Networking needs to follow the example of computing and storage by becoming more open and, in doing so, realize the full potential that wide area Ethernet can deliver.
That's one of the messages Ciena Corp. (NYSE: CIEN)'s CTO Steve Alexander will be sharing at the upcoming Ethernet & SDN Expo in New York City, Oct 2-3, where he is a keynote speaker.
"It is time for connect, computer, and store to come together in all their glory of opening up to build a better programmable platform that people can build businesses on, that applications and services can be built on," Alexander told Light Reading in a recent interview.
To find out more about Alexander's views on the challenges and potential of the networking fraternity, see Ciena's Alexander: The Future's Open.
— Carol Wilson, Editor-at-Large, Light Reading
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I'm just wondering if this process is going to flush out a certain breed of vendor - flush out for the scrapheap I mean, as well as bring to the fore the companies that are able to innovate with truly open architectures with open APIs etc
I take your point competely on the optics side etc -- you can't virtulaize everythjing, though itsems we are getting close to being able to print just about everything (in 3D)....
maybe soon someone will be able t print out a transceiver? :-)