March 2013 Industry News

Focus on software defined networks…

Cyan 100G Transponder Works with its Existing SDN

SDN provider Cyan Inc. recently announced a single‐slot 100G coherent transponder for its Z‐Series packet‐optical transport platforms. The transponder, which the company says is one of the first such solutions on the market, canbe used in combination with Cyan's Blue Planet SDN. More...

Tekelec Lays Out Blueprint for SDN ThinkingNetworks

Broadband solutions provider Tekelec has laid out its blueprint for a software-defined network it calls ThinkingNetworks, which will support mobile operators. The project will be rolled out in four overlapping phases on an as-yet undefined timetable. More...

Georgia Tech Offering Free Online SDN Course

A free six-week session on software-defined networking will be offered by Georgia Tech beginning May 27. The massive open online course (MOOC) will be conducted through a series of 10-minute video lectures and cover "everything you need to know about SDN." More...

Oracle Acquires Acme Packet

Oracle Corp has acquired yet another SDN-related company, this time telecom hardware manufacturer Acme Packet, which it will purchase for $1.7 billion. Analysts say Acme Packet's software is the "jewel" of the acquisition. More...

Network World Launches SDN Events, User Group

Network World magazine has announced a series of SDN-related events, including a user group, the Open Networking User Group. They will also hold three monthly conferences, starting with an event in San Francisco this March, followed by one in Dallas in April and another in Chicago in May. More...

BTI Systems Gets $10M Funding for SDN to Connect Data Centers

Bain Capital Ventures is among the companies investing $10 million in BTI Systems, which has launched a new software-defined networking product to connect data centers. More...

Optical Internetworking Forum Addresses Transport SDN

The Optical Internetworking Forum's Physical and Link Layer Working Group has launched a new project to address carrier requirements for transport software-defined networking. The WG will also define a module interface implementation agreement for 400G long-haul optical transmission. More...

Juniper Adds SDN to Mobile Networks

Juniper Networks, which just last month announced its SDN strategy, has followed up with its first software-defined network products for mobile service providers. More...

Huawei to Trial SDN in 2013, Deploy in 2015

At the recent Mobile World Congress, Huawei announced it has developed a roadmap for its SoftCom SDN platform, which will enter commercial trials in 2013 before full deployment in 2015. More...