This interface will help streamline product development efforts, spur application development among third-party software developers, and deliver greater flexibility to device manufacturers.

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Software-defined networks will provide some of this flexibility by separating the control function from data forwarding, but there are additional capabilities emerging, he says, such as intelligent switching of wavelengths, the ability to mix dedicated bandwidth with best-efforts networks, and application layer network traffic optimization, e.g.

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This flexibility will allow Intel a leg up in developing software for mobile and other Internet-connected devices.

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Many corporations now prefer cloud-based software to traditional software, thanks to its ease of deployment, cost effectiveness and flexibility in scaling.

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Flexibility is required on multiple levels and requires network software to be changed rapidly in the face of so-called Zero Day attacks, i.e.

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