A new study by the technology market research firm Infonetics found that nearly 80 percent of medium and large businesses in the U.S. are planning to have software-defined networking (SDN) implemented in the data center by 2017.

Additionally, the research firm said companies are overwhelmingly saying that Cisco Systems is the top SDN hardware or software vendor.

CRN took a look at the 4 most interesting findings from the Infonetics study 'Data Center SDN Strategies: North American Enterprise Survey,' which provides some insight into how the enterprise data center SDN market is evolving.