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Welcome Back! . My Takeaways . 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
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My Takeaways • 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 stack And it will with all this community interest & participation
“OpenFlowand 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
IBM TCP/IP IETF IEEE HP ATM DAVIC Bay LAN 802 ATM Forum Nortel DAVIC Dan Pitt Experience Expertise Connections Some Grey Hair