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Software-Defined Networking

Articles published in October 2012
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15 published in october 2012

Big Switch Raises $25M for OpenFlow Push


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
October 31, 2012 : Big Switch gets a bigger bankroll as it works toward releasing a commercial product for software-defined networking

Juniper Struggles Continue Past Q3


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
October 23, 2012 : A flat outlook and yet another executive transition keep the 'interesting' times rolling

Carriers Collaborate on Network of the Future


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
October 23, 2012 : A new Industry Specifications Group has been created to identify the communications network architecture of the future

Google: SDN Works for Us


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
October 23, 2012 : Software defined networking using OpenFlow has worked so well for Google's inter-data center network it's going to adopt it elsewhere

Tier 1 Carriers Tackle Telco SDN


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
October 22, 2012 : Major telcos are collaborating on a joint-operator initiative into network virtualization that's closely related to SDN

SoftCOM: Huawei's Take on SDN


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
October 19, 2012 : Huawei has a vision to take wide area comms networks to 'all IT'

ATIS Weighs In on SDN Standards


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (2)
October 19, 2012 : The North American standards group promises to move fast in devising best practices for implementing SDN

Cisco SDN Expert Leaves for Brocade


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
October 19, 2012 : The shuffling of top engineers continues as SDN creates new opportunities in networking

Euronews: Telefónica Firms Up German IPO


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
October 16, 2012 : Also in today's EMEA roundup: Ericsson wants to redefine SDN; Jolla Mobile swaps out its CEO; Zain Saudi's losses widen; Vanjoki's at Vertu

Ericsson CTO: Let's Redefine SDN


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (5)
October 16, 2012 : Ericsson's CTO Ulf Ewaldsson sets the tone at the Broadband World Forum by proposing a new definition of SDN (software-defined networking)
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10 published in october 2012

Big Switch Raises $25M


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October 31, 2012 : Big Switch Networks raises series B from Redpoint Ventures and Goldman Sachs to accelerate software-defined networking disruption

ONF Hosts OpenFlow Plugfest


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October 18, 2012 : Open Networking Foundation sees high growth in commercialization of SDN and OpenFlow at second PlugFest event

Brocade Hires Cisco SDN Expert


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October 18, 2012 : Networking industry visionary, David Meyer, joins Brocade

Vyatta Boosts Routing Options


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October 17, 2012 : Vyatta adds Hyper-V support, expands advanced routing capabilities

OFC/NFOEC 2013 Announces Keynotes


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October 12, 2012 : Communications technology leaders set to deliver keynote talks at OFC/NFOEC 2013

Big Switch Adds Execs


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October 10, 2012 : Big Switch appoints Jason Matlof as VP of marketing and Dave Butler as VP of sales as the company prepares to ship its first products

F5 Supports VXLAN


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October 9, 2012 : F5 Solutions combine with VXLAN to support software defined networking

ConteXtream Targets Wireless


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October 4, 2012 : ConteXtream brings benefits of SDN to wireless service providers with second-generation grid ntwork virtualization software

HP Ups Its SDN Game


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October 4, 2012 : HP advances software-defined networks with integrated infrastructure, controller and application solutions

Big Switch Chairing ONF Working Group


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October 1, 2012 : Big Switch Networks Rob Sherwood appointed chair of Open Networking Foundation’s OpenFlow Architecture & Framework Working Group
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SDN's Pragmatic Side


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
October 26, 2012 : 3:35 PM Far from the years-away talk of network programmability, a couple of TelcoTV panelists discuss what SDN can do for them now

Dante's SDH Inferno


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
October 25, 2012 : 11:40 AM SDH has been torched in the pan-European research network run by Dante

Building Transport Networks for the Cloud


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October 23, 2012 : Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin and Colt's Mirko Voltolini discuss opportunities and challenges for network operators in the cloud era as well as some of the key enabling technologies for adapting transport networks to cloud demands

2012 Leading Lights Finalists: Best Product (Telecom)


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
October 23, 2012 : 11:00 AM Kicking off a series of blogs about the 2012 Leading Lights awards, here's the reasoning for the six telecom product finalists we picked

The Lowdown on Service Provider SDN


LRTV Interviews - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
October 17, 2012 : At the Broadband World Forum show in Amsterdam, Ericsson CTO Ulf Ewaldsson gives us the lowdown on Service Provider SDN and explains why the definition of software-defined networking needs to be expanded for the telecom sector

BBWF 2012: Day 1 Review


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
October 16, 2012 : 10:45 AM SDN is grabbing the early headlines but there are more traditional topics, such as DSL and FTTH, coming down the pipe in Amsterdam

BBWF 2012: SDN Rules


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October 16, 2012 : The Broadband World Forum show has opened with a welter of big-name announcements around SDN (software-defined networking), explains Heavy Reading Chief Analyst Graham Finnie

Metaswitch Forum 2012: The CxO Show


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October 12, 2012 : 11:00 AM Metaswitch CEO John Lazar and CTO Martin Taylor talk about the company's place in an evolving network and its future as a software-focused business

HP's Saar Gillai: Putting SDN in Perspective


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October 11, 2012 : Saar Gillai, the CTO of HP Networking, discusses the value that service providers can get from software defined networking

HP's Saar Gillai: The SDN Advantage


The Philter - Phil Harvey - Comments (3)
October 10, 2012 : Saar Gillai, the CTO of HP Networking, discusses the overall opportunity for software defined networking and HP's perspective on this new way of thinking about networks
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