Floodlight, offered under the Apache 2.0 license, is an outgrowth of the Beacon controller created by Big Switch Networks advisor and Stanford PhD candidate David Erickson. It was designed and built ...

I'd urge organizations to explore what suppliers such as Cisco, Juniper, HP, IBM and, yes, Big Switch Networks are doing to bring software, hardware and services based upon OpenFlow into the network.

HP has updated the software on 16 of its switches to support OpenFlow, a software-defined networking technology that could improve networking operations and resiliency in enterprise networks ...

Big Switch’s Switch Light offering will give enterprises options when deciding whether to go with SDN offerings from big vendors such as Cisco and HP or to opt for less-expensive alternatives.

OpenFlow - What Every Switch Product Manager Should Know - what does network virtualization, software-defined networking &SDN mean to you.

Nicira CTO Martin Casado, who created the popular OpenFlow protocol, says virtual switches are a better tool for network automation and programmability.

Among top-tier networking and switch vendors like Cisco and Juniper, HP's support for OpenFlow has been the most vocal. The company is also a founding member of the Open Networking Foundation.

Switch Light is intended to offer users an alternative to proprietary, vendor-unique networking architectures, and accelerate the adoption of OpenFlow, the popular SDN API and protocol.

Based on the ZNYX high-density B1 TOR switch platform, the unique hardware configuration of the B1-SDN is the foundation of its unparalleled performance. Operating as a single multi-port OpenFlow ...