Now we know what Pluribus does: It's fused a server and switch together, creating a new top-of-rack element that gives applications access to network knowledge. And it's off to

Pass out the cigars: OpenDaylight is launching its first code release, as Hydrogen is set to be downloadable on Tuesday, coinciding with the start of the first OpenDaylight Summit.

Maybe $1 billion was too much to ask, or maybe they never asked at all. Either way, IBM is keeping its SDN VE platform and taking advantage of the

For the second time in a month, a lead engineer from Juniper is joining Brocade's team. Tom Nadeau, who helped literally write the book on SDN, will lead a

Short answer: Tell them about it. That's the optimistic perspective of believers in the Open Compute Project (OCP) networking initiative, who think open-source hardware can get rolling with only

The ONF isn't exactly venerable, but it's been around long enough to attract potential member companies that are younger than the organization itself. Suddenly, that $30,000 membership fee, which

The Open Compute Project claims its networking initiative has gathered lots of attention in its first year, especially from open-source and white-box camps, and Big Switch is among the

Founder Tom Nolle is stepping down from CloudNFV, trying to avoid conflicts of interest as the NFV project moves into its commercial phase. Proofs-of-concept are on the way, and

The ONF adds wireless networks to its purview; EMC makes a pretty obvious cloud decision; Pluribus grows up a little more; SDN seeks its Charles de Gaulle.

In a deal worth more than $1B, VMware is trying to add a security element to its vision of a mobile, virtual workspace. It's part of the company's bigger-picture

Brocade talked last fall about focusing the business on data-center networks and SDN — and about divesting about $80 million a year in businesses to help do that. It's

Best known as a foil to F5, A10 is branching out. Pieces of its Thunder ADCs are finding their way into dedicated appliances, the most recent being a DDoS

The Contrail acquisition has polarized Juniper to the point where engineers have been steadily leaving, according to some sources. Among the reasons: an allegedly vicious rant by CTO Pradeep

Well, it's closer than Xsigo was, anyway. Oracle has signed a deal to acquire Corente, a New Jersey-based startup that manages cloud-based and distributed services, allowing for tricks like

Cisco isn't exactly the best fit for AT&T's Domain 2.0 plans; FireEye puts out $1 billion to add to its security arsenal; Cisco's newest switches might offer Broadcom with

To say it's been a big year for SDN and NFV would be beyond an understatement. Here's our look at some of the most-watched and most-talked-about stories of 2013,

Our community was generous in helping us cover the myriad issues around SDN and NFV in 2013. Here we list a few of our favorites that ask (or answer)

SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup — December 20, 2013

On.Lab is aggressively courting prospective customers to help fund ONOS, a supposedly open-source controller that would be an alternative to OpenDaylight in the WAN. But how 'open' is ONOS,

Having raised nearly $17 million without the help of venture capital, and with Cisco now an official reseller, Glue Networks — which develops software for dynamic and flexible WAN

Network monitoring has been a good market for Gigamon, but now everybody seems to be getting into it. The company responded by moving into packet modification with some features

Defending Cisco's SDN approach; OpenFlow 1.3 gets test support from Ixia; SolidFire attracts cloud vendors to flash storage at scale; CENX helps the OSS automates Etherent services; a new

The war over Layer 3 encapsulation methods doesn't seem like a war worth fighting, or even worth watching on TV. We've heard the comment a couple of times that

As CEO Kevin Johnson prepares to step down, it's hardly surprising to see one of his top lieutenants leave as well. Bob Muglia was enlisted from Microsoft to help