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Software-Defined Networking

Articles published in May 2012
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7 published in may 2012

Packet-Optical Transport Evolution: In Pictures


Slide Shows - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
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 - Post a comment
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 - Comments (2)
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 - Comment (1)
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 - Comment (1)
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


Slide Shows - Comments (3)
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 - Comments (8)
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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0 published in may 2012
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4 published in may 2012

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

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
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8 published in may 2012

What's the Holdup With Cisco & SDN?


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (4)
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 - Post a comment
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

Verizon: Putting SDN in Its Place


LRTV Interviews - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
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 - Post a comment
May 17, 2012 : 7:00 PM From a brief conversation with SingTel exec VP Bill Chang at Interop in Las Vegas, we bring you a quick podcast about expanding cloud services and an operator's view of OpenFlow. Don't let that Adele song in the background distract you

What Verizon Sees in Software-Defined Networking


LRTV Interviews - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
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 - Post a comment
May 17, 2012 : Light Reading's Packet Optical Transport Evolution conference will see lots of discussion about the optical control plane

OpenFlow, SDN & an Industry Uprising


The Philter - Phil Harvey - Comments (11)
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 - Comments (5)
May 10, 2012 : OpenFlow and software-defined networking were the talk of Interop. Dan Pitt of the Open Networking Foundation explores the reasons why