Users prepare for a software-driven world

NEW YORK -- As the winds of change blow through the IT industry, so too do they fill the sails of users looking to navigate the waters of open networking.
Nowhere is that more evident than at the Open Networking User Group (ONUG), which held its fall conference here this week. ONUG began in 2012 as a forum for users to share requirements, experiences, and issues and concerns regarding open networking, particularly around software-defined networking (SDN).
But as SDN became more of a means to an