Dell adds Big Switch to its SDN mix
Dell expanded on its open networking initiative this week with a resale arrangement with SDN company Big Switch Networks.
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News about Big Switch Networks
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Big Switch lowers forecast for OpenDaylight SDN effort
Citing concerns over technical and market direction, Big Switch Networks has downgraded its participation in the OpenDaylight consortium, a multivendor effort to define an open source SDN framework.
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Skeptcism follows Cisco-IBM led OpenDaylight SDN consortium
If you're skeptical about the intentions of the OpenDaylight SDN consortium, you're not alone.
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Big Switch looks to ramp up OpenFlow implementations
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 switches.
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Intel invests in SDN pioneer Big Switch Networks
Intel Capital has invested in software-defined networking company Big Switch Networks, as it hopes to help the company change the way data centers are networked.
Features about Big Switch Networks
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Big Switch Networks CTO Rob Sherwood on SDN in 2015: The Time is now
I recently had the chance to sit down with Rob Sherwood, CTO of Big Switch Networks to get his insight on whats hot with SDN for 2015.
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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.
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6 Reasons to Pay for Open Source Software
Open source software is free to download, modify and use, but that doesn't mean it's not worth paying for sometimes. If you're using open source software in a commercial, enterprise capacity, here are six reasons why you should pay for free software.