News
- 17-05-2016: State of the network global survey finds two-thirds of enterprises have deployed SDN. [DC Journal]
- 18-12-2015: Understanding the rise and impact of SDN and NFV. [DC Knowledge]
- 19-11-2015: How SDN will change they way we connect. [ReadWriteWeb]
- 09-11-2015: The numerous levels of SDN reality. [ipSpace]
- 02-11-2015: What about software-assisted networking? [Network Sherpa]
- 16-09-2015: Why it's hard to deploy SDN-like functionality today. [ipSpace]
- 16-09-2015: Killer SDN applications: a view in 2015. [IPEngineer]
- 27-08-2015: Musings on SDN "nerd-knobs". [ipSpace]
- 26-08-2015: SDN: ONF is moving to "logically centralised control plane". [ipSpace]
- 17-08-2015: Time to ditch the definition of SDN. [NetworkStatic]
- 06-08-2015: Telcos' revenge is coming as SDN brings a way to build smart pipes. [The Register]
- 04-08-2015: SDN: It's living the dream – and just using what you've got. [The Register]
- 27-07-2015: AT&T: Sorry vendors, SDN is eating your lunch. [The Register]
- 21-09-2015: Response: SDN is eating vendor's lunch. [ipSpace]
- 22-06-2015: Increasing dependence on DNS in SDN world. [EtherealMind]
- 18-05-2015: Where are we with SDN in May 2015? [EtherealMind]
- 15-05-2015: Better than best effort -- rise of the IXP. [The Open Fabric]
- 12-05-2015: OpenFlow busts out of the data centre with 15,000-route Pacific test. [The Register]
- 07-05-2015: SNA was awful - SDN isn't yet. [EtherealMind]
- 16-03-2015: Facebook makes open source networking a reality. [DC Knowledge]
- 25-02-2015: Nuage Networks example of WAN orchestration. [EtherealMind]
- 16-02-2015: Cisco puts elastic in the fabric. [The Register]
- 16-02-2015: Telco heavyweights pass packets in NFV demo. [The Register]
- 14-12-2014: Are we ready to let software run the data centre? [The Register]
- 28-08-2014: The road to software-defined data center. [DC Knowledge]
- 28-08-2014: Software-defined data centers: what lies ahead? [DC Knowledge]
- 29-07-2014: Customer intent on SDN adoption is accelerating with 85% adoption by 2016. [EtherealMind]
- 09-07-2014: SDN started as a customer movement, not a vendor innovation. [EtherealMind]
- 19-05-2014: OpenFlow support in data center switches. [ipSpace]
- 15-05-2014: How SDN has changed In 12 months. [EtherealMind]
- 02-05-2014: No one cares about SDN. [PacketU]
- 02-04-2014: Google launches Andromeda, a software defined network underlying its cloud. [GigaOM] [The Register]
- 26-03-2014: Why it's time to wrap brains around software-defined networking. [The Register]
- 21-03-2014: Real-life OpenFlow deployments? [ipSpace]
- 17-02-2014: SDN planning underway, survey finds. [Network Computing]
- 15-02-2014: Why is SDN happening faster than IPv6? [PacketU]
- 21-11-2013: SDN helps break down barriers to scaling. [Network Computing]
- 20-11-2013: OpenFlow love-in shows off speed-dating protocol, quick config. [The Register]
- 12-11-2013: Citylink brings world first SDN-based internet exchange to New Zealand. [Geekzone NZ]
- 11-11-2013: 2.5 years after OpenFlow debut, the media remains clueless. [ipSpace]
- 03-10-2013: Boffins offer router deathlist for software-defined network builders. [The Register]
- 03-10-2013: SDN opportunities and technology debated at Interop. [Network Computing]
- 25-06-2013: Mobile SDN -- it's a lot closer than you think. [Juniper]
- 12-06-2013: Response: SDN's casualties. [ipSpace]
- 06-06-2013: Big Switch quits OEM-led SDN scheme. [The Register]
- 12-03-2013: Virtualisation: the next frontier. [DC Knowledge]
- 21-02-2013: Daylight -- Internet Explorer or Linux of the SDN world? [ipSpace]
- 12-02-2013: F5 Networks scarfs up LineRate systems for SDN smarts. [The Register]
- 08-02-2013: Dell launches new switching platform & SDN capabilities. [DC Knowledge]
- 05-02-2013: Cisco expands SDN, unveils new Nexus switch. [DC Knowledge]
- 06-02-2013: Nexus 6000 and 40GE -- why do I care? [ipSpace]
- 03-02-2013: VMware's SDN dilemma: VXLAN or Nicira? [Brad Hedlund]
- 24-01-2013: NEC launched a virtual OpenFlow switch -- does it matter? [ipSpace]
- 15-01-2013: Juniper Networks introduces its vision and strategy for SDN. [Juniper] [DC Knowledge]
- 18-12-2012: SDN technologies bring data centers closer together. [DC Knowledge]
- 10-12-2012: Pica 8 announces Open SDN architecture. [DC Knowledge]
- 06-12-2012: Plexxi launches a smarter approach to SDN networking. [DC Knowledge]
- 15-10-2012: Cisco rolls up its own OpenStack distro. [The Register]
- 15-10-2012: IPv6 first-hop security: ideal OpenFlow use case. [ipSpace]
- 10-10-2012: Dear $vendor, netconf != SDN. [ipSpace]
- 27-09-2012: SDN controller northbound API is the crucial missing piece. [ipSpace]
- 24-09-2012: OpenFlow/SDN: hype, useful tool or panacea? [ipSpace]
- 13-08-2012: OpenFlow and Ipsilon: nothing new under the sun. [ipSpace]
- 10-08-2012: IRS -- just what the SDN Goldilocks is looking for? [ipSpace]
- 02-08-2012: OpenStack/Quantum SDN-based virtual networks with Floodlight. [ipSpace]
- 29-07-2012: Distributed? Centralised? Both? Cisco blog on OnePK and SDN. [EtherealMind] [Cisco Blog]
- 19-07-2012: Internet eggheads ready superfast innovation platform. [ReadWriteWeb]
- 28-06-2012: We need both OpenFlow and NETCONF. [ipSpace]
- 21-06-2012: Response: using an OpenFlow switch as a programmable patch panel. [EtherealMind]
- 19-06-2012: Rant: our vendor partners don't have an SDN vision. [EtherealMind]
- 19-06-2012: Hybrid OpenFlow, the Brocade way. [ipSpace]
- 14-06-2012: Big Switch and overlay networks. [ipSpace]
- 13-06-2012: Cisco announces Open Network Environment to unleash application-driven network programmability. [Cisco] [DC Knowledge]
- Cisco Open Network Environment. [Cisco]
- Cisco + OpenFlow + OpenStack = ONE software-defined network. [The Register]
- Roundup: Cisco's approach to SDN. [DC Knowledge]
- Cisco ONE: more than just OpenFlow/SDN. [ipSpace]
- 13-06-2012: Juniper's vision for SDN enables network innovation. [Juniper]
- 24-05-2012: Brocade: yet another SDN strategy. [ipSpace]
- 18-05-2012: OpenFlow @ Google: brilliant, but not revolutionary. [ipSpace]
- 09-05-2012: Response: big switch networks -- the value of openness. [EtherealMind]
- 27-04-2012: Removing Cisco from the equation with SDN. [ExtremeTech]
- 22-04-2012: Bumper SDN/OpenFlow roundup of links for ONS 2012. [EtherealMind]
- 09-04-2012: How Google is using OpenFlow to lower its network costs. [GigaOM]
- 17-04-2012: Google's next OpenFlow challenge: taking SDNs to the consumer. [GigaOM]
- 22-02-2012: NEC + IBM: enterprise OpenFlow you can actually touch. [ipSpace]
- 20-01-2012: Piston releases private cloud based on OpenStack. [DC Knowledge]
- 19-01-2012: Big Switch open sources OpenFlow controller. [DC Knowledge]
- 23-11-2011: OpenStack is overstretched. [The Register]
- 26-10-2011: For Juniper, OpenFlow is an important step on the path to network programmability. [Juniper] [Juniper]
- 18-10-2011: What is Nicira really up to? [IOS Hints]
- 25-07-2011: OpenStack / Quantum / Open vSwitch. [Network Heresy: part 1]
- 09-06-2011: Speculation: first OpenFlow product from Cisco. [IOS Hints]
- 02-06-2011: VMware: let's get logical -- the case for OpenFlow network virtualisation (and their failed network plans). [EtherealMind]
- 27-05-2011: For the record: I am not against OpenFlow. [IOS Hints]
- 17-05-2011: Incomplete thought: just-in-time QoS. [Brad Hedlund]
- 29-04-2011: OpenFlow 1.1 in hardware: I was wrong (again). [IOS Hints]
- 22-03-2011: OpenFlow: the future of Google's network? [DC Knowledge]
- 22-03-2011: Tech titans back OpenFlow networking standard. [DC Knowledge] [OpenFlow] [ONF]
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Useful Articles
- Tom Hollingsworth: networking's transition to software. [Network Computing]
- SD-WAN: controller and router placement. [Network Computing]
- Game of nodes. [Russ White] [TheNewStack]
- Open vSwitch, SDN and GNS3. [Network Computing]
- A simplified approach to SDN and network disaggregation. [Packet Pushers]
- Out-of-band SDN management network. [ipSpace, video]
- Sorting through SD-WAN. [Networking Nerd]
- SD-WAN: making the business case. [Network Computing]
- SDN vs NMS. [Russ White] [ECI Telecom]
- Fibbing and SDN. [Russ White] [Fibbing]
- SDN post-deployment considerations. [Network Computing]
- Applying the 80-20 rule to SDN. [DC Journal]
- One of the better explanations of SDN. [ipSpace]
- Network automation RFP requirements. [ipSpace]
- BGP as an SDN. [Russ White] [ECI Telecom]
- Network programmability basics. [Network Computing]
- NFV, skills & mutable vs. immutable infrastructure. [ipEngineer]
- How do I get a grasp of SDN and NFV? [ipSpace]
- SDN strategy: put applications first. [Network Computing]
- Segment routing: inside a new SDN technology. [Network Computing]
- OpenFlow and firewalls don't mix well. [ipSpace]
- Typical SDN architectures. [ipSpace, video]
- Is OVSDB a control- or management-plane protocol? [ipSpace]
- SDN as an abstraction layer. [ipSpace, video]
- SDN - Computerphile. [YouTube]
- Scalability of OpenFlow control plane network. [ipSpace]
- SDN is NOT an innovation, its iteration. [EtherealMind]
- The 'smarter', software-defined data center. [DC Knowledge]
- Software-based switching is not SDN. [ipSpace, video]
- SDN and whitebox switches. [ipSpace, video]
- Learn SDN and OpenFlow fundamentals. [Network Computing] [GNS3 Academy]
- I'm new to SDN -- where should I start? [ipSpace]
- SDN 101: centralised control plane. [ipSpace, video]
- Data center fabrics and SDN. [ipSpace]
- Defining SDN. [EtherealMind]
- The problem with SDN. [Network Computing]
- Top four SD-WAN myths. [Network Computing]
- Can we use OpenFlow for load balancing? [ipSpace]
- Should we use OpenFlow for load balancing? [ipSpace]
- The Top Five Reasons to Adopt SDN and NFV. [ReadWriteWeb]
- Control plane protocols in OpenFlow-based networks. [ipSpace, video]
- Education for SDN from the ONF. [ipSpace]
- Explaining the difference between between SDN and NFV. [EtherealMind]
- Learn SDN with virtual routers and switches. [ipSpace]
- The biggest problem of SDN. [ipSpace]
- SDN will not solve real-life enterprise problems. [ipSpace]
- Four reasons why whitebox networking is cheaper. [EtherealMind]
- How does Openflow decide which path to use? [StackExchange]
- Briefing: Project Calico -- BGP-drive SDN without overlays. [EtherealMind]
- You cannot buy a software-defined network. [EtherealMind]
- More on centralised control and SDN. [ipSpace]
- Implementing VLAN-aware bridge with OpenFlow. [ipSpace, video]
- Link aggregation in OpenFlow environments. [ipSpace]
- Do we need network programmability? [ipSpace]
- On SDN controllers, interconnectedness, and failure domains. [ipSpace]
- When did SDN really start? [ipSpace]
- Is the Cisco Nexus 9000 a whitebrand strategy? [EtherealMind]
- How do I get started with SDN and virtualisation? [ipSpace]
- Availability zones in overlay virtual networks. [ipSpace, video]
- Four different types of Ethernet and Whitebox products. [EtherealMind]
- Whitebox switching: follow the R&D budget. [ipSpace]
- You must understand the fundamentals to be successful. [ipSpace]
- Whitebox switching and open-source networking are not SDN. [ipSpace]
- Overlay networking as a method to scale flow networking and handling. [EtherealMind]
- Scaling overlay networks:
- Is controller-based networking more reliable than traditional networking? [ipSpace]
- Network programmability 101: Q&A time. [ipSpace, video]
- Network programmability and SDN. [ipSpace, video]
- Network programmability phase 1: the configured network. [ipSpace]
- SDI wars: WTF is software defined infrastructure? [The Register]
- The four paths to SDN. [ipSpace]
- SDN: beyond the hype. [DC Knowledge]
- The crux of the matter. [Pedro Marques]
- Is OpenFlow considered the best tool for overlay virtual networks? [ipSpace]
- Benefits of SDN -- or, SDN is like IPv6. [ipSpace] [PacketU]
- The difference between SDN, automation, and orchestration. [EtherealMind]
- Is OpenFlow useful? [ipSpace]
- DDoS mitigation with OpenFlow. [ipSpace]
- SDN strategies:
- Part 1: Vendors vie for market, mindshare.
- Part 2: Cisco, Arista, HP.
- Network Function Virtualisation. [ipSpace]
- Security and SDN. [ipSpace]
- The software-defined data center: potential game changer. [Network Computing]
- Understanding SDN: services, commodities, and value. [EtherealMind]
- OpenFlow 101 video. [ipSpace] [ipSpace MP4]
- Understanding SDN: connectivity is commodity, services are valuable. [EtherealMind]
- Building a business case for SDN. [DC Knowledge]
- Service insertion with OpenFlow. [ipSpace] [ipSpace video]
- The DCK guide to software-defined technologies. [ipSpace]
- What exactly is SDN? [ipSpace, video]
- Making the SDN transition: first steps. [Network Computing]
- I want SDN and I want it now. [The Register]
- SDN management: risks and challenges. [Network Computing]
- Categorising SDN network solutions and architectures for understanding. [EtherealMind]
- Control and data plan separation -- three years on. [ipSpace]
- What exactly is SDN, and does it make sense? [ipSpace]
- How did SDN start? [ipSpace]
- OpenFlow/SDN won't scale? [DC Overlords]
- Software-defined forwarding: what's in a name? [DC Overlords]
- Control plane in OpenFlow networks. [ipSpace]
- SDN's endgame: infrastructure orchestration through data sharing. [Network Computing]
- Getting started with SDN. [PacketU]
- Securing the software-defined network. [Network Computing]
- Real-life OpenFlow/SDN use cases. [ipSpace]
- SDN, network professionals and jobs. [Network Computing]
- Don't leave network virtualisation to server admins. [Network Computing]
- Flow table explosion with OpenFlow 1.0 (and why we need OpenFlow 1.3). [ipSpace]
- Eliminating VLANs and fragility in underlay with network. [NetworkStatic]
- Forwarding models in OpenFlow networks. [ipSpace]
- SDN – One of the hottest networking topics at present. [IT Brief]
- Exception routing with BGP: SDN done right. [ipSpace]
- OpenFlow vs fabrics. [Network Computing]
- What does programmable network mean? [EtherealMind]
- 10 ways SDN will change IT. [Network Computing]
- 10 SDN architectures. [Network Computing]
- OpenFlow and Fermi estimates. [ipSpace]
- SDN doesn't mean cheaper networking. [Network Computing]
- Do you really want to program your network? [ipSpace]
- SDN is not a technology, it's a use case. [Network Computing]
- 7 SDN considerations. [DC Knowledge]
- What secure SDN should look like. [Juniper] [SecurityWeek]
- Evolving SDN: tackling challenges for web-scale deployments. [EtherealMind]
- NFV and SDN: better together. [Juniper]
- Real-life SDN/OpenFlow applications. [ipSpace]
- Implementing control plane protocols with OpenFlow. [ipSpace]
- What is the software defined data center, and why is it important? [WSJ ATD]
- Overlay networking is more and better while ditching the toxic sludge. [EtherealMind]
- Scale, SDN, and network virtualisation. [Network Heresy]
- Could IXPs use OpenFlow to scale? [ipSpace]
- Don't wait for the future -- SDN is already here. [Juniper]
- OpenFlow and SDN -- do you want to build your own racing car? [ipSpace]
- Multi-vendor OpenFlow -- myth or reality? [ipSpace]
- Server Guy's guide to virtual networks. [ipSpace: PDF]
- Myth #8: SDN requires a forklift upgrade. [Juniper]
- What the hell is SDN? [PacketLife]
- Making network decisions today for an SDN tomorrow. [Juniper]
- Network virtualisation: delivering the promise of SDN. [Network Heresy]
- SDN: what it is, how it works, and why it matters. [ReadWriteWeb]
- SDN white paper Nuage Networks VSP -- delivers SDN in a big way. [EtherealMind]
- PDF attached below: Nuage_Networks_VSP-Delivering_SDN_in_a_Big_Way-Packet_Pushers_Whitepaper.pdf
- The many paths to SDN. [ipSpace]
- Control-plane policing in OpenFlow networks. [ipSpace]
- SDN future. [PacketLife]
- SDN use case: firewall migration in the enterprise. [EtherealMind]
- Controller-based packet forwarding in OpenFlow networks. [ipSpace]
- QoS in programmable flow networks. [ipSpace]
- SDN -- unleashing the full power of the network. [Juniper]
- What can OpenFlow tables do? [ipSpace] [ipSpace]
- Making a case for network virtualisation. [WSJ ATD]
- OpenFlow protocol and data model details. [ipSpace]
- OpenFlow review: flow forwarding and controllers. [ipSpace]
- The 7 myths of SDN. [Juniper]
- Edge protocol independence: another benefit of edge-and-core layering. [ipSpace]
- OpenFlow review: traditional network devices. [ipSpace]
- Edge and core OpenFlow -- and why MPLS is not NAT. [ipSpace]
- Applications of SDN. [Juniper]
- Visualising OpenFlow/SDN flow -- Big Switch SDN flows in hyperglance. [EtherealMind] [YouTube]
- Google foretells big switch to networks of the future. [Wired] [ExtremeTech]
- Basic introduction to network virtualisation, Nicira, and VMware. [Brad Hedlund]
- Mind blowing L2-L4 network virtualisation by Midokura MidoNet. [Brad Hedlund]
- Why is OpenFlow focused on L2-L4? [ipSpace]
- What is a virtual network? It's not what you think it is. [Wired]
- SDN will change the WAN. [DC Knowledge]
- LAN navigation in an OpenFlow world and an SDN compass. [EtherealMind]
- Response: why community counts. [EtherealMind] [NetworkStatic]
- Does CPU-based forwarding performance matter for SDN? [ipSpace]
- OpenFlow takes networks in a different direction. [The Register]
- Legacy protocols in OpenFlow-based networks. [ipSpace]
- OpenFlow/SDN is not a silver bullet. [ipSpace] [High Scalability]
- Video: OpenFlow-based forwarding. [ipSpace]
- Network virtualisation. [Network Heresy]
- What is a virtual network? It's not what you think it is. [Wired]
- Does SDN represent the evolution of network management? Yes, but no, it doesn't. [EtherealMind]
- Video: SDN and controller ecosystems. [ipSpace]
- OpenFlow doesn't undermine vendors even though it changes everything. [EtherealMind]
- Next-gen network drumbeats: going with OpenFlow. [Wired]
- OpenFlow might lower capex while SDN will increase opex. [EtherealMind]
- OpenFlow: a perfect tool to build SMB data center. [ipSpace]
- Bandwidth on demand: is OpenFlow the silver bullet? [ipSpace]
- Introduction to OpenFlow and SDN -- presentation and screen recording posted. [EtherealMind] [ipSpace]
- Will SDN/OpenFlow be used in the enterprise? [EtherealMind]
- Is OpenFlow open? I ask: compared to what? [EtherealMind]
- Defining flow forwarding instead of switch or routing. [EtherealMind]
- Dodging open protocols with open software. [Brad Hedlund]
- Virtual circuits in OpenFlow 1.0 world. [ipSpace]
- Forwarding state abstraction with tunneling and labeling. [ipSpace]
- FIB update challenges in OpenFlow networks. [ipSpace]
- OpenFlow and Software Defined Networking: is it routing or switching? [EtherealMind]
- Is OpenFlow/SDN good at forwarding? [Network Heresy]
- OpenFlow: enterprise use cases. [IOS Hints]
- OpenFlow deployment models. [IOS Hints]
- I apologise, but I'm excited. [IOS Hints] [EtherealMind]
- Origins and evolution of OpenFlow/SDN. [Network Heresy]
- OpenFlow and the state explosion. [IOS Hints]
- Some more OpenFlow Q&A. [IOS Hints]
- You don't need OpenFlow to solve every age-old problem. [IOS Hints]
- OpenFlow's beginnings. [Network Heresy] [Network World]
- What might an SDN controller API look like? [Network Heresy]
- An attempt to motivate and clarify Software-Defined Networking (SDN). [Network Heresy]
- Let's talk about OpenFlow. [The Register]
- OpenFlow is the answer -- now what was the question? [Network Heresy]
- OpenFlow and network value -- network computing. [EtherealMind]
- The scaling implications of SDN. [Network Heresy]
- OpenFlow specification emerges: rise of the software-defined network. [EtherealMind] [TechTarget]
- OpenFlow -- why it can cross the adoption gap. [EtherealMind]
- OpenFlow is like IPv6. [IOS Hints]
- On data center scale, OpenFlow, and SDN. [Brad Hedlund]
- OpenFlow FAQ: will the hype never stop? [IOS Hints]
[Network World]
- Video: software defined networks explained. [DC Knowledge]
- OpenFlow: BIOS does not a server make. [IOS Hints]
- What is OpenFlow? [IOS Hints: part 1, part 2]
- Open Networking Foundation -- fabric craziness reaches new heights. [IOS Hints]
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