The Open Networking Foundation has been created
A number of large companies today announced the creation of a non-commercial Open Foundation of Network Technologies ( Open Networking Foundation , ONF), which aims to promote a new approach to network technologies, called Software-Defined Networking (SDN). Founders of the fund are Deutsche Telekom, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Verizon and Yahoo !, Broadcom, Brocade, Ciena, Cisco, Citrix, Dell, Ericsson, Force10, HP, IBM, Juniper Networks, Marvell, NEC, Netgear, NTT, Riverbed Technology Vmware.
While the site does not amaze with the abundance of materials or the detailed description of the organization, but the meaning of the creation of a foundation can be characterized as follows:
Over the past 20 years, the world has seen many innovations in the field, lying on top of the Internet architecture. Excellent examples of such innovations are e-mail, e-commerce, search engines, social networks, cloud computing and the Internet as it exists today.
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In parallel with this, network technologies were also developing, however, according to the members of the ONF Foundation, the speed of innovation in the network area should be increased. SDN technology (the result of a six-year collaboration between Stanford University
and the University of California, Berkeley) solves this problem by stimulating innovation in all types of networks, including data centers, global telecommunications networks, wireless networks, and networks deployed at work and at home. Innovations are realized through relatively simple software replacement.
The essence of the technology is a combination of two basic components: a software interface (called OpenFlow) for controlling the movement of packets through network equipment and a multitude of global control interfaces with which more advanced control methods can be created.
Thus, SDN allows owners and operators to better control their networks and optimize their behavior in order to better solve their own problems and help customers. For example, in data centers, using SDN can reduce power consumption by reducing the power supply to some routers during off-peak hours.
“SDN will help networks evolve and improve faster than they are today,” said Urs Hoelzle, President, ONF Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Google’s senior vice president of engineering at Google. “We expect that over time, SDN will help networks become more secure and reliable.”
From April 1, 2011, veteran of the network industry and network standard-forming bodies Dan Pitt will become the executive director of ONF.
While the site does not amaze with the abundance of materials or the detailed description of the organization, but the meaning of the creation of a foundation can be characterized as follows:
Over the past 20 years, the world has seen many innovations in the field, lying on top of the Internet architecture. Excellent examples of such innovations are e-mail, e-commerce, search engines, social networks, cloud computing and the Internet as it exists today.
')
In parallel with this, network technologies were also developing, however, according to the members of the ONF Foundation, the speed of innovation in the network area should be increased. SDN technology (the result of a six-year collaboration between Stanford University
and the University of California, Berkeley) solves this problem by stimulating innovation in all types of networks, including data centers, global telecommunications networks, wireless networks, and networks deployed at work and at home. Innovations are realized through relatively simple software replacement.
The essence of the technology is a combination of two basic components: a software interface (called OpenFlow) for controlling the movement of packets through network equipment and a multitude of global control interfaces with which more advanced control methods can be created.
Thus, SDN allows owners and operators to better control their networks and optimize their behavior in order to better solve their own problems and help customers. For example, in data centers, using SDN can reduce power consumption by reducing the power supply to some routers during off-peak hours.
“SDN will help networks evolve and improve faster than they are today,” said Urs Hoelzle, President, ONF Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Google’s senior vice president of engineering at Google. “We expect that over time, SDN will help networks become more secure and reliable.”
From April 1, 2011, veteran of the network industry and network standard-forming bodies Dan Pitt will become the executive director of ONF.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/116150/
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