As cloud computing’s second wave begins to transform the networking industry, a snapshot of developments in software-defined networking standardization suggests how its components — devices, controllers, applications, service chains, network function virtualization, and interfaces — are maturing. To this end, the November 2014 issue of the IEEE Computer Magazine on "Software-Defined Networking: Standardization for Cloud Computing’s Second Wave", edited by Ying-Dar Lin, Dan Pitt, David Hausheer, Erica Johnson, and Yi-Bing Lin focusses on SDN's standardization and market maturity.