Over the past couple of years, software defined networking (SDN) has emerged as a strong alternative for IT operations in the areas of WAN, data center and overlay solutions. The primary benefit ...

On the heels of my post about Cumulous Networks last week, I had a chance to chat with Stu Bailey, founder and CTO of Infoblox, about the future of networking, and specifically OpenFlow. Stu is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Context is everything. In our next column, we’ll resume the discussion of the details behind the Next-generation Enterprise WAN (NEW) architecture. Here, with the recent Open Networking Summit, and ...

The rise of new technologies such as 5G is profoundly influencing the communications market and driving operators and equipment vendors to rapidly evolve with respect to technology architecture and ...

A new tool for data engineers has just been unveiled at the Snowflake Summit. Openflow, a data integration service based on Apache NiFi, is coming to the AI Data Cloud. Openflow helps get data ...