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While SDN and NFV hold incredible potential to change the face of networking and infrastructure, more than half of respondents to a recent SDNCentral poll said they believe it will be three to five years before SDN and NFV hit the mainstream.

What does “open” really mean when some systems are built on open source but aren’t actually open themselves? Knowing what “open” involves is a critical first step to understanding open source business models and open source ecosystems.

What does “open” really mean when some systems are built on open source but aren’t actually open themselves? Knowing what “open” involves is a critical first step to understanding open source business models and open source ecosystems.

John Chambers’ speculated retirement from Cisco leads this week’s news roundup … also: a new proof-of-concept for distributed NFV, a demo of VXLAN at 40G, and Ciena’s newest packet-optical play.

We recently ran a survey on our site asking, “What content are you most interested in seeing more of on SDNCentral?” The results were not all that surprising…

We believe that in order to fully reap the benefits of the technology, organizations have to address the issue of NFV performance.

これはホワイトボックススイッチングについての記事の短い連載の最新のものです。 以前の連載では Cumulus と Pica8 のプロファイルの紹介、Centec からの新しいオープンソーススイッチ と ホワイトボックスビジネスモデルをカバーしています。 少なくとも2社のスタートアップがイーサネットスイッチチップに取り組んでいて、それは市場（及びベンチャーキャピタル）が如何に真剣にベアメタルスイッチングを信じているかという事の表れかも知れない。 Xpliant と Barefoot Networks は共にチップ業界のベテランによって創業された。 両社共、依然その計画については沈黙を保って...

What would it take for Quagga to flourish? The open-source routing stack fuels the success of some very large service providers and Web properties — most of which aren’t willing to help fund the project. In an exclusive interview, Quagga caretaker Martin Winter details the challenges of maintaining an open-source project.