OpenFlow is a Software-Defined Networking (SDN) protocol used for southbound communications from an SDN controller to and from a network device. OpenFlow is the protocol used to inform the topology of ...

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 ...

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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 ...

HP is broadening its support for software-defined networking (SDN), with the release of a range of hardware and software designed to exploit the OpenFlow communications protocol. Software-defined ...

Some say OpenFlow and software-defined networking are more useful to huge data center-driven companies and network operators than to the enterprise As most participants at the inaugural Open ...

Today, as the IT environment continues to evolve, Software-Defined Networking appears to be the network architecture of the future, according to industry experts like Mills. While conventional ...