OpenFlow Networking - New Spotlight for Datacom Vendors?

What will be next in data communications infrastructure innovation one might have asked already a few years ago. With 1G interfaces well installed everywhere and 10G also becoming the norm in datacenter backbones it seems a longer way to reach 40 or even 100G mostly due to physical limitations. While the innovation buzz has shifted in ICT to cloud computing it seems, the good old networking infrastructure vendors have to look for their next spotlight. This could well become Open Flow which promises to provide lower cost networking connectivity. A few startups that are still in developing and/or in stealth mode such as Big Switch or Niceria promise to challenge the established vendors soon.

latest news: interesting is that also IBM, who departed routing and switching as well as optical communications long time ago jumps back onto this opportunity.

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