Well, not necessarily. VMware's ambitions might not extend beyond a 'thin layer of software,' but how important is that layer to the networking vendors?

Nicira gets its true coming-out party, as the NSX platform takes center stage at VMworld 2013 with a host of hardware providers eager to proclaim support. The key is

A couple of pre-VMworld links, plus a news rounding that includes Arista partnerships, a CloudNFV formality, and yet another market forecast for SDN

No, Tom Edsall didn't spill the beans about what the Cisco spin-in is doing. But his Hot Interconnect talk did bring up some pertinent points about what's missing from

Hardware vendors will declare partnerships with VMware's NSX platform at next week's VMworld, as VMware takes an interest in making its SDN platform cooperate with tangible, physical-world switches

CloudNFV Puts Management First in Its NFV Architecture

ONUG Testing Aims to Quantify the State of SDN

SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup – August 9, 2013

Ciena Builds an SDN Test Bed (Not a Playpen)

The Big Switch: Howie Xu Joins Team Cisco

Another Security Startup Emerges: Illumio

CloudNFV Aims to Harmonize NFV & SDN

SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup – July 26, 2013

OpenDaylight Approves More Code Contributions

Calient Raises $27M to Bring Optical to the Data Center

Juniper CEO Kevin Johnson Is Stepping Down

Cisco can Ignite SDN Based Security Services with SourceFire

Embrane Creates a Cargo Container for SDN

Breaking News: Big Switch's Engineering VP Is Moving On

SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup – July 19, 2013

Lenovo Partners With Extreme -- and Maybe Should Just Buy Them

Service Provider SDN - Openness From The Top Down Is Critical

SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup - July 12, 2013

NFV Stealth Group Working on a Prototype