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Packet-Optical Transport Evolution: In Pictures
Slide Shows - Craig Matsumoto -
May 18, 2012 : You can't really see software-defined networking, but you can see a bunch of optical networking people talking about it
SoMoClo Descends on Dublin
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
May 18, 2012 : The combination of social, mobile and cloud, or SoMoClo, will have Management World attendees exercising their jaws, reckons industry analyst
XO Takes a Shine to OpenFlow
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
May 18, 2012 : What it does isn't special or new, but OpenFlow has a money-saving potential that past technologies didn't, CTO Randy Nicklas says
100-Gig? 40-Gig? Yes, Says Cisco
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
May 17, 2012 : What if ports could change speeds in, say, 25Gbit/s increments? Cisco brought up the idea at the Packet Optical Transport Evolution conference
Packet-Optical Moves Beyond 100G
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
May 16, 2012 : We mean that not just in terms of faster speeds, but also in terms of new topics like software-defined networking
Interop 2012: Beer Bash & Booth Crawl
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May 11, 2012 : Interop's booth crawl and happy hour rounded out a terrific day of cloud content and carrier meetings here in the driest place on Earth
ADVA Mixes OpenFlow With Optical
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
May 10, 2012 : The software-defined networking protocol is mostly discussed as a Layer 2 or 3 item, but it might be able to do something for wavelengths, too
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Big Switch Intros Testing Tool
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May 24, 2012 : Big Switch Networks releases tool to promote OpenFlow interoperability
Brocade Sets an SDN Plan
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May 22, 2012 : Brocade delivers Ethernet solutions for SDNs and partners with NEC to drive market adoption of SDNs
AlcaLu Adds a Core Router
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May 22, 2012 : Alcatel-Lucent introduces the world’s most powerful Internet core router
ONF Announces OpenFlow 1.3.0
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May 17, 2012 : Open Networking Foundation approves OpenFlow 1.3.0 and OF-Config 1.1 to enhance interoperability and drive commercialization
Nicira Takes Clouds to the Islands
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May 16, 2012 : Nicira virtualizes the network for offshore cloud specialist Calligo
Broadcom Intros 100G Gearboxes
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May 02, 2012 : Broadcom announces industry's lowest power, highest performance 100GbE multi-rate gearbox PHYs
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What's the Holdup With Cisco & SDN?
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto -
May 31, 2012 : 11:15 AM Cisco does take software-defined networking seriously, and that's supposedly why it's waiting two more weeks to explain its plans
XO Preps the Next Optical Wave
LRTV Interviews - Craig Matsumoto -
May 18, 2012 : The vendors have delivered packet-optical systems, and it's up to XO to do something good with them, CTO Randy Nicklas says. Meanwhile, he's also eyeing the potential of OpenFlow. From the Packet-Optical Transport Evolution conference
Verizon: Putting SDN in Its Place
LRTV Interviews - Craig Matsumoto -
May 18, 2012 : Given the disruptive potential of software-defined networking, what's going to happen to routers as we know them? Stuart Elby of Verizon gives us his theory
SingTel's Bill Chang: Keeping an Eye on OpenFlow
The Philter Podcast - Phil Harvey -
May 17, 2012 : 7:00 PM Featuring a brief conversation with SingTel exec VP Bill Chang at Interop, a quick podcast about expanding cloud services and an operator's view of OpenFlow
What Verizon Sees in Software-Defined Networking
LRTV Interviews - Craig Matsumoto -
May 17, 2012 : Verizon has already put software-defined networking to use. Stuart Elby, who's in charge of network architecture, explains how and why
Packet Optical Goes Soft
LRTV Interviews - Craig Matsumoto -
May 17, 2012 : Light Reading's Packet Optical Transport Evolution conference will see lots of discussion about the optical control plane as vendors prepare for far-off plans in cloud computing and software-defined networking
OpenFlow, SDN & an Industry Uprising
The Philter - Phil Harvey -
May 11, 2012 : 6:05 PM OpenFlow's popularity might be about an industry demanding more control of networks, services and the cloud than top vendors have allowed to date
OpenFlow Keeps Buzzing
LRTV Interviews - Phil Harvey -
May 10, 2012 : OpenFlow and software-defined networking were the talk of Interop. Light Reading sits down with Dan Pitt of the Open Networking Foundation to explore the reasons why
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