VirtuTel eyes SDN to build self-service network
VirtuTel is harnessing OpenFlow to build an online portal that will allow its customers to order services and then have them automatically provisioned from within the wholesaler's network.
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News about OpenFlow
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An Aussie company is building the world's smallest SDN switch
Australian company Northbound Networks has designed what it says is the world's smallest OpenFlow-capable switch.
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IT shops share OpenFlow, SDN best practices
Two users are putting OpenFlow and software-defined networks through their paces in projects of varied urgency.
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SDN: The core building blocks
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 technologies that, while not unique, are frequently used in SDN designs.
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SDN FAQ
Software has been programming our networks for a long time, so how is SDN different?
Features about OpenFlow
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The promise of software defined networking
If you aren't intimately familiar with software defined networking, don't fret. Only 10 per cent of 450 IT practitioners at a recent Network World event raised their hands when asked if they understand SDN. But if the emerging technology lives up to its promise to redefine networking as we know it, there is no time like the present to dig in and learn more.
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Clarifying the role of software-defined networking northbound APIs
What of the oft-mentioned northbound APIs that will let applications tell the controller what they need from the network? What kind of progress is the Open Networking Foundation making on that front? Network World Editor in Chief John Dix put the question to Robert Sherwood, CTO of Big Switch Networks and head of the ONF's Architecture and Framework Working Group.