It seems everything in SDN is becoming not only "open," but open-source. But while an open-source framework is already out there — OpenDaylight— Juniper says there's still logic, and

It's the opposite of Juniper's traditional strategy: The company is taking its Contrail SDN platform open-source, trying to grab mindshare and steer the market towards an MPLS/XMPP approach. Very

Extreme and Enterasys try their hand at consolidation, but is it enough? (Hint: No.) Also, the OpenDaylight Project offers a wider peek at its first release, two 'open' SDN-related

Nuage says its SDN architecture needed one piece to be truly 'end-to-end:' a gateway connecting to physical ports. A software gateway or a white-box switch wasn't enough, Nuage decided,

Still pushing the idea of ASICs over merchant chips, Cisco is reportedly ready to announce a processor that enables 400G ports

If not, what's Big Switch's next move? The early leader among SDN startups is facing challenges including OpenDaylight and an industry shift to an overlay-network mentality. It may be

Relive this past week's VMworld, or just catch up. Here's a summary of our coverage and other analysis.

SDN and network virtualization sound so much better when surrounded by beer and pretzels. And a Galaga machine never hurts.

Why wasn't Cisco listed among VMware's NSX partners? Candidly, Cisco admits it doesn't agree with NSX. But Trey Layton, CTO of the VCE joint venture, says that doesn't mean

It wasn't all VMworld this week, you know. Here's a look at what else happened.

Another Big Switch executive finds a new home, as Andrew Harding joins the world of network monitoring and network packet brokers (don't call them 'taps!')

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

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

ONUG Testing Aims to Quantify the State of SDN

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

OpenDaylight Approves More Code Contributions

Juniper CEO Kevin Johnson Is Stepping Down

Embrane Creates a Cargo Container for SDN

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

Service Provider SDN - Openness From The Top Down Is Critical

Breaking News: Netsocket Launches End-to-End Virtualized SDN Solution, Wants to Commoditize L2/L3 SDN