AT&T will open source the homegrown software platform powering its software-centric network that leverages SDN and NFV in the hope it will mature the fledgling technologies and become an industry standard.
In another finding, vSphere continues to be the most-used hypervisor, followed by Hyper-V.
Glue Networks upgraded its software-defined networking orchestration platform, designed for organizations wishing to automate entire, existing multi-vendor networking architectures, from the datacenter to the LAN to the WAN.
Big Switch Networks updated its software-defined networking solutions with new use cases and support for more open networking switches, along with other enhancements to help enterprises transform their networks with next-generation technology.
Box has a new offering to that involves a combination of software and consulting.
It allows admins to peek under the Distributed Resource Scheduler's hood.
Apparently this new-age software-defined networking stuff is already in danger of becoming yesterday's news, if start-up Apstra Inc. has its way.
Its integration with Microsoft Azure is highlighted.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/24/2016
Juniper Networks today announced an expansion of its OpenLab program, with new locations where enterprises can explore new network virtualization technologies such as software-defined networking and network functions virtualization.
The agreement with Tanium leads to the Trustpoint tool.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/20/2016
An administration guide is also published.
"Goldeneye" is the name of the seventh and latest release of the open source SDN operating system championed by the ONOS Project.
Arkin helps speed SDN deployments and operations.
Microsoft says the social networking giant will remain independent.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/13/2016
Citrix, BlackBerry, IBM and MobileIron also score high.
Midokura, which leverages software-defined networking technology in its network virtualization offering, this week announced $20.4 million in Series B financing.
New-generation software company CENX -- a software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) specialist -- announced it's partnering with several other companies to show how vendor interoperability can contribute to end-to-end service management capabilities on hybrid network infrastructure.
Deeper integration with vSphere, smaller management footprint highlight the upgrades.
The container technology is a port of the Docker engine to facilitate Windows Server 2012 development.
- By Michael Domingo
- 06/04/2016
Players in the emerging software-defined networking arena are continuing on the path to interoperability as the industry shakes itself out, with PLUMgrid Inc. announcing its SDN suite is certified for the Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.