Big Data Analytics and Software Defined Networking (SDN) are helping to drive the management of data usage of the extraordinary increase of computer processing power provided by Cloud Data Centres (CDCs). This new book investigates areas where Big-Data and SDN can help each other in delivering more efficient services.

• Part I: Introduction
  
  
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to SDN
  
  
  • Chapter 2: SDN implementations and protocols
  
  
  • Chapter 3: SDN components and OpenFlow
  
  
  • Chapter 4: SDN for cloud data centres
  
  
  • Chapter 5: Introduction to big data
  
  
  • Chapter 6: Big Data processing using Apache Spark and Hadoop
  
  
  • Chapter 7: Big Data stream data processing
  
  
  • Chapter 8: Big Data in cloud data centers
  
  
  
  
  
• Part II: How SDN helps Big Data
  
  
  • Chapter 9: SDN helps volume in Big Data
  
  
  • Chapter 10: SDN helps velocity in Big Data
  
  
  • Chapter 11: SDN helps value in Big Data
  
  
  • Chapter 12: SDN helps other Vs in Big Data
  
  
  • Chapter 13: SDN helps Big Data to optimize storage
  
  
  • Chapter 14: SDN helps Big Data to optimize access to data
  
  
  • Chapter 15: SDN helps Big Data to become fault tolerant
  
  
  
  
  
• Part III: How Big Data helps SDN
  
  
  • Chapter 16: How Big Data helps SDN with data protection and privacy
  
  
  • Chapter 17: Big Data helps SDN to detect intrusions and secure data flows
  
  
  • Chapter 18: Big Data helps SDN to manage traffic
  
  
  • Chapter 19: Big Data helps SDN to optimize its controllers
  
  
  • Chapter 20: Big Data helps SDN to verify integrity of control/data planes
  
  
  • Chapter 21: Big Data helps SDN to improve application specific quality of service