OpenFlow Presentations From Big Switch, Brocade, Cisco, NEC, and Juniper Networks

The OpenFlow Symposium panel was made up of active users of the technology (Google and Yahoo!) as well as a number of companies that are developing products that support the technology. Watch their presentations below, along with the morning Q&A from the Symposium!

Introduction with Stephen Foskett and Greg Ferro

Stephen Foskett and Greg Ferro introduced the day’s presentations.

Big Switch Networks

Big Switch Networks was founded by some of the instigators of OpenFlow, as well as Silicon Valley veterans. Kyle Forster of Big Switch talked about the company and its vision for OpenFlow networking.

Download Kyle’s presentation

Brocade

Next up was Curt Beckmann from Brocade. His well-received presentation was something of a reality check on the protocol, presenting the positives as well as the current limitations of OpenFlow.

Download Curt’s presentation

Cisco

David Meyer of Cisco also gave a dynamic and thoughtful presentation. His musings on OpenFlow and SDN included use cases as well as questions about complexity vs. robustness and the limits of networking.

Download David’s presentation, and check out some papers he recommended: Robustness and the Internet and Decoupling Policy from Configuration in Campus and Enterprise Networks

NEC

Don Clark from NEC talked a bit about his company before diving into their ProgrammableFlow product line, the only complete and shipping implementation of OpenFlow available at that time. He also talked about the use case and real-world customer experiences.

Juniper Networks

Finally, David Ward from Juniper presented a lively and technical talk on OpenFlow, drawing in metaphor and experience with service providers and enterprise networking. His examples brought home the ways an OpenFlow network can be used in the real world.

Download David’s presentation

Audience Q&A

After Google and Yahoo! and the vendor panelists presented, a rousing audience Q&A session was held.