Over the past couple of years, software-defined networking (SDN) has emerged as a strong alternative to traditional networking approaches in the areas of WAN, data center networks, and network overlay ...

Software-defined networking (SDN) labs are equipping learners with the skills to design, configure, and secure programmable networks. By working with Mininet, OpenFlow, and controllers like Ryu or POX ...

To paraphrase Abraham Lincoln (which you admittedly don’t often get to do in a technology blog), “God must have loved standards because he made so many of them.” That sentiment is nowhere more evident ...

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 ...

Bob Lynch, Head of Advanced Development of Overture, discusses potential OpenFlow scale limits and possible solutions. Learn more about how to achieve SDN scalability with OpenFlow. The following ...

Two pioneers of SDN — Jennifer Rexford and Nick McKeown — have officially launched a consortium around P4, a language that allows for programming the data plane. If successful, P4 could widen the ...

Today, as the IT environment continues to evolve, Software-Defined Networking appears to be the network architecture of the future, according to industry experts like Mills. While conventional ...

The ZX1200-SDN implements the OpenFlow 1.3/1.4 specifications in a unique hardware platform that combines a powerful Intel ® compute environment with a Broadcom ® based switching environment. The ...

I have to say that after an amazing Day 2 at the Open Networking Summit, I am convinced that OpenFlow and Software Defined Networking (SDN) are not only here to stay, but they will define the future ...

Examine almost any emerging trend in the way people work, IT departments deliver applications or companies collect and process business information, and it'll translate into increasing pressure on ...

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 ...