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 ...

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 ...

Big Switch Networks “In making our open-source thin switching platform available to the market, we aim to accelerate the development of OpenFlow-based switches, both through ODM and OEM partners, ...

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.

Chalk up another big partnership win for Microsoft’s Hyper-V from the world of virtual, programmable switching. NEC’s OpenFlow-based network fabric, ProgrammableFlow, will be integrated with Windows ...

The ability of your data center fabric to support millions of servers with low cost and power may not be due to advances from your major switch vendor, or to standards they may embrace. It might be ...

Data is the fuel behind the AI revolution -- the foundational building block for the new technological world order. But data is immaterial, difficult to organize, and subject to an ever-growing ...