OpenFlow - What Every Switch Product Manager Should Know - what does network virtualization, software-defined networking &SDN mean to you.

Interop 2011 could have been called The OpenFlow Show. Vendors were hawking OpenFlow switches and controllers, and a lab demonstration on the show floor displayed the traffic management technique ...

What is OpenFlow? OpenFlow is a programmable network protocol designed to manage and direct traffic among routers and switches from various vendors.

HP has released updates to let 16 of its switches support OpenFlow software-defined networking technology, which could eventually allow businesses to reconfigure their networks more easily and ...

Another SDN first, Broadcom unveils OpenFlow switch implementation - SiliconANGLEFounded by tech visionaries John Furrier and Dave Vellante, SiliconANGLE Media has built a dynamic ecosystem of ...

In an effort to accelerate the adoption of OpenFlow for software-defined networking, Big Switch Networks this week unveiled an open source-based "thin" virtual switch for servers and commodity ...

An SDN research paper points toward what could become OpenFlow 2.0, a protocol that's given more leeway for changing the underlying switches.

Big Switch Networks just launched a tool to allow OpenStack developers to more easily use open software defined networking tools to deployment of agile networking. The company's Floodlight, an ...

HP is upping its support for the OpenFlow protocol by making OpenFlow-enabled switches commercially available.

An OpenFlow-based virtual switch offers advantages to both Microsoft and Hyper-V users compared to Cisco’s approach, says an NEC spokesperson.

Nicira CTO Martin Casado, who created the popular OpenFlow protocol, says virtual switches are a better tool for network automation and programmability.

On the heels of OpenFlow version 1.1, the ONF started to consider proposals for the next version and how IPv6 flows could be accommodated. In late 2011, the ONF published their OpenFlow Switch ...