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  • SDN revolution or evolution: Impact on the IT manager

    Posted August 13, 2012 - 1:56 pm

    There has been a lot of hype concerning software defined networks (SDN) and OpenFlow. What does SDN mean for you, and how should enterprises prepare for the coming changes in network architectures?

  • Internet2 readies 100G OpenFlow SDN for Big Data

    Posted July 9, 2012 - 2:50 pm

    Internet2 is nearing completion of its OpenFlow-enabled 100G Ethernet software-defined network for testing service delivery of applications for Big Data compilation and research, among others.

  • What are the killer apps for software defined networks?

    Posted June 18, 2012 - 3:49 pm

    Despite touted benefits for service providers, OpenFlow and SDNs can help extend business VLANs, create security zones, establish BYOD policies...

  • SDN/OpenFlow has Cisco jumping

    Posted June 18, 2012 - 3:23 pm

    You can gauge the promise of an emerging technology by the reaction of the biggest legacy player potentially threatened by the new arrival. It walks a fine line between jumping in too quickly and sanctioning a nascent movement that may not otherwise get off the ground, and reacting too slowly and losing advantage to fleet-footed upstarts.

  • HP takes giant first step into OpenFlow

    Posted February 2, 2012 - 2:52 pm

    HP this week said it is taking its first leap into OpenFlow-enabled network equipment, supporting the standard on 16 of its Ethernet switch products as it attempts to gain a foothold in a market likely to receive significant attention from competitors.

  • OpenFlow not the only path to network revolution

    Posted November 17, 2011 - 3:19 pm

    APIs and messaging protocols, including some that are standards, can let users build software-defined networks today. The key issue, though, is that not everyone implements the same ones or implements them the same way. Will OpenFlow get us all on the same path to SDN nirvana?

  • 6 ways to build SDNs without OpenFlow

    Posted November 17, 2011 - 3:17 pm

    Although OpenFlow is stirring up all of the excitement around software defined networking (SDN), you can program a network with standard tools that have been around a while. Here are a few examples.

  • Is OpenFlow a go?

    Posted May 13, 2011 - 10:41 am

    Interop 2011 could have been called The OpenFlow Show. Vendors were hawking OpenFlow switches and controllers, and a lab demonstration on the show floor displayed the traffic management technique and applicability among multivendor switches.

  • FAQ: What is OpenFlow and why is it needed?

    Posted April 19, 2011 - 8:55 pm

    Frequently asked questions about the OpenFlow protocol and its potential.

  • OpenFlow opens new doors for networks

    Posted April 14, 2011 - 2:09 pm

    With a new industry organization to promote it, routing protocol OpenFlow is about to give users unprecedented ease of control over the way their networks operate.
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