ODP to GSD
[added a late addendum to end of this post in light of the Big Switch news today] The OpenDaylight Project (ODP) has announced this week its newest wave of members, and Plexxi is pleased to be included...
View ArticleZugzwang: On OpenDaylight and Big Switch
As I have opined before, perhaps my biggest joy working at a small company is that I am free to comment a bit more openly than some of my counterparts at companies with multi-billion-dollar valuations....
View ArticleMore on Open: Standards
[This is a continuation of the Open dialogue that began last week. The intent is to make more precise what people mean when they say Open with an eye on getting to better conversations. This is not...
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Plexxi on OpenDaylight: An Insider’s View
As I have said before, one of the joys of working at a startup and having control over the marketing function is that I can usually say what is actually on my mind with little fear of reprisal or...
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Cisco, VMW, and ODP: Different strategies to win the network control battle
I wrote previously that one of the more under-discussed topics in our industry was battle for the Point of Control. But why exactly is this important? And what are the different strategies in play to...
View ArticleNetworking Pidgin: The next step for abstractions?
There is a natural phenomenon that occurs when two groups lacking a common language come together. Essentially, the two groups construct impromptu a means of communicating. This new language pairs...
View ArticleController federations: Cluster by proximity or service?
As SDN moves closer to large-scale deployments, the issue of controller scaling is becoming a hotter topic. The consensus seems to favor some form of distributed cluster environment, likely in the form...
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