Join the Bay Area Network Virtualization Group on April 30, 2013 for our OpenFlow and SDN Tech Talk and Hands-on Tutorial. For this event we will be hosting Srini Seetharaman from Deustche Telekom & Xin Huang from CYAN, Inc. They will do a Tech Talk on OpenFlow/SDN and follow it with a hands on tutorial for building applications using Ryu controller.
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Ben Pfaff on OVS – Past, Present, Future
On March 20, 2013 the Bay Area Network Virtualization group hosted Ben Pfaff, the lead developer of the Open Virtual Switch (OVS). Ben gave a great presentation on the history, current state and future plans for OVS. This video is approximately 90 minutes in length. Enjoy!
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Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is the HOT topic in the IT industry. There’s a new meetup group dedicated to the topic of SDN and Network Virtualization. Nicknamed “NVIRTERS”, they offer a great resource for learning more about SDN and networking in general. Tech talks, workshops, hackathons – and more!
Check them out on meetup.com and on Twitter.
Myspace – from the ashes?
They may get it right this time…
I’ve been hard on Myspace – very hard. I don’t think my criticism at the time was unwarranted. Myspace had done just about everything it could to crash and burn, and I along with just about everybody else in the industry was very doubtful that they could stop the downward spiral.
Myspace has actually managed to stay afloat during their turbulent transition from a graffiti-laden website to a media-focused property. While they still haven’t managed to get a steady pulse, they’ve at least managed to keep their latest investors (notably Justin Timberlake) from pulling the plug. Obviously Mr. Timberlake has a lot more at stake than just losing money – he’s placed a lot of his personal and professional “currency” into Myspace’s future. And it looks like his investment may pay off… READ MORE »
The Business Value of SDN
Cloud computing is driving technology innovation at an ever-accelerating pace. We often get caught up in the technical aspects of new innovations and capabilities, and sometimes put the business aspects on the back burner. Like server virtualization, Software-Defined Networking is the key enabler of the next wave of cloud computing, truly unleashing the power of dynamic workload management and service-aware networking.
In my latest post at SDNCentral I take a look at the business value that SDN can bring to enterprises and service providers. Join the conversation and let me know your thoughts on how SDN can add even more value to the cloud!