IBM, NEC Team on OpenFlow

ARMONK, N.Y. and IRVING, Texas -- Leading innovators are adopting OpenFlow-based networking to transform their networks using a new solution provided by IBM (NYSE: IBM) and NEC Corporation of America (NEC). These leading organizations are deploying the IBM and NEC standards-based OpenFlow solution to power dynamic networks, manage massive amounts of information and deliver new services.

Examples of OpenFlow innovators using this complete, high performance commercial solution include Stanford University, Tervela and Selerity Corp. Stanford, the originators of the OpenFlow protocol, will deploy IBM and NEC’s solution in a parallel network to test OpenFlow’s applicability to the university’s production environment. Tervela, provider of a market-leading, distributed data fabric, has validated that this solution delivers a breakthrough in dynamic networking to ensure predictable performance of Big Data for complex and demanding business environments, such as global trading, risk analysis and e-commerce. Selerity, provider of ultra-low latency event data, will employ IBM and NEC’s OpenFlow solution to accelerate real-time decision-making for global financial markets.

“IBM’s investment in OpenFlow reflects the market reality that the data center network is vital to business, driving new ways for users to control the functionality of networks to meet application requirements more simply, flexibly and intelligently,” said IBM Fellow and CTO of IBM System Networking Renato Recio. “OpenFlow is a disruptive networking technology that offers a new level of interoperability and user control and which can ultimately transform the very economics of data centers. NEC and IBM have demonstrated leadership as early adopters of OpenFlow, as well as being first to market with a complete, high performance solution that addresses customer needs for a smarter network.”

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