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Big Switch CEO Douglas Murray on Open Network Linux [VIDEO]

Apr 29, 2014
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In late 2013, Douglas Murray joined the company as its new CEO and has been helping to set direction and accelerate commercial adoption ever since.

In a video interview with Enterprise Networking Planet, Murray explained the current and future direction for Big Switch Networks and the evolving SDN landscape.

Part of the direction involves an effort known as Open Network Linux, which is a component of Switch Light and has now been donated to the Open Compute Platform (OCP) and its open networking effort.

“Open Network Linux takes a piece of what’s inside Switch Light, anything that you would normally need to leverage to bring up a switch,” Murray said.

Read the full story at EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet:
[VIDEO] Big Switch CEO on the Evolution of SDN

Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at InternetNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @TechJournalist.

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