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OpenFlow 1.3 Updates SDN Protocol

This is commonly known as Software Defined Networking (SDN). OpenFlow 1.3 is the latest update to the OpenFlow protocol. It describes the various port configurations, channel types and flow tables,a s ... read more

Brocade OpenFlow 1.3 is everywhere: ICX, VDX and NetIron get upgrade

The Brocade OpenFlow support includes all of its data center fabric products, campus switches and enterprise routers. "The hope is that OpenFlow 1.3 is robust enough to get the protocol out of ... "Mo... read more

Researchers jump aboard Pica8’s OpenFlow switches as centralized management beckons

Longtime vendors might not want to admit it, but the OpenFlow protocol is turning out to be an important development in the world of networking. The latest evidence comes from Illinois, where 13 OpenF... read more

Microsoft Outlines Software Defined Networking Benefits of Windows Server 2012

The Open Networking Foundation is a nonprofit consortium that promotes OpenFlow as the standard SDN protocol. Members of that ... according to an April 13, 2012 white paper: "Software Defined Networki... read more

OpenFlow Startup Big Switch Raises $13.75M From Index, Khosla Ventures

Exclusive – Big Switch Networks, a fledgling company building a platform for virtualizing enterprise networks based on the OpenFlow standard, has raised $13.75 million in Series ... Software-Defined N... read more

OpenDaylight Updates SDN Controller, Network Functions Virtualization Platform

The OpenDaylight Project has rolled out the ninth major update of its software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization ... including Red Hat OpenStack Platform (OSP) version 13. ... read more

VIDEO: ONF Chief on the Future of OpenFlow SDN

Over the last 12 months, that protocol has continued to evolve. "A year ago, we declared OpenFlow 1.3.x a stable protocol for implementors," Pitt said. "A lot of implementors are now focusing on 1.3." ... read more

Windows Server 2012, System Center 2012 SP1 To Have SDN Benefits

In any case, Microsoft is touting SDN ... OpenFlow as the standard SDN protocol. Members of that consortium include Deutsche Telekom, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Verizon and Yahoo. Here's how the Ope... read more

SDN World Conference Notes

I attended and chaired an investor panel at the SDN World conference in Barcelona from June 11-13, 2013. Software defined networks ... can route network traffic ideally with one standard protocol (Ope... read more

Fully automated luxury space networking

If you want an update, they update themselves ... Its flagship project is OpenFlow, a communications protocol that enables various SDN devices to interact with each other, widely regarded as the first ... read more

HP supports OpenFlow 1.3 on new data center switches

HP announced OpenFlow ... networking protocol in its core and aggregation switches. OpenFlow support across the data center is important because that's where some of the best early use cases are for s... read more

Infinera and ESnet Announce First Successful Demonstration of SDN Open Transport Switch

The OTS concept is a lightweight virtual transport switch that may be deployed on optical transport systems to interface with a SDN Controller via an extended version of the OpenFlow protocol ... not ... read more