welcome back!. network owners/operators face real challenges – scale and management => capex...
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• Network owners/operators face real challenges– scale and management => capex and opex
• Networking has to and will change – Give more control to network owners/operators– Enable and accelerate innovation and customization
• SDN is the solution of choice – Owners/operators want to deploy it – Vendors stepping up to provide products/solutions
• SDN has to mature to deliver on the promise– OpenFlow protocol, switches, and SDN software stackAnd it will with all this community interest & participation
My Takeaways
“OpenFlow and Software Defined Networking (SDN) are not only here to stay, but they will
define the future of networking.”
Art Fewell, Network World, 10/18/2011
Jonathan Heiliger
Until recently VP Tech Operations, Facebook
Founding Director of Open Networking Foundation
Has been a champion of OpenFlow/SDN and its potential