Networking startup Big Switch is a pioneer in the emerging Software Defined Networking (SDN) space, with its open source Floodlight controller among its key successes. The journey for Big Switch hasn’t all been a bed of roses and the company is now aiming to switch things up a bit as it re-positions for continued growth and success.
“We used to talk about the idea of a three tier architecture with a data plane, the controller tier and the SDN applications riding on top,” Kyle Forster, President and Co-founder of Big Switch told EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet. “The reality of the last two years is that to actually get that all to work has been very difficult.”
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Big Switch Switches SDN Direction, Staying Independent Acquisition
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