Posts Tagged "SDN"
By Charlie Ashton, VP of Marketing and Business Development at 6WIND
For me, the last two weeks have been like a total immersion class on Software-defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). Last week, 6WIND exhibited at the Open Networking Summit (ONS), held in Santa Clara, where I also attended as many sessions as possible. Earlier this week, I attended the second ETSI ISG meeting on NFV, also in Santa Clara.
ONS 2013 was a deep dive into the current status of SDN Read More »
By Eric Carmes - 6WIND Founder and CEO
Last July, Nicira’s acquisition by VMware shook (should I say shocked?) the networking industry. It was like a nostalgic retro move back to the good old Internet times. At least now everybody has heard about SDN and OpenFlow, although it’s unlikely that many people except a few visionaries can explain in a few words what SDN and OpenFlow really bring. Network virtualization, simplified network architecture, networking CAPEX and OPEX reduction, Network-as-a Read More »
By Eric Carmes - 6WIND Founder and CEO
Since the inception of the Internet, the networking industry has relied on the same business model. Today’s networking equipment and appliances are still characterized by proprietary, vertically integrated software running on dedicated hardware. Equipment provided by major vendors includes custom silicon for efficient packet processing, a custom Operating System and custom applications (from switches to L4-L7 software). Increasingly, however, the new generation Read More »
By Charlie Ashton, VP of Marketing - 6WIND
Last week’s Cloud Expo conference in San Jose CA covered a wide variety of cloud-related topics, as evidenced by the lists of sessions (here) and exhibitors (here). From the perspective of a blog focused on packet processing topics, several presenters discussed highly relevant topics in SDN and network virtualization.
In a session titled “Network Virtualization - Amplifying the Power of Cloud Computing”, Jamey Meredith explained how Rackspace Read More »
By David Le Goff - 6WIND Product Marketing Manager
During the first SDN World Congress in Darmstadt, Germany a couple of weeks ago, I attended several interesting presentations by researchers, service providers and networking equipment providers.
A major focus of the conference was the paradigm shift to open SDN architectures in order to address the significant issues with today’s network architectures. Many interesting SDN use cases were discussed and demonstrated.
Throughout the Read More »
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