Glossary What is Software-defined?
By / 2 Jan 2023 / Topics: Data center Modern infrastructure Cloud
Software-defined is a hardware or service component that’s improved or completely managed by software. With software-defined technology, activities traditionally done by hardware are carried out by software. The software operates independently from the hardware and can be updated by the provider.
Software-defined technology can add functionality to hardware and automate tasks and procedures. Software-defined can also be referred to as virtualization and can be implemented in many IT resources, including:
- Networking
- Storage
- Infrastructure
