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.

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 ...

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Open Networking Foundation (ONF), a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the adoption of open Software-Defined Networking (SDN), today announced ...

Interop 2011 could have been called The OpenFlow Show. Vendors were hawking OpenFlow switches and controllers, and a lab demonstration on the show floor displayed the traffic management technique and ...

In the past 3 years, I have given a handful of tutorials on how to build OpenFlow/SDN-based control plane functions (also called as "Controller Applications"). But I had my most fun (and adrenaline ...

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) excited the IT world four years ago with the promise that it would revolutionize how networks were built. The new utopia promised an end to stodgy, inflexible ...

Andy Pearce last week detailed how he designed a proof-of-concept software-defined networking (SDN) app, which turned out to be a nontrivial assignment, even for a veteran networking developer with 20 ...

Continuing its mission to deliver innovative solutions that enable service providers and enterprises to test and validate OpenFlow implementations, Ixia announced the expansion of its IxNetwork ...