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 provide ...

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Brocade said its data center and local area network (LAN) switches now support OpenFlow, the popular open protocol for software defined networking (SDN). The San Jose, California-based networking ...

New switches launched today from Brocade continue the vendor's quest to apply data-center concepts to the campus network. One aim of the 7250 is density, with the ability to stack switches to a ...

HP announced Thursday a line of data center switches that can use the OpenFlow network-virtualization protocol, aiming to simplify network management in modern data centers. HP currently has 16 ...

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 open ...

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 and ...

OpenFlow 2.0 doesn't formally exist yet, but one possible shape of the protocol — a more flexible take on packet switching — is starting to form. A research paper outlines the idea and sums it up ...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — Juniper Networks Inc. this week said it is making the source code of its OpenFlow application accessible to developers of applications for its Junos networking operating system ...

Chip maker Broadcom has announced a new specification along with software and APIs to improve the performance of OpenFlow switches and to make it easier for hardware vendors to build products.

OpenFlow allows network administrators to build software-defined networks optimized for specific applications and services. It also provides a flexible and convenient way to dynamically re-architect ...