ADVA Joins ONF

MARTINSREID/MUNICH, Germany -- ADVA Optical Networking announced today that it has joined the Optical Networking Foundation (ONF): An organization committed to the development and standardization of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and OpenFlow protocols. Working alongside other ONF members, ADVA Optical Networking will play a key role in developing emerging Software-Defined Networking and OpenFlow technologies directed at the optical domain.

"SDN presents the networking industry with a real opportunity to drive radical new efficiencies," said Christoph Glingener, CTO at ADVA Optical Networking. "SDN and OpenFlow are already proving themselves inside the data center. By extending SDN beyond physical data center boundaries into the optical networking domain you can effectively automate your entire cloud networking infrastructure including the transport equipment interconnecting different sites. This type of holistic network virtualization is exciting; it’s something we've already demonstrated with our OpenFlow technology. Our partnership with the ONF will only accelerate our work here."

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