HP Step Up OpenFlow Support

Category: Developer World, Author: Ronan, Added: 6 February 2012

OpenFlow technology has been used for years by researchers and early adopters as a way to build software defined networks. OpenFlow is now getting a major vote of confidence from HP with a portfolio of at least 16 switches that will offer full support for OpenFlow.
HP has been a supporter of the OpenFlow effort for several years, but previously had not offered full commercial support on its switching platforms.
"We have been working with OpenFlow and had a special licensed version available for over four years," Saar Gillai, Vice President, Advanced Technology Group, and CTO at HP Networking told

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