Big Switch Networks “In making our open-source thin switching platform available to the market, we aim to accelerate the development of OpenFlow-based switches, both through ODM and OEM partners, ...

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 Networks, the startup that was once the face of software-defined networking (SDN) to many, has had it rough lately. Overlay networks have become the rage, rather than the OpenFlow protocol ...

Able to support up to 35GB throughput of average size packets, the B1-SDN can also handle up to 80GB throughput of jumbo packets. This impressive throughput, and high 10GB and 40GB port count, makes ...

Dell officials want to position their networking offerings as a portfolio that businesses can leverage in whatever software-defined environment they embrace. The burgeoning SDN space is beginning to ...

OpenFlow 2.0 doesn't formally exist yet, but one possible shape of the protocol — a more flexible take on packet switching — is starting to form. A research paper outlines the idea and sums it up ...

The ZX1200-SDN implements the OpenFlow 1.3/1.4 specifications in a unique hardware platform that combines a powerful Intel ® compute environment with a Broadcom ® based switching environment. The ...

In an effort to accelerate the adoption of OpenFlow for software-defined networking, Big Switch Networks this week unveiled an open source-based “thin” virtual switch for servers and commodity ...

Exclusive – Big Switch Networks, a fledgling company building a platform for virtualizing enterprise networks based on the OpenFlow standard, has raised $13.75 million in Series A financing in a round ...

Chip maker Broadcom has announced a new specification along with software and APIs to improve the performance of OpenFlow switches and to make it easier for hardware vendors to build products.