Palo Alto, Ca. – Big Switch Networks–formed to speed implementation of the new OpenFlow software-defined networking architecture in nextgen cloud architecture servers, routers, and switches–has just ...

Big Switch is releasing the source code for Floodlight, its controller software, via its web site. The hope is to spur app development around the controller while also anticipating the release of a ...

Big Switch Networks has seen success with its Floodlight controller downloaded over 10,000 times, and we thought it would be important for the community to understand the origins of Floodlight, what ...

IBM is making sure that it isn’t left behind in the rush to get into software-defined networking. The company announced this week the availability of a software-based Programmable Network Controller ...

For this week’s interview, we turn to one of the top cybersecurity experts in the US, Phil Porras at SRI International. Readers familiar with the story about Conficker as covered in the book “Worm” by ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. OpenFlow, the exciting new ...

IRVING, USA: NEC Corp. of America (NEC), a leading provider and integrator of advanced IT and communications solutions, and a pioneer in OpenFlow-based Software Defined Networking (SDN), announced the ...

At the beginning of Interop, I wrote a post that introduced the basics of OpenFlow. I promised to ask around and find out what problems different vendors are trying to solve using OpenFlow. This post ...