What is Software Defined Networking?
Like other software defined initiatives, software defined networking (SDN) abstracts the networking operating environment from the hardware switches and controller. The SDN promise is to reduce cos…
Why Has SDN Adoption Been So Slow?
The move to commodity hardware changed the way data centers scale compute and storage resources. The network, for the most part, is being left out of the movement. Once an organization makes a network…
A refresher course on white box networking equipment
This white box networking review sheds some light on the variations, as it's all too easy to confuse the intricacies of white boxes, universal CPEs and brite boxes.
Pluribus Networks – Whtebox Fabric #NFDD16
On day two of Networking Field Day, Pluribus Networks gave us a rundown on what is possible with their Netvisor OS, whitebox hardware, and a distributed architecture.
E Tu Pluribus Networks UNUM?
It's no secret that network analytics is quickly becoming the Golden Goose of IT. There are no shortage of players in this important segment, largely because no one has a perfect option. Do analytics need to be integrated into hardware or a pure software play? Should the goal of analytics to be an aggregated abstraction...
RSA roundup: 5 security vendors CISOs need to be aware of
Here are five companies that cybersecurity professionals should consider in their quest to keep their organizations secure.
2018 Software-Defined Data Center 50
The software-defined data center is the next evolution for infrastructure and automation with promises of lower costs, greater agility and increased scalability. Here is CRN's list of the 50 vendors leading the development of the software-defined data center.
IDC names four SDN providers to watch
An IDC report named Apstra, Big Switch Networks, Plexxi and Pluribus Networks as SDN providers to watch; Martello aims to validate Elfiq-based SD-WAN; and Aryaka extends to China.
Biggest SDN and SD-WAN news and trends of 2017
Check out the top SDN and SD-WAN news and trends stories from 2017 to prepare for what comes next in 2018.
Pluribus Networks Is the Definition of “Software Defined”
What does it take to truly be software defined? Tom Hollingsworth takes a quick look at the journey of Pluribus Networks from hardware and software vendor to a networking and analytics software company.
Ericsson Cloud Blossoms, as Telstra NFV Goes Live
Ericsson reportedly has a second major carrier going live with cloud and NFV infrastructure, but the company snaring bragging rights out of the deal is SDN startup Pluribus.
Pluribus Sees Validation in Ericsson Cloud Deployments
Ericsson’s recent deal with Swisscom in launching a cloud platform for the Swiss telecommunication operator involved network components from Pluribus Networks.
Briefings in Brief 001: Pluribus Partners With D-Link
Pluribus Networks has partnered with D-Link to put the Netvisor OS on D-Link’s DXS-5000 open networking switch series. Please note: Link is to a page with audio.
Pluribus Networks… Wait, where are we again?
I was privileged to visit Pluribus Networks as a delegate at Network Field Day 16 a couple of weeks ago.
D-Link Adds Pluribus Networks’ Netvisor OS Support to Open Networking Hardware
D-Link announced the new DXS-500-54S can now come pre-loaded with Pluribus' network operating system.
D-Link Unveils Bare-Metal Switch
IT organizations should expect to see D-Link expand its portfolio of bare-metal switches to compete more aggressively against incumbent networking vendors in the data center.
D-Link in Pluribus-powered white box play to target enterprise sales
Netvisor gets a crack at the consumer and SME channel in new 54-port switch
D-Link Brings Bare Metal Switches to Enterprise Applications
D-Line has already certified a Pluribus OS to run on the open hardware.
CRN：2017年最酷的软件定义网络技术
软件定义网络(SDN)将继续在网络行业中发挥更大的技术，因为思科和VMware等市场领导者在2017年在SDN战略上的投入不断增加。用户正在寻求利用SDN变得更加灵活，并帮助降低Capex和Opex。传统的供应商和初创公司正在努力为不断增长的市场构建下一个伟大的软件定义产品。
The 10 Coolest Software-Defined Networking Technologies Of 2017 (So Far)
CRN looks at 10 of the coolest and most-sought-after SDN technologies in the market during the first half of 2017.
Pluribus Networks Gets Back On My Radar With Adaptive Cloud Fabric Announcement
"In short, it’s the same old, but yet all new, Pluribus Networks. Nice to have a familiar blip reappear on my radar. I’ll be watching them over 2017 to see what comes next."
Meet the Best of Interop ITX 2017 Finalists
Check out these IT products that are pushing the envelope in cloud, infrastructure, and more.
Pluribus Evolves SDN Strategy by Killing the Controller
SDN controllers introduced undesired complexity and limit interoperability.
Pluribus recharges, expands software-defined network platform
Pluribus replaces current SDN software with Adaptive Cloud Fabric.
Virtual Switches Promise Simpler Software-Defined Data Centers
Transitioning to software-defined data centers is made easier with Pluribus Networks virtualized switches, the company says.
Pluribus replaces controller SDN architecture with adaptive cloud fabric
Pluribus Networks announced a Netvisor SDN upgrade with its adaptive cloud fabric that replaces controller SDN architecture.
Pluribus recharges, expands software-defined network platform
Pluribus replaces current SDN software with Adaptive Cloud Fabric.
Pluribus Networks: Budget SDN Without Aggressive Discounting
Pluribus is reaching out to partners for help rebooting its Adaptive Cloud Fabric vision.
Pluribus Networks Simplifies the Software-Defined Data Center
Pluribus Networks today announced a major evolution to its Software-Defined Networking (SDN) strategy with the introduction of the Adaptive Cloud Fabric™ virtualized architecture.
Pluribus Networks Simplifies the Software-Defined Data Center
Pluribus Networks today announced a major evolution to its Software-Defined Networking (SDN) strategy with the introduction of the Adaptive Cloud Fabric virtualized architecture.
Pluribus Networks Extends SDN Reach
Pluribus Networks announced an Adaptive Cloud Fabric architecture that enables virtual networks to be extended across multiple data centers.
Clouds, Networks Are Keys to IT’s Future, Pluribus Survey Finds
Organizations are going to the cloud, be it private, public or hybrid—a notion recently reinforced by Pluribus Networks. Officials with Pluribus, a player in the fast-growing and crowded software-defined networking (SDN) space, surveyed 134 IT technical professionals at the recent VMworld 2016 event to gauge their thoughts on important emerging technologies and how ready their companies are to embrace them.
Survey Shows Increasing Role for SDN
A new survey from Pluribus Networks shows an increasing role in the datacenter for software-defined networking (SDN), cited by respondents as one of the more impactful technologies that will affect their companies.
Why the private cloud is still needed to better utilise the public cloud
According to the latest research from Pluribus Networks, building private clouds is of “critical importance” to effectively utilising public cloud services. The research, which polled 134 IT professionals and business decision makers who attended this year’s VMworld, found that there was nothing to split public and private clouds among respondents as technologies which will impact their company the most in the future.
Successful Public Cloud Starts With Private Cloud
A new survey by Pluribus Networks highlights the importance of building private clouds as a precursor to effectively utilizing public cloud services.The company surveyed 134 IT technical professionals and business decision makers attending VMworld 2016 U.S., and found that public and private clouds tied as the leading technologies that will impact their companies the most in the future.
Prepping For The Digital Transformation
A survey released this week provides insight into what some IT pros and business managers are focused on -- and worried about -- as their organizations plan for digital transformation.
Pluribus Networks SDN Spans Multiple Data Centers
It’s still a significant challenge to connect multiple networks because any configuration change in one environment needs to be reflected across all the other networks. The more networks that become connected, the more that complexity exponentially increases.
Who’s Hot In Infrastructure? 25 Vendors To Watch
As businesses rethink their IT infrastructures, vendors are looking to software and open source solutions. Find out which are on the forefront.Enterprise infrastructure is going through one of the most dramatic periods of change in the history of computing. The rise of digital business, open source technologies, and services-based IT is changing the game for everyone, requiring IT organizations and professionals to adapt the way they implement and operate technology.
Pluribus Networks Adds to Whitebox Lineup
Pluribus Networks announced on Tuesday new hardware certified for its Open Netvisor Linux (ONLV) operating system, designed to run on whitebox switches. Whitebox hardware has come a long way thanks to improvements in commodity switch silicon, reference hardware designs and open source software. Open Compute Project Platinum members range from AT&T and Rackspace to Facebook and Google, and even Microsoft is in the open switch business with its Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) components to build network devices.
Pluribus expands hardware support for open switching OS
Pluribus Networks has added certified support for the Open Compute Project (OCP)-compatible 10G/40G AS5712 and AS6712 white box switches from Edgecore Networks Corp., further building out the ecosystem around its Open Netvisor Linux (ONVL) operating system.
Accton/Edgecore Switches Certified to Run Pluribus Network OS
Pluribus officials say the company is adding the ODM's 10GbE and 40GbE switches to the list of open network systems certified for its ONVL OS.
Ericsson Uses Silicon Photonics to Virtualize Physical Ports
At Intel Developer Forum (IDF) this week, Microsoft Azure General Manager Kushagra Vaid mentioned using silicon photonics for software-defined networking (SDN) but didn’t elaborate.Elsewhere at IDF, Ericsson was showing off something that might hint at what he meant.
Network World New Products of the Week
VCFcenter is a single pane of glass that combines a big data approach to network visibility with web-scale analytics to offer a business-level network analytics solution.
Pluribus Networks: Network Visibility and Analytics for Everyone (pg.31)
An enterprise's network infrastructure has become the critical success factor for business in the era of Digital Transformation. Everything relies on the network. Every line of business and every revenue stream revolves around how well the network performs.
Pluribus Networks Advances Application Visibility into the Network
In theory at least, the network is the perfect place to gather analytics about every aspect of the business because it touches everything. In practice, converting all those bits and bytes into actionable intelligence has been both expensive and challenging to accomplish.
Pluribus Networks expands analytics range in its network monitoring solution
With the enhanced platform in place, Pluribus is able to offer a monitoring solution where the analytics are integrated directly into the network for $75,000 plus support for 100 million flows, with a billion flow bundle coming later this summer.
Pluribus enriches virtual management system with central console, apps
Pluribus this week added a key piece to its virtual network management portfolio – a central management console and framework for helping customers better see and control their virtual network environment.
Typical 24: Kumar Srikantan, Pluribus Networks
Twenty four candid, personal questions into the work of Pluribus Network's CEO, Kumar Srikantan ranging from daily work habits to advice he'd give his younger self.
Pluribus Networks leveraging Dell, Nutanix connections to drive SDN solution
Pluribus partnered with both Dell and Nutanix a year ago, and is benefiting from being the software-defined networking element in joint deals. They also believe the upcoming Dell-EMC merger will help their business.
Pluribus Networks Appoints Eastern, Western US Channel Leads
Pluribus Networks has named two new channel leads in the United States as the company looks to expand its burgeoning partner program.
Independence IT, Pluribus Networks Name New Channel Execs
Pluribus Networks announced it is expanding its channel program by adding new territories and more dedicated resources to keep up with demand for its software-defined networking and network performance monitoring services.
Arista, Talari Channel Leaders Jump Ship To Pluribus Networks
Ready to pounce on the growing software-defined networking market, Pluribus Networks has hired a pair of channel veterans to lead its North American sales charge as it strives to become a 100 percent channel company.
Making IT A Strategic Choice
We all hear about running IT strategically, but few of us have stopped to consider exactly what that means. For the past 25 years, IT professionals have been focused on automating the business processes that have been in place for years, and the vast majority of all IT infrastructure in place today does just that.
15 New Networking Products To Watch For In 2016
Pluribus VCF-IA has been featured in CRN’s 15 hot networking products to watch for in 2016. The slideshow features the VCF-IA V1.5 image and a brief description of increased capabilities like metadata tagging.
SDN: Your weapon for business agility
Software-defined networking (SDN) is beginning to be adopted in nearly every industry. SDN is a critically strategic business agility weapon that I believe must be deployed right away to remain competitive in today’s digital world.
Interop Las Vegas 2016 Announces Leading IT Services Across 10 Categories as Best of Interop Award Finalists
Interop Las Vegas, produced by UBM Americas, today announced 30 finalists for the 2016 Best of Interop Awards. The awards recognize the event's exhibitors that have made significant technological advancements in core areas of IT.
Top 10 Network Infrastructure Solution Providers – 2016
Pluribus Networks: Optimized Networking for Accelerated Results. (An interview with Kumar Srikantan)
Pluribus Networks Announces VCF Insight Analytics
Pluribus Networks, the data center network solutions provider that allows your business to run unconstrained, today announced VCF Insight Analytics (VCF-IA), its revolutionary new flow-based, client-server oriented business intelligence solution for the data center.
SDN shifts from configuration to analytics
Two vendors, Midokura and Pluribus, offer products for visibility into operations, performance
SDN shifts from configuration to analytics
Two vendors, Midokura and Pluribus, offer products for visibility into operations, performance.
Pluribus Networks: Next-generation Fabric-based Network
Pluribus Networks, founded in April 2010, is a leader in performance-oriented network virtualization for enterprise and cloud datacenters.
Demand to Merge Physical and Virtual Environments Creating Opportunities in SDN
The concept of transformation in the business environment is exciting for some and anxiety creating for others.
New products of the week 12.14.2015
Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Dell, Pluribus Networks and MapR.
Pluribus Networks Debuts Virtualized Networking Fabric
Pluribus Networks announced on Tuesday that it has added a new software-defined networking (SDN) element to its Netvisor platform.
8 information technology predictions for 2016
Here are eight technology predictions for 2016 that Pluribus Networks believes will drive this next era of computing.
SD-WAN Comes to Forefront at ONUG Show
Silver Peak, Viptela, VeloCloud and Glue Networks were among the vendors demonstrating their platforms at the open networking event.
Converged Infrastructure Is on the Upswing
Some interesting data came out this week regarding the deployment of converged infrastructure (CI) in the enterprise, and while it is too early to say that CI is “taking over” the data center, it certainly is shaping up to be a significant growth area.
Interview with Pluribus Networks President & CEO, Kumar Srikantan
This featured interview with Pluribus Networks President & CEO, Kumar Srikantan, is a part of the ONUG CEO Corner Series.
Bringing Networking Back Home
Hyperconvergence means fewer appliances and simpler datacenter networking.
Hottest products at VMworld 2015
VMWare Adds Pluribus Networks to TAP Program
The Ten Coolest Networking Startups of 2015 (So Far)
Pluribus Joins Dell’s Open Networking Ranks
新100GbEスイッチで切り込むデルのオープンネットワーキング戦略
デル、マルチレートスイッチ–最大100GbE、OpenDaylightにも対応
デル、オープン・ネットワーキング・スイッチ「Dell Networking Z9100」
Cisco Throws Down The Gauntlet To Open Switches
2015 Virtualization 50
SDN Startup Pushes Switch To Open Hardware
Sovereign Wealth Funds Have an Active First Quarter 2015
