As far back as the 1980s network engineers have relied on command-line interface (CLI) to configure, manage and fix anything from local area networks (LAN) to wide area carrier networks. By dominating ...

Software-defined networking (SDN) is a way to virtualize networks for ease of configuration and maintenance in the same way that servers and storage are being virtualized. The difference is that SDN ...

It's probably too early to discuss the northbound interface. I think Colin Dixon, a researcher at IBM, had the right idea when he said, "We should build it first and that'll become the de facto ...

LOS GATOS, CA--(Marketwired - Dec 19, 2013) - Pertino, a company reinventing networking for the cloud era, today announced its membership in the Open Networking Foundation (ONF). ONF is a user-driven ...

AT&T is working with Colt Technology Services to provision network services using a programmatic API-to-API interface between separate software-defined networking (SDN) architectures. The test ...

Enterprises IT departments are burdened with the adoption of newer technologies (the consumerization of IT, BYOD, and virtualized applications, to name a few) to meet demands of their customers, and ...

Further advances to the 3-layer network decoupling concept Separates apps, cloud operating system and standard hardware Latest test used the OpenFlow and OVSDB protocols Creating a more flexible ...

When getting to know software defined networking, you’ll encounter a number of terms that are used in conjunction with the technology. Some of the terms are unique to SDN, while others describe ...

During its SDN conference call this week with Morgan Stanley and other participants, Cisco officials talked often about how a “feedback loop” is vital in its vision of a programmable network. This ...

PARIS, FRANCE: Alcatel-Lucent has unveiled new software defined networking (SDN) technologies for the OmniSwitch Ethernet LAN portfolio of its Enterprise division that will help companies meet the ...