Accton Adds 10GE to Vello

Vello Systems and Accton strike OEM agreement for OpenFlow-based network equipment

Light Reading
June 10, 2013
URL: http://www.lightreading.com/software-defined-networking/accton-adds-10ge-to-vello/240156301

MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Accton Technology, a global ODM leader in advanced networking and communication equipment, and Vello Systems, a leading provider of open, converged networking and software solutions and charter member of the Open Networking Foundation, today announced a joint OEM agreement that adds 10GbE switching capability to Vello’s Open Networking Optical/Ethernet protocol-independent partner ecosystem for customers in North America and Europe. Vello’s innovative OpenFlow-based networking equipment and operating system will gain significant market momentum with the addition of a 10GbE data center switch based on high performance and reliable switch hardware from Accton.

Announced today, the VellOS 7.0 operating system unifies the control of the Optical, Ethernet and virtual networking planes under common open software and features a level of automation not found in competing offerings and traditional solutions. Based on a distributed Linux framework, VellOS 7.0 incorporates standards-based RESTful application provisioning interfaces (APIs) and GUI-style network policy and control to let customers mix and match any combination of OpenFlow-enabled network equipment regardless of technology. As a result, only VellOS offers dependable end-to-end visibility – for management and analytics – of all network resources (and at all network link speeds).

Accton Technology Corp.