Almost three quarters of OpenDaylight users plan to use the open source SDN technology for <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2900828/sdn/nfv-and-sdns-will-make-up-the-cloud.html">Network Functions Virtualization</a>, while over half are looking at it for cloud orchestration.
Two hardware vendors this week unveiled products to bring commodity switching and virtualization to enterprises through service providers.
HP this week signed a definitive agreement to acquire <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2184029/data-center/sdn-company-helps-build-clouds.html?nsdr=true">ConteXtream, a provider of OpenDaylight-based SDNs for service providers</a>.
<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2846421/sdn/alcatel-lucent-virtualizes-wans-and-routers.html">Nuage Networks</a> this week released an application designed to better integrate physical and virtual networks.
Brocade this week said it will acquire Riverbed Technology's SteelApp product line in an all-cash asset transaction. Terms were not disclosed.
The past year was a frantic one in the SDN industry as many players made strategic and tactical moves to either get out ahead of the curve on software-defined networking, or try to offset its momentum.
Alcatel-Lucent's Nuage Networks SDN venture has broadened its product line to tackle enterprise WANs, an increasingly vital market for the technology.
<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2174532/lan-wan/juniper-broadens-sdn-for-carriers.html">Juniper Networks</a> this week introduced a virtualized version of its MX Series 3D edge router to fulfill carrier requirements for <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2173825/smb/understanding-how-sdn-and-nfv-can-work-together.html">Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)</a>.