Software-defined networking has been one of the most hyped technologies of the 2010s to date. According to IT research firm Gartner, SDN hit the peak of its public popularity in 2013 and has since gone under the radar, although development of enterprise-grade solutions continues and it may transform SDN into a long-term fixture of business wide area networks.
Software-defined solutions - for networking, storage and entire data centers - have become much more prominent over the last decade, as the essential technology underpinning them (virtualization) has gone from the fringes to the forefront of IT. Enterprise vendors such as VMware as well as cloud giants like Google, Amazon and Microsoft pioneered the concept of separating various IT components from the actual hardware that supports them.
Citrix has long been a pioneer in enterprise mobility management, primarily through its widely used XenMobile platform. IT research firm Gartner has recently ranked XenMobile as a Leader in its Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Mobility Management, indicating Citrix's dominant current position in helping IT organizations oversee the growing number of smartphones, tablets and other endpoints across their businesses.
March Madness is the widely used shorthand term for referring to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, an annual event that begins every March and ends in early April. It is one of the most watched sporting events each year. The 2015 edition drew almost 20 million viewers for the 10:45 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. block for a game between the University of Notre Dame and the University of Kentucky.