Big Switch arrives
The march toward software-defined networking will be a long slog given current investments in the installed base, but industry forces are coalescing rapidly in anticipation of the huge benefits to be...
View ArticleAlcatel-Lucent to take on Cisco, VMware in crowding SDN field
Alcatel-Lucent's enterprise division this week jumped into the SDN market with a strategy to fortify products to enhance network programmability and virtualization.
View ArticleCisco, VMware and OpenFlow fragment SDNs
Juniper Networks Executive Vice President Bob Muglia spelled it out succinctly: the nascent software-defined networking market is morphing into three camps - OpenFlow/open source, Cisco and VMware.
View ArticleBacked by $48M, startup Plexxi unveils SDN wares
SDN startup Plexxi this week unveiled its products, which attempt to re-engineer data center networks for new applications and cloud traffic patterns.
View ArticleSDN switch company takes aim at the cloud
SDN switch vendor Pica8 this week unveiled a reference architecture intended to help cloud providers develop their programmable networks using Pica8 products.
View ArticleWhat does SDN mean for telecom infrastructure?
Software-defined networking (SDN) has the potential to transform the telecom industry by improving the ability of carriers (both wired and wireless) to flexibly deliver bandwidth "on demand." It is...
View ArticleNicira CTO shares sneak peek of company's SDN plans
Nicira, the software-defined networking (SDN) startup that VMware purchased for $1.2 billion earlier this year, plans to release an SDN product that runs independent of the underlying hypervisor and...
View ArticleTechnologies to watch 2013: Cisco products, more maturity for SDNs in 2013
There was a lot of news and hype swirling around Software-Defined Networking in 2012, so what's on tap for 2013?
View ArticleLike Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent funding SDN startup
Like Cisco and its Insieme Networks project, Alcatel-Lucent has invested in a startup company focused on SDNs for cloud service providers.
View ArticleJuniper finally talks SDNs
Juniper Networks at long last has laid out its software-defined networking (SDN) strategy, which includes a revamped software licensing plan that the company says will change its business model and...
View ArticleNEC rolls out OpenFlow for Microsoft Hyper-V
NEC this week unveiled a virtual switch for Microsoft's Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V hypervisor which is designed to bring OpenFlow-based software-defined networking and network virtualization to those...
View ArticleDell strengthens data center line with OpenFlow support, high-end Ethernet...
Dell this week extended its data center networking portfolio with a new top-of-rack switch and plans to extend OpenFlow support for software-defined networking across its product line.
View ArticleOMG! Dell looks to drive SDN standards
Even though standards bodies like the Open Networking Forum (ONF) are leading the effort to standardize software-defined networking, Dell has proposed an SDN working committee within the Object...
View ArticleJuniper to unveil programmable core switch for software-defined networking
Juniper Networks is readying a new programmable core switch to address software-defined networking in campuses and data centers.
View ArticleBig Switch looks to ramp up OpenFlow implementations
In an effort to accelerate the adoption of OpenFlow for software-defined networking, Big Switch Networks this week unveiled an open source-based "thin" virtual switch for servers and commodity switches.
View ArticleMaking sense of the myriad SDN offerings
With the range of software-defined networking (SDN) announcements coming from vendors large and small it is hard to figure out which SDN approach is best for what.
View ArticleThe SDN incubator
A speaker at a recent Network World event asked the crowd of 450 IT practitioners if they were familiar with software-defined networking (SDN) and only about 10 per cent raised their hands.
View ArticleSkeptcism follows Cisco-IBM led OpenDaylight SDN consortium
If you're skeptical about the intentions of the OpenDaylight SDN consortium, you're not alone.
View ArticleStartup aims SDN technology at Cisco WANs
SDNs aren't just for data center networks, despite the best-use-case-scenario arguments for network virtualization and flow management pervading the industry.
View ArticleOpen Networking Foundation director details SDN directions, OpenDaylight impact
The third annual Open Networking Summit, an SDN conference organized by the Open Networking Foundation, convened this week just after ONF members Cisco and IBM unveiled a separate effort to define an...
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