OpenFlow in the Real World: Carriers, Clouds and More

The New York Times (Aug 15 2011) Networking

1. Yes, it's a switch. But this one has OpenFlow inside! The shift in networking and the hype around the OpenFlow protocol has led to a lot of confusion and overinflation of what OpenFlow can do. To get a bit more grounded in reality, I spoke with Don Clark, director of business development at NEC. NEC is a vendor deploying switches that use OpenFlow and a member of the Open Networking Foundation, the group spearheading the standardization of programmable networking. Programmable networks are about agility and automation For those just tuning in, OpenFlow is a protocol that allows a server to tell a switch what to do. It’s revolutionary only in that most switches historically have had their own proprietary software inside the switch telling it what to do. (Read Full Article)

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