Brocade has announced that it is taking a leadership position to help define standards to enable scalability and manageability in hyper-scale cloud infrastructures. Brocade has become an initial member of the Open Networking Foundation (ONF), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting a new approach to networking called Software-Defined Networking (SDN).
SDN involves several components, one of the most important being standard-based OpenFlow, an emerging standard delivering service providers granular control of their network infrastructures. Brocade will leverage its work in developing OpenFlow across itshigh-performance service provider portfolio to enable customers to build high-value applications across their networks with greaterefficiency and unparalleled simplicity.
"In June 2010, Brocade was one of the first major networking vendors to publicly endorse OpenFlow," said Ken Cheng, Vice-President, Service Provider Products, Brocade. "Our goal is to leverage OpenFlow to build compelling cloud networking solutions for service providers and network operators worldwide, while lowering the cost associated with operating their networks."
Today's service providers and network operators face a number of challenges that require multiple solutions in order to ensure highlyefficient and profitable operation. Brocade's goal in working with the Open Networking Foundation is to alleviate the burden of operational complexity for service providers by leveraging OpenFlow to manage and operate their networks.
