OpenFlow 2.0 doesn't formally exist yet, but one possible shape of the protocol — a more flexible take on packet switching — is starting to form. A research paper outlines the idea and sums it up ...

With a new industry organization to promote it, routing protocol OpenFlow is about to give users unprecedented ease of control over the way their networks operate. OpenFlow enables software-defined ...

Arizona State University (ASU) is implementing OpenFlow 1.3 in its research network, aided by Brocade. The primary benefit was lower latency, as ASU explains in Brocade's news release today. The ...

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.