sarantopoulos
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Christoforos is a senior analyst that covers telco cloud and network automation. His main field of research is the implementation of network cloudification in fixed and mobile communication service provider networks. His research helps both service providers and network vendors understand the cloud technology setting and explore opportunities to expand their capabilities.
Christoforos joined Omdia in September 2022. Before Omdia, he worked as a network designer for BT, specializing in designing network performance and customer experience monitoring systems for the mobile core network. Christoforos holds a Master of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and a Master of Science in Telecommunications with Business from University College London.
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