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The possibilities of SDN, in particular OpenFlow, are exciting. But to see the possible become reality will depend on how quickly a capable and usable Northbound API is developed.

A compelling Northbound API will not emerge purely from standards bodies or committees. Having competing APIs in the marketplace is critical.

OpenFlow, the exciting new networking technology recently bursting out of academia and into industry, has generated considerable buzz since Interop Las Vegas 2011, which has been called "The ...

OpenFlow, or any API that provides a layer of abstraction from the physical network to the control element, allows that network to be configured or manipulated through software, which then opens ...

Chip maker Broadcom has announced a new specification along with software and APIs to improve the performance of OpenFlow switches and to make it easier for hardware vendors to build products ...

This year at Google Cloud Next, the theme is all about supporting hybrid environments, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Apigee, the API company it bought in 2016 for $625 million, is also ...

Chip maker Broadcom has announced a new specification along with software and APIs to improve the performance of OpenFlow switches and to make it easier for hardware vendors to build products ...

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online, today introduced App & API Protector Hybrid. Users can now expand ...

At Interop this week, Cisco is unveiling an alternative to OpenFlow for software-defined networking and proposing it as a standard, while adding it as a vital component of the company’s new ...