softwarization

English

Etymology

software +‎ -ization

Noun

softwarization (uncountable)

1. The use of a software solution, rather than traditional hardware, to solve a problem.
   • 2016, Sevil Dräxler, Manuel Peuster, Holger Karl, Michael Bredel, Johannes Lessmann, Thomas Soenen, Wouter Tavernier, Sharon Mendel-Brin, George Xilouris, “SONATA: Service Programming and Orchestration for Virtualized Software Networks”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     Network softwarization and network function virtualization have been introduced to tackle these problems.