Inventor and holder of dominate US Patents covering the breadth of SDN technology.
Don't take my word for it, start by reading claim #1 on United States Patent 8782244 and go from there:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/8782244.html
Working on the next generation of SDN which we call the:
Omnivergent Cognitive Software Programmable Intelligent Network
Seeking data on potential partners for this project which would include data center operators and folks like you.
If you might like to be a part of this effort please have a senior (very senior, please) strategic & technical representative (same person, not two different people, please) contact me to discuss collaboration opportunities.