Launching Open.ConvergeDigest.com -- An Open Networking Showcase

by James E. Carroll We're pleased to announce the launch of our mini-website on Open Networking. This sub-domain of the Converge! Digest site showcases top ideas and technology demonstrations related to SDN, NFV, Open Stack, Open Daylight, Open Flow, ONOS, OPNFV, Open vSwitch, Open Computer and other open source efforts aimed at making networking more agile, programmable, scalable and lower cost. Our series kicks off with short videos from...

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Internet2 Deploys ONOS to Provision Virtual Nets

Internet2 has deployed the Open source SDN Network Operating System (ONOS) on its nationwide research and education (R&E) network. Five higher education institutions — Duke University, Florida International University, the Indiana GigaPoP, MAX and the University of Maryland – College Park, and the University of Utah — are connected to a virtual slice of the Internet2 nation-wide network that is piloting this next-generation advanced network...

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Corsa Introduces SDN Metering and QoS for Big Data

Corsa Technology, a start-up based in Ottawa, unveiled new SDN metering and QoS (Quality of Service) capability for its line of performance SDN hardware. Bandwidth reservation is seen as especially interesting for organizations running Big Data workloads. The traffic engineering function, which is based on OpenFlow 1.3, allows network architects to better manage bandwidth across their network with dynamic, policy-aware metering and QoS. Metering...

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Huawei and Vodafone Alliance Targets Global Enterprise Market

Huawei and Vodafone announced a new strategic alliance focusing on the enterprise market in Europe, Asia Pacific and Africa. The companies will work together on the development of a variety of enterprise communications and technology services for global enterprise customers, including solutions that use Huawei’s fixed and mobile connectivity bonding technology, in-building coverage solutions, Machine-to-Machine module designs, and solutions for...

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Cavium Shows New Xpliant Silicon Driving SDN-enable Ethernet Switches

Cavium is demonstrating OpenFlow and OpenFlow-Hybrid Ethernet switches based on its new XPliant silicon. Cavium's XPliant Ethernet switches deliver full line rate support in OpenFlow through XPliant's SDK APIs and integration of Open vSwitch (OVS) at an aggregate switching capacity of 3.2 terabits per second. "Historically, large scale data center customers were only interested in the speeds and feeds of networking silicon. Now customers are looking...

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Accton Contributes Open Switch Software to ONF’s Atrium

Accton Technology has contributed switch software to Atrium, the Open Network Foundation’s new open source SDN distribution for OpenFlow-based SDN deployments. Specifically, Accton’s contribution to ONF’s Atrium distribution enables the use of Edge-Core open network switches in OpenFlow-based SDN deployments. With the first release of Atrium, an SDN network can be deployed using Edge-Core switches communicating via the OpenFlow v1.3 protocol to...

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IBM Opens Softlayer Cloud Data Center in Milan

IBM has opened its first cloud data center in Cornaredo, a municipality in the Province of Milan, Italy. The new IBM Cloud center, powered by SoftLayer infrastructure, allows customers and partners adopting cloud computing to more easily manage, run, and store data and workloads Italy, key for many local clients in regulated industries. The IBM Cloud data center in Milan joins existing SoftLayer EMEA cloud centers in London, Paris, Frankfurt, and...

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AirTight Networks Appoints New CEO

AirTight Networks, which specializes in enterprise, cloud-managed Wi-Fi, named Rick Wilmer as its new CEO. Prior to joining AirTight as COO in December 2014, Wilmer served as CEO of Leyden Energy and was an executive-in-residence at Lightspeed Venture Partners. He previously served as CEO of Pliant Technology (acquired by SanDisk) and as COO of Santur Corporation. Prior to that he was head of business operations at Aruba Networks, from its early...

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