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What Is Software-Defined Networking and How Can It Help Your Business?

BRIAN T. HOROWITZ | January 9, 2020

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When Proliance Surgeons needed to keep pace with its growing infrastructure, the Seattle organization turned to software-defined networking (SDN). The physician-owned practice, which numbers 2,400 employees across 100 clinics and ambulatory surgery centers, wanted to avoid network outages while a patient is receiving care from a technician. With the help of Cisco’s Application Centric Infrastructure, the companywide network is now able to “run faster, with zero latency or hiccups,” says Proliance CIO Curt Kwak. It also allows Proliance’s IT staff to quickly and accurately identify any problems with an application in real time. Such efficiencies support a greater mission, William Khampradith, enterprise security architect for Proliance, tells HealthTech.

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