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F5 enables NVGRE gateway, Windows Azure cloud support
F5 Networks added NVGRE gateway support for network virtualization and virtual BIG-IP availability in Microsoft's Azure cloud.
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Channel partners are confident in Cisco SDN
With Cisco's partner summit under way, attendees talk Cisco's stance on SDN, what they're hoping to hear and the future of Cisco's SDN strategy.
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Big Switch abandons OpenDaylight after spat with Cisco
Big Switch has left the OpenDaylight Project over the perceived influence of incumbent vendors like Cisco and IBM.
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It'll take the networking 99% to push past SDN hype
The hype around SDN will be short-lived, then fade, but network admins must be willing to learn how to make SDN work after vendors have moved on.
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The New Network: Software-Defined Networking Gets Real
Software-defined networking (SDN) is getting real. It has already started to revolutionize data center networks near you, and now has its sights set on other network components. With SDN, network e...
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OpenFlow configuration protocols: Understanding OF-C...
OpenFlow directs network packet flows, but OpenFlow configuration protocols, OF-Config and OVSDB, form relationships between controllers and switches.
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The application tier of a software-defined networking architecture
In a software-defined networking architecture, controller-based OpenFlow applications could deliver highly scalable, efficient and manageable network services.
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Opinion
Point-Counterpoint: Do both SDN and data center network fabrics fail?
In this point-counterpoint feature, two network engineers turned-bloggers—Ivan Pepelnjak of IOS hints and Brad Casemore of Twilight in the Valley of Nerds—take opposing sides in the battle of netw...
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Private cloud network VLAN problems: Is OpenFlow the answer?
This article, produced by the editors of SearchSDN.com, looks at how the software defined networking control plane can integrate virtual and physical switching layers to overcome the hostility physical networks present toward the private cloud.
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Featured Tip
How to test if software-defined networking standards are really open
Software-defined networking is not just a pie in the sky theory anymore but, in order for it to really take off developers and users will have to ensure that SDN standards are truly open. This tip walks through how to tell if they are.