Cisco, HP, Juniper and other network vendors are joining up to standardize software-defined networking with products built on OpenFlow. The vendor-led consortium could help the big vendors protect their place in… Read more »
Mellanox, a company better known for selling Infiniband products, will open source its Ethernet switching code. It’s a response to software-defined networking and the commodification of networking gear. Read more »
BTI Systems has raised $10 million in third round funding and launched a new software-defined networking product that will span data centers. Read more »
More NTT Communications data centers with virtualized networks allow more enterprises around the world to see first-hand the financial and operations advantages of software-defined networking. Read more »
There is no question that the software-defined networking (SDN) arena is a hotbed of new ideas, well-funded startups, and established vendor SDN architectures. However, there is a significant question about how… Read more »
With all the excitement around software-defined networking, most people forget that OpenFlow, which helped jump start that conversation, is more than just virtualization. It’s the creation of a common hardware platform… Read more »
The threat of software-defined networking has prompted Juniper to revamp its business model — switching from a hardware-based model to one more familiar in enterprise software. It has also unveiled an… Read more »
Companies spent roughly $1.6 billion buying networking startups in 2012 with one deal being responsible for the lion’s share of that total. Yet, even if VMware hadn’t purchased Nicira for $1.26… Read more »
The tremendous growth of public and private cloud services places new demands on the IT organization, particularly when it comes to the scale, agility, and management of the data center. Software-defined… Read more »