Palo Alto, Ca. – Big Switch Networks–formed to speed implementation of the new OpenFlow software-defined networking architecture in nextgen cloud architecture servers, routers, and switches–has just ...

Big Switch is releasing the source code for Floodlight, its controller software, via its web site. The hope is to spur app development around the controller while also anticipating the release of a ...

The following content is from an older version of this website, and may not display correctly. The Southbound interface between the switch and the controller was key to significant SDN possibilities.

For this week’s interview, we turn to one of the top cybersecurity experts in the US, Phil Porras at SRI International. Readers familiar with the story about Conficker as covered in the book “Worm” by ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. OpenFlow, the exciting new ...

A new horizon in how applications and network control can dynamically alter network performance and operations. The concept of Applications Optimized Networks (AON) has been around for many years.