OpenFlow: Catalyst that Kickstarted the SDN Transformation
Mar 3, 2021 |
Thirteen years ago, in March of 2008, Nick McKeown and seven academic colleagues published a Call-to-Action for the network research community, proposing OpenFlow as an experimental open interface between the network’s control and data planes. The goal was to enable innovation, which at the time included the radical idea that…
Community Member Profile: David Gengenbach
Feb 19, 2021 |
In this community member profile, we would like to introduce David Gengenbach, a PhD. student at the Università della Svizzera italiana and a researcher at SAP, based in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is an active contributor in the Open Networking Foundation’s Stratum community. David has been participating in the Stratum…
The Need for Standardization in a Thriving Network Ecosystem
Nov 13, 2020 |
Editor Note: This post was originally written by Mario Baldi and Vipin Jain for Pensando’s website. With permission, we are re-publishing it here, as they nicely articulate the need for SmartNIC standardization. Introduction Open standards are an essential component in thriving technology ecosystems. They benefit users, vendors, and third parties developing…
How P4 Benefits the Router for Academia, Research, and Education (RARE) Project
Oct 29, 2020 |
Editor Note: In this interview, Frédéric Loui discusses how P4 is being used in the GÉANT RARE Project. Introduction The Router for Academia, Research and Education (RARE) project aims to create a full featured router running on open, commodity networking hardware. RARE is being developed under the auspices of GÉANT, which…
Brebner Appointed as P4 Architecture Working Group Co-Chair
Oct 15, 2020 |
I’m delighted to announce that Gordon Brebner (Xilinx) has agreed to lead the P4 Architecture Working Group, joining Andy Fingerhut (Intel) as co-chair. Working group co-chairs are appointed by the P4 Chief Architect and typically serve a 3-year term. Gordon has been a leading figure in the P4 community for…
